Foster, Robertson etc
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@nostrildamus said in Foster:
@nostrildamus but that's Australia?
premise 1: you can be a failed AB head coach and return as AB assistant coach
premise 2: you can fail as a head coach in another country and still be sought by them again years later
premise 3: NZ is running out of top players, a winning record, a great reputation and top coaches who are available hence the gap between it and other countries is narrowing
premise 4: nobody seems to have a clue what the NZR are thinking
conclusion: it is all up in the air.Hey I'm not the one comparing coaching the ABs to coaching Australia. And then helping coach a handful of other teams. And then coaching England. But not returning to coach Australia...
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@nostrildamus said in Foster:
@nostrildamus said in Foster:
@nostrildamus said in Foster:
It is ok to go and coach Wales and come back to coach NZ but you can't coach England and come back to coach NZ?
No one has actually said this, but the context is around him turning down an offer to coach the ABs then going to coach England instead. Henry and Hanson did not turn down the ABs and then go coach Wales.
So the below quote actually means one can't turn down ABs, take up the English job then come back because one cannot turn down a fragile and unsure contract for a much better paying one overseas as, once receiving the international experience the NZR allegedly ASKED FOR, is now unemployable by NZR?
If that's the case then he doesn't want the AB job at all because there's no way he comes back from that. You can't turn down the ABs for England and think you're ever going to get another shot at the AB job.That is just speculation, everything in this thread is speculation. But, do you really think turning down the AB job when asked, after 2 years of talking about the ABs job and signing a contract based around obtaining that job, and then taking a job with England wouldn't harm Razor's chances at getting the head coach job in the future? As I said in a response to another poster even if there's no specific rule it will likely harm his chances in the future.
I agree to likely damage, I just don't think NZR are in a strong position any more to blacklist potentially good coaches especially ones they rejected first who then did what they were told to do by the NZR to avoid future rejection again.
It depends, who knows where the ABs will be in 2028? Maybe the interim coach came in and won two RWC in a row. Then Razor is up against a coach who has just taken the Highlanders to their 5th Super title in a row and didn't leave at the time we needed him the most.
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@nostrildamus said in Foster:
@nostrildamus said in Foster:
@nostrildamus said in Foster:
It is ok to go and coach Wales and come back to coach NZ but you can't coach England and come back to coach NZ?
No one has actually said this, but the context is around him turning down an offer to coach the ABs then going to coach England instead. Henry and Hanson did not turn down the ABs and then go coach Wales.
So the below quote actually means one can't turn down ABs, take up the English job then come back because one cannot turn down a fragile and unsure contract for a much better paying one overseas as, once receiving the international experience the NZR allegedly ASKED FOR, is now unemployable by NZR?
If that's the case then he doesn't want the AB job at all because there's no way he comes back from that. You can't turn down the ABs for England and think you're ever going to get another shot at the AB job.That is just speculation, everything in this thread is speculation. But, do you really think turning down the AB job when asked, after 2 years of talking about the ABs job and signing a contract based around obtaining that job, and then taking a job with England wouldn't harm Razor's chances at getting the head coach job in the future? As I said in a response to another poster even if there's no specific rule it will likely harm his chances in the future.
I agree to likely damage, I just don't think NZR are in a strong position any more to blacklist potentially good coaches especially ones they rejected first who then did what they were told to do by the NZR to avoid future rejection again.
It depends, who knows where the ABs will be in 2028? Maybe the interim coach came in and won two RWC in a row. Then Razor is up against a coach who has just taken the Highlanders to their 5th Super title in a row and didn't leave at the time we needed him the most.
Razor should take care not to walk down the Deans path
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@Nepia Yeah ... it is the way of the kiwi public when the AB's aren't #1 or #2
The talent stream from 2003-4 that peaked in 2013-16 was once in a generation thoughI really respect Wayne Smith for stepping down. He gave it a go then he admitted he was not a NOT a natural head coach at that level ... shows reals self-awareness and humilty which Foster appears to lack
From afar Robertson may not see turning down a poisoned chalice as sacrilege unless he can get it on his terms i.e. he's negotiating - and part of that negotiation goes public. NZR are in a pickle, they have no one else to blame but themselves?
I think a deal WILL be reached btw
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@nostrildamus said in Foster:
@nostrildamus said in Foster:
@nostrildamus said in Foster:
It is ok to go and coach Wales and come back to coach NZ but you can't coach England and come back to coach NZ?
No one has actually said this, but the context is around him turning down an offer to coach the ABs then going to coach England instead. Henry and Hanson did not turn down the ABs and then go coach Wales.
So the below quote actually means one can't turn down ABs, take up the English job then come back because one cannot turn down a fragile and unsure contract for a much better paying one overseas as, once receiving the international experience the NZR allegedly ASKED FOR, is now unemployable by NZR?
If that's the case then he doesn't want the AB job at all because there's no way he comes back from that. You can't turn down the ABs for England and think you're ever going to get another shot at the AB job.That is just speculation, everything in this thread is speculation. But, do you really think turning down the AB job when asked, after 2 years of talking about the ABs job and signing a contract based around obtaining that job, and then taking a job with England wouldn't harm Razor's chances at getting the head coach job in the future? As I said in a response to another poster even if there's no specific rule it will likely harm his chances in the future.
I agree to likely damage, I just don't think NZR are in a strong position any more to blacklist potentially good coaches especially ones they rejected first who then did what they were told to do by the NZR to avoid future rejection again.
It depends, who knows where the ABs will be in 2028? Maybe the interim coach came in and won two RWC in a row. Then Razor is up against a coach who has just taken the Highlanders to their 5th Super title in a row and didn't leave at the time we needed him the most.
oh yeah like in any job those are the chances. Then again nothing is confirmed as AFAIK, the sauces have dried up before, and I have no solid evidence the NZR have a plan B after Foster.
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@nostrildamus said in Foster:
@nostrildamus said in Foster:
@nostrildamus said in Foster:
@nostrildamus said in Foster:
It is ok to go and coach Wales and come back to coach NZ but you can't coach England and come back to coach NZ?
No one has actually said this, but the context is around him turning down an offer to coach the ABs then going to coach England instead. Henry and Hanson did not turn down the ABs and then go coach Wales.
So the below quote actually means one can't turn down ABs, take up the English job then come back because one cannot turn down a fragile and unsure contract for a much better paying one overseas as, once receiving the international experience the NZR allegedly ASKED FOR, is now unemployable by NZR?
If that's the case then he doesn't want the AB job at all because there's no way he comes back from that. You can't turn down the ABs for England and think you're ever going to get another shot at the AB job.That is just speculation, everything in this thread is speculation. But, do you really think turning down the AB job when asked, after 2 years of talking about the ABs job and signing a contract based around obtaining that job, and then taking a job with England wouldn't harm Razor's chances at getting the head coach job in the future? As I said in a response to another poster even if there's no specific rule it will likely harm his chances in the future.
I agree to likely damage, I just don't think NZR are in a strong position any more to blacklist potentially good coaches especially ones they rejected first who then did what they were told to do by the NZR to avoid future rejection again.
It depends, who knows where the ABs will be in 2028? Maybe the interim coach came in and won two RWC in a row. Then Razor is up against a coach who has just taken the Highlanders to their 5th Super title in a row and didn't leave at the time we needed him the most.
oh yeah like in any job those are the chances. Then again nothing is confirmed as AFAIK, the sauces have dried up before, and I have no solid evidence the NZR have a plan B after Foster.
Based on their performance over the last few years, with SANZAR dealings, the AB coach search and Silverlake, what makes us think they have a plan B?
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@nostrildamus said in Foster:
This thread is throwing up some curveballs for me.
If Robertson is picked and fails as AB coach, he can never be one again? Wave from Wayne Smith here.
It is ok to go and coach Wales and come back to coach NZ but you can't coach England and come back to coach NZ? Granted, the Welsh sing better and are more likely to appreciate a man who knows his way around sheep, but it is the same darn country!You may just have triggered @MiketheSnow
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@Catogrande said in Foster:
@nostrildamus said in Foster:
This thread is throwing up some curveballs for me.
If Robertson is picked and fails as AB coach, he can never be one again? Wave from Wayne Smith here.
It is ok to go and coach Wales and come back to coach NZ but you can't coach England and come back to coach NZ? Granted, the Welsh sing better and are more likely to appreciate a man who knows his way around sheep, but it is the same darn country!You may just have triggered @MiketheSnow
Nah. He's been feeling right at home round here of late with all the bleating going on
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@Catogrande said in Foster:
@nostrildamus said in Foster:
This thread is throwing up some curveballs for me.
If Robertson is picked and fails as AB coach, he can never be one again? Wave from Wayne Smith here.
It is ok to go and coach Wales and come back to coach NZ but you can't coach England and come back to coach NZ? Granted, the Welsh sing better and are more likely to appreciate a man who knows his way around sheep, but it is the same darn country!You may just have triggered @MiketheSnow
Meanwhile the sheep reference is fine?!
Ok I take it back, Wales is their own country, with their own German monarch:
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@nostrildamus said in Foster:
@nostrildamus said in Foster:
It is ok to go and coach Wales and come back to coach NZ but you can't coach England and come back to coach NZ?
No one has actually said this, but the context is around him turning down an offer to coach the ABs then going to coach England instead. Henry and Hanson did not turn down the ABs and then go coach Wales.
So the below quote actually means one can't turn down ABs, take up the English job then come back because one cannot turn down a fragile and unsure contract for a much better paying one overseas as, once receiving the international experience the NZR allegedly ASKED FOR, is now unemployable by NZR?
If that's the case then he doesn't want the AB job at all because there's no way he comes back from that. You can't turn down the ABs for England and think you're ever going to get another shot at the AB job.That is just speculation, everything in this thread is speculation. But, do you really think turning down the AB job when asked, after 2 years of talking about the ABs job and signing a contract based around obtaining that job, and then taking a job with England wouldn't harm Razor's chances at getting the head coach job in the future? As I said in a response to another poster even if there's no specific rule it will likely harm his chances in the future.
Particularly if his coaching England doesn’t turn out well and / or he gets the sack. There’s no guarantees in this game so why not take the dream job when offered even if the circumstances are not ideal (and what’s to say they will ever be ideal)
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@nostrildamus said in Foster:
@Catogrande said in Foster:
@nostrildamus said in Foster:
This thread is throwing up some curveballs for me.
If Robertson is picked and fails as AB coach, he can never be one again? Wave from Wayne Smith here.
It is ok to go and coach Wales and come back to coach NZ but you can't coach England and come back to coach NZ? Granted, the Welsh sing better and are more likely to appreciate a man who knows his way around sheep, but it is the same darn country!You may just have triggered @MiketheSnow
Meanwhile the sheep reference is fine?!
Ok I take it back, Wales is their own country, with their own German monarch:Well one is true and the other is not
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Same openside, same midfield, same FB. Props rotated for the umpteenth time.
It won't be pretty but at least on Monday we can get excited about the challenge of facing Argentina in Chch.
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@nostrildamus said in Foster:
@nostrildamus said in Foster:
@nostrildamus said in Foster:
It is ok to go and coach Wales and come back to coach NZ but you can't coach England and come back to coach NZ?
No one has actually said this, but the context is around him turning down an offer to coach the ABs then going to coach England instead. Henry and Hanson did not turn down the ABs and then go coach Wales.
So the below quote actually means one can't turn down ABs, take up the English job then come back because one cannot turn down a fragile and unsure contract for a much better paying one overseas as, once receiving the international experience the NZR allegedly ASKED FOR, is now unemployable by NZR?
If that's the case then he doesn't want the AB job at all because there's no way he comes back from that. You can't turn down the ABs for England and think you're ever going to get another shot at the AB job.That is just speculation, everything in this thread is speculation. But, do you really think turning down the AB job when asked, after 2 years of talking about the ABs job and signing a contract based around obtaining that job, and then taking a job with England wouldn't harm Razor's chances at getting the head coach job in the future? As I said in a response to another poster even if there's no specific rule it will likely harm his chances in the future.
I agree to likely damage, I just don't think NZR are in a strong position any more to blacklist potentially good coaches especially ones they rejected first who then did what they were told to do by the NZR to avoid future rejection again.
It depends, who knows where the ABs will be in 2028? Maybe the interim coach came in and won two RWC in a row. Then Razor is up against a coach who has just taken the Highlanders to their 5th Super title in a row and didn't leave at the time we needed him the most.
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@Windows97 said in Foster:
Both of these together have formed a culture of be a jack of all trades and master of none and close enough is good enough. This does not create a culture of excellence, excellence in your position or excellence on the field.
Great line. There's a lot in your post I disagree with, but good work getting it out there.
Check your typo by the way - JB is at fullback holding back Will Jordan (not SB). And who could forget Jordie on the wing.
So many of these problems come with forwards not getting go forward.
I think that one gets overdone a bit when it was clear they were getting him experience on the field ala Ben Smith who was playing fullback for the Landers but was selected on the wing for the ABs for quite some time.
I’m glad it’s over now because he’s a decent fullback - but currently out of form.
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Random
Devo need to introduce some young props.
Sotutu needs some time at 8
Savea to 7. Loosies, I'd prob select Savea/Paps/Sotutu
If Razor heads off overseas I'm watching soccer -
is Luke Jacobson injured? A trio of him at 6, Savea and Sotutu (or Grace) might have been interesting.
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@BerniesCorner said in Foster:
Savea to 7. Loosies, I'd prob select Savea/Paps/Sotutu
Not sure on the reasoning for moving Ardie to 7 then selecting a 7 at 6?
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