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    akan004
    replied to Asterik6 on last edited by
    #2847

    @Asterik6 said in Foster:

    @nostrildamus said in Foster:

    @Asterik6 said in Foster:

    @nostrildamus said in Foster:

    Ok you are all probably right I am just still upset our worst coach in recent memory gets the best coaches to help him fall over the line.

    Unfortunately.

    There's plenty of coaching nous in the mix now between Ryan, Feek, Cron, Strawbridge and now Schmidt..

    Fozzie will be the media fluffer and the boys' shoulder to cry on while the assistants create the master plans.

    So basically team manager like I suggested before. The coach one tries to keep away from actual coaching.

    These are the contracted 7:

    Joe Schmidt (backs and overall strategy), Jason Ryan (forwards), Greg Feek (scrum), Scott McLeod (defence), Andrew Strawbridge (skills coach), David Hill (kicking coach), Mike Cron (hands-off advisory role).

    Looks like Fozzie won't be doing much coaching which is a positive I suppose. Get rid of McLeod and we may have a chance.

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    Crazy Horse
    replied to akan004 on last edited by
    #2848

    @akan004 said in Foster:

    @Asterik6 said in Foster:

    @nostrildamus said in Foster:

    @Asterik6 said in Foster:

    @nostrildamus said in Foster:

    Ok you are all probably right I am just still upset our worst coach in recent memory gets the best coaches to help him fall over the line.

    Unfortunately.

    There's plenty of coaching nous in the mix now between Ryan, Feek, Cron, Strawbridge and now Schmidt..

    Fozzie will be the media fluffer and the boys' shoulder to cry on while the assistants create the master plans.

    So basically team manager like I suggested before. The coach one tries to keep away from actual coaching.

    These are the contracted 7:

    Joe Schmidt (backs and overall strategy), Jason Ryan (forwards), Greg Feek (scrum), Scott McLeod (defence), Andrew Strawbridge (skills coach), David Hill (kicking coach), Mike Cron (hands-off advisory role).

    Looks like Fozzie won't be doing much coaching which is a positive I suppose. Get rid of McLeod and we may have a chance.

    We don't know McLeod is responsible for the style of defence though. Maybe he is just trying to coach a system he has been told to coach.

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    Bovidae
    replied to KiwiMurph on last edited by
    #2849

    @KiwiMurph Cron is also involved with the Black Ferns, so probably just used as required by all teams.

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  • canefanC Online
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    canefan
    replied to Crazy Horse on last edited by
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    @Crazy-Horse said in Foster:

    @akan004 said in Foster:

    @Asterik6 said in Foster:

    @nostrildamus said in Foster:

    @Asterik6 said in Foster:

    @nostrildamus said in Foster:

    Ok you are all probably right I am just still upset our worst coach in recent memory gets the best coaches to help him fall over the line.

    Unfortunately.

    There's plenty of coaching nous in the mix now between Ryan, Feek, Cron, Strawbridge and now Schmidt..

    Fozzie will be the media fluffer and the boys' shoulder to cry on while the assistants create the master plans.

    So basically team manager like I suggested before. The coach one tries to keep away from actual coaching.

    These are the contracted 7:

    Joe Schmidt (backs and overall strategy), Jason Ryan (forwards), Greg Feek (scrum), Scott McLeod (defence), Andrew Strawbridge (skills coach), David Hill (kicking coach), Mike Cron (hands-off advisory role).

    Looks like Fozzie won't be doing much coaching which is a positive I suppose. Get rid of McLeod and we may have a chance.

    We don't know McLeod is responsible for the style of defence though. Maybe he is just trying to coach a system he has been told to coach.

    Anything that waters down the influence of the architect of our play over the last 12 to 18 months is a good thing. There was a noticeable shift in our pattern jn Joburg, I hope this continues to evolve

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    Crucial
    replied to His Bobness on last edited by Crucial
    #2851

    @His-Bobness great post. You spoil us.

    If you were to have the inclination, have a read up about NZRs handling of womens rugby in the past couple of years. That too has ended up in a trouble shooting coach situation drawing on the old hands of Smith and Henry along with some long overdue additions of female coaching assistance.

    What we don’t know is if the knowledge and issues are polished turds in the reporting to the board (Robinson’s doing) or if Robinson isn’t being listened to (board with head in the sand)
    I suspect Robinson is an arse coverer based on his public behavior recently. He didn’t implement recommendations in the womens game until shit hit the fan and then did the usual trick of diverting attention by calling for another deeper report.

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    Winger
    replied to Crucial on last edited by
    #2852

    @Crucial said in Foster:

    Any excitement in the fact that it is an NZ Board announcement and not a Mark Robinson one? Just saying....

    I noticed that. Robinson has f++ked this up so badly the board might have felt they need to step in to fix the mess he has left

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    Victor Meldrew
    replied to booboo on last edited by Victor Meldrew
    #2853

    @booboo said in Foster:

    Excellent. Another 150 pages of this thread.

    A quick summary in case you needed it... :

    • Foster should never have been appointed in the first place

    • We need to sack Foster and appoint Robertson now

    • Robertson wouldn't want to take over after Foster

    • Foster will never sack his assistants as they are "family"

    • Foster has hung his assistants out to dry by getting rid of them

    • Foster is fat

    • The players say they support Foster but they are just saying that coz (insert preferred reason here)

    • It's going to take some time to turn around Foster's mess and it's silly to say new coach will achieve instant results

    • Jason Ryan has achieved miracles in two weeks

    • Robertson wouldn't want to take over after Foster anyway and Robertson's too good a coach to want to work with Foster as an Assistant

    • NZR have completely lost the plot and Foster should never have been appointed in the first place

    Classic Fern thread 🙂

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    nostrildamus
    replied to Winger on last edited by
    #2854

    @Winger said in Foster:

    @Crucial said in Foster:

    Any excitement in the fact that it is an NZ Board announcement and not a Mark Robinson one? Just saying....

    I noticed that. Robinson has f++ked this up so badly the board might have felt they need to step in to fix the mess he has left

    And they said Robinson had full support as well.

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  • Dan54D Away
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    Dan54
    replied to Bovidae on last edited by
    #2855

    @Bovidae said in Foster:

    @KiwiMurph Cron is also involved with the Black Ferns, so probably just used as required by all teams.

    Yep same as Strawbridge etc, they just come into camp and do a bit of work every now and then, they have done it for years, get in kicking coaches etc. I think every pro team does. I know even in Aus Greg Martin used to go down and do kicking with Reds, and many have specialised fitness gurus etc.
    Not sure if anyone watched Rugby pod the other night, Parsons and Bryn Hall were saying that teams will watch recordings of games for hours, just to know where to hold their hands when trying to charge down kicks from different players, ie 9 may kick from directly behind a ruck, so you hold hans different to one who kicks from side. They do it for wingers etc in teams they are playing that week, the days of a couple of coaches are well gone.
    Bloody ridiculous I thought, but that's pro sport!!

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  • WingerW Offline
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    Winger
    replied to Stargazer on last edited by
    #2856

    @Stargazer said in Foster:

    Robinson admitted NZ Rugby could have done some things better in recent weeks, but said it was time to move on and look ahead.

    Or 'I could have done things better'

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    canefan
    replied to Crucial on last edited by
    #2857

    @Crucial said in Foster:

    @His-Bobness great post. You spoil us.

    If you were to have the inclination, have a read up about NZRs handling of womens rugby in the past couple of years. That too has ended up in a trouble shooting coach situation drawing on the old hands of Smith and Henry along with some long overdue additions of female coaching assistance.

    What we don’t know is if the knowledge and issues are polished turds in the reporting to the board (Robinson’s doing) or if Robinson isn’t being listened to (board with head in the sand)
    I suspect Robinson is an arse coverer based on his public behavior recently. He didn’t implement recommendations in the womens game until shit hit the fan and then did the usual trick of diverting attention by calling for another deeper report.

    BFs, SANZAR relations, the ABs, Silverlake. The body of work is compelling

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    Machpants
    replied to nostrildamus on last edited by
    #2858

    @nostrildamus said in Foster:

    @booboo said in Foster:

    Excellent. Another 150 pages of this thread.

    Nothing to see here, let us move on. NZR has "absolute confidence" in Foster.

    We don't

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  • WingerW Offline
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    Winger
    wrote on last edited by Winger
    #2859

    I forgot what option I voted for. But it was option 1.

    I'm fairly sure though that only the last test saved him.

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  • His BobnessH Offline
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    His Bobness
    replied to Crucial on last edited by
    #2860

    @Crucial Yes, definitely seems to be a governance issue, or lack thereof. Poor old Foster is just the byproduct of it all.

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    Donsteppa
    wrote on last edited by Donsteppa
    #2861

    Reasons for optimism

    Hopefully Jason Ryan and Joe Schmidt can continue to turn around the All Blacks a year out from the RWC, in the same way that Brian Lochore arguably did for Laurie's shambolic 1994 All Blacks efforts leading in to the '95 RWC campaign.

    Foster might do better as a genial overall coaching manager too.

    Reason for pessimism

    As per my stuck record, Foster has past history for mid-season Lazarus-like recoveries, only to revert to form at the start of the next season...

    Anyway, best to live in hope I suppose...

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    Winger
    replied to Donsteppa on last edited by
    #2862

    @Donsteppa said in Foster:

    , in the same way that Brian Lochore arguably did for Laurie's shambolic 1994 All Blacks efforts leading in to the '95 RWC campaign

    Forgot about this. Lochore was a great coach. He never really got the credit he deserved for the first RWC win. It sort-of went to Hart and Wylie. At least until neither won when it mattered most

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    Daffy Jaffy
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    #2863

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    replied to Donsteppa on last edited by
    #2864

    @Donsteppa said in Foster:

    As per my stuck record, Foster has past history for mid-season Lazarus-like recoveries, only to revert to form at the start of the next season...

    Or the next Test.

    But yeah, We are where we are and can only hope the corner has been turned.

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  • MN5M Offline
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    MN5
    replied to Victor Meldrew on last edited by
    #2865

    @Victor-Meldrew said in Foster:

    @booboo said in Foster:

    Excellent. Another 150 pages of this thread.

    A quick summary in case you needed it... :

    • Foster should never have been appointed in the first place

    • We need to sack Foster and appoint Robertson now

    • Robertson wouldn't want to take over after Foster

    • Foster will never sack his assistants as they are "family"

    • Foster has hung his assistants out to dry by getting rid of them

    • Foster is fat

    • The players say they support Foster but they are just saying that coz (insert preferred reason here)

    • It's going to take some time to turn around Foster's mess and it's silly to say new coach won't achieve instant results

    • Jason Ryan has achieved miracles in two weeks

    • Robertson wouldn't want to take over after Foster anyway and Robertson's too good a coach to want to work with Foster as an Assistant

    • NZR have completely lost the plot and Foster should never have been appointed in the first place

    Classic Fern thread 🙂

    Thanks, was driving back from up north and heard it on the wireless. I came here as fast as I could but I don’t need to scroll up now !!!!

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    booboo
    replied to His Bobness on last edited by
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    @His-Bobness said in Foster:

    Politics and Pragmatism

    More of the OG out of the woodwork

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