Foster, Robertson etc
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For all the talk of wanting a head coach with international experience, Foster had none at all. So NZR already went against their own ethos of wanting that before taking on the top job.
They really fucked up appointing and then extending Foster. Now their best option doesn't want to take on a head coaching position, and the next best has no experience at test level so is a risk again.
TBH Robinson really need to fall on his sword for this mess.
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@No-Quarter yep, this all falls on those that extended his contract last year, without putting anything in there in case what has happened, happened.
I can kinda understand why he was given an extension though, covid and all, but the timing of it, and the further fall we have seen with zero improvement shows they fucked up.
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@Chester-Draws said in Foster must go / Assistant Coach changes:
If Robertson comes in and does like Rennie did with the Chiefs, there may be some red faces around here.
Sure he might not be able to turn the ABs around.
But some of the people here seem to regard that as also meaning he won't. Like they actually want him not to do so.
You're getting a completely different tone from this thread than I am.
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@broughie said in Foster must go / Assistant Coach changes:
@Victor-Meldrew How much more different is Super Rugby and the ABs when it comes to coaching. They all have assistants, managers and probably coms people. The coach just needs to coach and consider the tactics of the opposition. The ABs are just on a larger scale. Not sure why you can not plug the best guy in there, irrespective of international experience. Seems this to be a criteria, if it is at all, used to rule out potential coaches rather than a rational reason for selecting then. Thus the Foster selection is more obvious. The more I think about it the more this idea is governmental in process.
I thought it was something used as a post hoc justification for choosing Henry etc when up against Deans. Then, because of that, it all of a sudden became official criteria, together with having to present your proposed coaching group
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@Catogrande said in Foster must go / Assistant Coach changes:
Ach. Regardless of “doing the right thing”, why would Foster, or anyone in his position, jump, when getting pushed give you a better payout?
Yep, I will back Foster on this one. Want him gone? Fire him. And explain it to your shiny new sponsors why millions of $ are being spent on payouts over bad hires (Brad Mooar and John Plumtree included)?
This mess is not Fosters fault. He is not good enough and that is ok. The people who hired him are at fault for putting someone clearly out of his depth there. Foster by every single account is a genuine good fluffybunny and no doubt is a fine person to have as part of the coaching set-up as an assistant or whatever, but it was clear very early on he is not up to the top job. He was rehired on the back of poor performances, this is all NZRU.
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@canefan said in Foster must go / Assistant Coach changes:
Then you have guys like Joseph and Brown who, despite only wanting to be the top guy in the setup, need to be harnessed if at all possible.
Is a bloke who only wants to be top dog, and not get stuck in at Assistant level, the right sort of fit with the AB family culture?
How & when did NZ rugby (as opposed to NZR) develop this thinking in it's top coaches?
Maybe it's an impossible task getting these guys on the same page.
It seemed to work in the past pretty well, what has changed and what can NZR do about it?
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@taniwharugby said in Foster must go / Assistant Coach changes:
yep, this all falls on those that extended his contract last year, without putting anything in there in case what has happened, happened.
Spot on. And we can but hope they now have some sort of contingency plan in place - bit late but better than nothing.
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@Chester-Draws said in Foster must go / Assistant Coach changes:
If Robertson comes in and does like Rennie did with the Chiefs, there may be some red faces around here.
Sure he might not be able to turn the ABs around.
But some of the people here seem to regard that as also meaning he won't. Like they actually want him not to do so.
Well, I can't speak for anyone else, but I want any AB coach to do brilliantly and for us to beat the living crap out of every team we front up against - but that doesn't mean I'm not going to critique the Foster replacement options to ensure that happens.
And I'm certainly not going to join some of the posters here who want the ABs to lose to hasten Foster's demise in the hope of getting their preferred Head Coach.
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@No-Quarter said in Foster must go / Assistant Coach changes:
For all the talk of wanting a head coach with international experience, Foster had none at all. So NZR already went against their own ethos of wanting that before taking on the top job.
That depends on what you consider to be international experience. Foster was the co-coach of the JABs with Colin Cooper, and they played the PI teams, Japan and Aust A over that period.
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@No-Quarter Coaching a leading, consistently successful SR side has similar requirements for coaching a successful international team. The NZR need their head read.
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5th? Is that our lowest ever? Those Americans must be counting their stocks right now!
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@sparky said in Foster must go / Assistant Coach changes:
Down to 5th in the world and I think that rating is flattering to be honest.
Silverlake invested in the "greatest rugby team ever" brand. Not the "5th best rugby team".
NZRU is under a lot of pressure now.
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@nostrildamus said in Foster must go / Assistant Coach changes:
5th? Is that our lowest ever? Those Americans must be counting their stocks right now!
Pre foster 3rd was our lowest, and that was literally for a couple of weeks
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Our first 3 in a row losses since 98. But another foster record, first time ever for three in a row losses all by 10 points plus. The man is a buffoon
All Blacks coach Ian Foster has found the silver lining in the All Blacks' worst defeat to South Africa in 94 years.
Foster praised his team's performance in their 26-10 loss to South Africa at Mbombela Stadium, their worst since losing 17-0 to the Boks in 1928.
FFS he's utterly delusional
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Jesus, he's seeing improvements, the loss is all down to not being able to take the high ball. I'm utterly gob smacked, no mea culpa at all. There was improvement, maul defence, thanks Ryan.
'Best performance of year': ABs coach's stunning claim after horror loss
It was the ABs' worst defeat to South Africa in 94 years, but Foster found positives.
Whereas the neutral observers say:
The game went almost precisely to script with the Springbok set-piece, defence and aerial dominance proving far too strong for a toothless and tactically appalling New Zealand.
Put simply, the contrast between the shambles of the All Black game plan and the organisation and efficiency of the Boks could not be more stark – it was men against boys.
Sam Cane remarked after the game that this was ‘a loss of small margins’. If that’s genuinely what he believes after a performance in which New Zealand were lucky to finish second then you have to wonder if he’s simply deflecting criticism or if he’s completely deluded.
Rarely has an All Black side looked so lost in the Test arena
