Why do the Crusaders win?
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@kiwi_expat said in Why do the Crusaders win?:
I think the ABs really missed a trick not giving him a crack. We actually had nothing to lose, we've been on the slide since 2015 and we needed someone to come in and try to reverse that as soon as possible. But instead we went for "continuity" with a guy that has no proven track record of success at the professional level, which just boggles my mind to this day. And as a result we've continued that same slide with further losses to NH sides as well as bloody Argentina.
Steve Hansen went on about the need for continuity in his backing of Foster. I thought to myself, continuity of what? We were comprehensively beaten by England and knocked out in the semis. That continuity?
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@nzzp said in Why do the Crusaders win?:
@canefan said in Why do the Crusaders win?:
@taniwharugby said in Why do the Crusaders win?:
Well I guess it is only next year now that NZR have to wait for Razor...
NZR should be doing background and canvassing now for post RWC candidates...who is available, who is good enough, who is going to want it.
NZRFU are notorious for not firing coaches, although looking back more coaches have been fired for failing to win the RWC than not.
Fired is not the same as not having their contract renewed. Big difference. we still don't fire coaches, instead we extend their contracts to provide 'stability'.
Don’t forget about the ‘processes’ that they run…
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@Frank said in Why do the Crusaders win?:
@kiwi_expat said in Why do the Crusaders win?:
I think the ABs really missed a trick not giving him a crack. We actually had nothing to lose, we've been on the slide since 2015 and we needed someone to come in and try to reverse that as soon as possible. But instead we went for "continuity" with a guy that has no proven track record of success at the professional level, which just boggles my mind to this day. And as a result we've continued that same slide with further losses to NH sides as well as bloody Argentina.
Steve Hansen went on about the need for continuity in his backing of Foster. I thought to myself, continuity of what? We were comprehensively beaten by England and knocked out in the semis. That continuity?
In fairness, it's continuity going back to 2004 (when Sir Ted & Co took over) and retaining much of what has been learned along the way. And Fozzie has Assistant coached us to a RWC win.
The continuity thing worked for us after 2007, but that's no guarantee that it always will. It didn't in 2019.
The other thing that's been blown out of all proportion is the Robbie/Sir Ted interview process where Robbie didn't turn up with a coaching team in place.
For this last round, we've had everyone putting together teams prior to appointment and diluted our coaching pool instead of picking a head coach and then putting together the best coaching team possible.
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@No-Quarter said in Why do the Crusaders win?:
I firmly believe that if Robertson didn't take over they wouldn't have had even a quarter of the success they have had recently. He's obviously a really smart coach with deep understanding of the game - that much is self evident. But it's the soft skills that he also brings to the table which make him the complete package. It's one thing to come up with smart game plans to target opposition weaknesses etc, but it's quite another to get the entire squad to so thoroughly buy into those game plans that even when things don't go well, they rarely waver from it. He has every person in that organisation signing from the same song sheet, and that's no mean feat.
What I like is that he obviously empowers his players to develop solutions themselves - the Blues lineout is the most recent example. All coaches do that to an extent but it really seems like it's a big part of his success. That's the kind of leadership that creates confidence and engagement within a team.
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@taniwharugby said in Why do the Crusaders win?:
Well I guess it is only next year now that NZR have to wait for Razor...
NZR should be doing background and canvassing now for post RWC candidates...who is available, who is good enough, who is going to want it.
Who will be willing to reject all other offers to wait for an interview after the RWC...
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@Bones said in Why do the Crusaders win?:
I'll be pretty surprised if Foster stays on after the rwc regardless of the outcome.
If that's his intention, I hope he announces his pending retirement well in advance so we can get on with recruiting someone new.
But, out of interest, why do you think he'd quit if he won? Henry and Hansen both did two RWC cycles as Head Coach.
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@Chris-B said in Why do the Crusaders win?:
@Bones said in Why do the Crusaders win?:
I'll be pretty surprised if Foster stays on after the rwc regardless of the outcome.
If that's his intention, I hope he announces his pending retirement well in advance so we can get on with recruiting someone new.
But, out of interest, why do you think he'd quit if he won? Henry and Hansen both did two RWC cycles as Head Coach.
You've made me read my own post twice again, trying to figure out where I said "if we win the rwc, Foster will quit" 😉
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@Chris-B said in Why do the Crusaders win?:
@Bones said in Why do the Crusaders win?:
I'll be pretty surprised if Foster stays on after the rwc regardless of the outcome.
If that's his intention, I hope he announces his pending retirement well in advance so we can get on with recruiting someone new.
But, out of interest, why do you think he'd quit if he won? Henry and Hansen both did two RWC cycles as Head Coach.
He's not winning so we don't have to worry about it but he would absolutely try to stay on if he did.
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@Bones said in Why do the Crusaders win?:
@Chris-B said in Why do the Crusaders win?:
@Bones said in Why do the Crusaders win?:
I'll be pretty surprised if Foster stays on after the rwc regardless of the outcome.
If that's his intention, I hope he announces his pending retirement well in advance so we can get on with recruiting someone new.
But, out of interest, why do you think he'd quit if he won? Henry and Hansen both did two RWC cycles as Head Coach.
You've made me read my own post twice again, trying to figure out where I said "if we win the rwc, Foster will quit" 😉
Ah yeah, that really is the best case scenario.
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@Bones said in Why do the Crusaders win?:
@Chris-B said in Why do the Crusaders win?:
@Bones said in Why do the Crusaders win?:
I'll be pretty surprised if Foster stays on after the rwc regardless of the outcome.
If that's his intention, I hope he announces his pending retirement well in advance so we can get on with recruiting someone new.
But, out of interest, why do you think he'd quit if he won? Henry and Hansen both did two RWC cycles as Head Coach.
You've made me read my own post twice again, trying to figure out where I said "if we win the rwc, Foster will quit" 😉
You've made me read your post again. What are you saying then?
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@Chris-B said in Why do the Crusaders win?:
@Bones said in Why do the Crusaders win?:
@Chris-B said in Why do the Crusaders win?:
@Bones said in Why do the Crusaders win?:
I'll be pretty surprised if Foster stays on after the rwc regardless of the outcome.
If that's his intention, I hope he announces his pending retirement well in advance so we can get on with recruiting someone new.
But, out of interest, why do you think he'd quit if he won? Henry and Hansen both did two RWC cycles as Head Coach.
You've made me read my own post twice again, trying to figure out where I said "if we win the rwc, Foster will quit" 😉
You've made me read your post again. What are you saying then?
I'll be pretty surprised if Foster stays on after the rwc regardless of the outcome.
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@Bones said in Why do the Crusaders win?:
@Chris-B said in Why do the Crusaders win?:
@Bones said in Why do the Crusaders win?:
@Chris-B said in Why do the Crusaders win?:
@Bones said in Why do the Crusaders win?:
I'll be pretty surprised if Foster stays on after the rwc regardless of the outcome.
If that's his intention, I hope he announces his pending retirement well in advance so we can get on with recruiting someone new.
But, out of interest, why do you think he'd quit if he won? Henry and Hansen both did two RWC cycles as Head Coach.
You've made me read my own post twice again, trying to figure out where I said "if we win the rwc, Foster will quit" 😉
You've made me read your post again. What are you saying then?
I'll be pretty surprised if Foster stays on after the rwc regardless of the outcome.
That's not being enigmatic - that's being a fucker!!
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@Chris-B said in Why do the Crusaders win?:
@Bones said in Why do the Crusaders win?:
@Chris-B said in Why do the Crusaders win?:
@Bones said in Why do the Crusaders win?:
@Chris-B said in Why do the Crusaders win?:
@Bones said in Why do the Crusaders win?:
I'll be pretty surprised if Foster stays on after the rwc regardless of the outcome.
If that's his intention, I hope he announces his pending retirement well in advance so we can get on with recruiting someone new.
But, out of interest, why do you think he'd quit if he won? Henry and Hansen both did two RWC cycles as Head Coach.
You've made me read my own post twice again, trying to figure out where I said "if we win the rwc, Foster will quit" 😉
You've made me read your post again. What are you saying then?
I'll be pretty surprised if Foster stays on after the rwc regardless of the outcome.
That's not being enigmatic - that's being a fucker!!
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@Bones said in Why do the Crusaders win?:
I'll be pretty surprised if Foster stays on after the rwc regardless of the outcome.
I’d tend to say I’d we win the RWC it will be in spite of Foster rather than because of him, but maybe I’m callous.
