Foster, Robertson etc
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@KiwiMurph said in Foster, Robertson etc:
@kiwi_expat Leon is a weird one in that he's been a head coach for quite a few seasons (Blues + Ta$man) but I think at test level would be better suited as an assistant. A bit like Holland I guess.
Leon always made me wonder a bit, when he was an assistant to Razor at Crusaders, he left because he said he wanted to go back and live at home , in Marlborough, next minute he was off to Blues.
Same as Holland, who I read in interview in Rugby News said he left Crusaders to go to Canes , and one of reasons his and Razore coaching philophies were different. Then we hear he was on Razor's ticket for ABs. -
@kiwi_expat said in Foster, Robertson etc:
@Crucial said in Foster, Robertson etc:
I like that coaching option as well. Mainly because of Brown. The key to future AB success is unlocking defences and innovation. I don't see that from Holland or from Saders teams.
Hang on.. you're aware Brown has been coaching a team's attack in Super Rugby for the last 3 years right? should he not be judged on that?
And we do see "signature" Tony Brown moves and ideas. Having the right (or consistent) personnel to make them effective is a different matter.
In the test arena we have seen Japan run plays that have made higher ranked sides look silly.
Point is that it's no use complaining that the ABs are no longer ahead of other teams in their approach to the game then not actively use coaches that bring progressive ideas.
Before anyone claims that I am saying that Razor is not progressive, I am talking about 'how much'. I could make an argument that Foster was innovative if I wanted but randomly trying things isn't really what I was looking at.
It's not as simple as set piece moves either. It is mindset. For me, while other coaches concentrate on doing 'normal' things better, Brown looks to add an element of doing something different.
I'm also not advocating doing different at the expense of the basics which is why TB is an assistant. -
even if Brown and JJ are a package....is that a bad thing? does that not just show two self aware coaches who have been around the block and know who they work well with. expecting everyone to work with everyone is how we end up with the current coaching group
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@KiwiMurph said in Foster, Robertson etc:
@kiwi_expat Leon is a weird one in that he's been a head coach for quite a few seasons (Blues + Ta$man) but I think at test level would be better suited as an assistant. A bit like Holland I guess.
Completely agree. I think in the right environment, in a Razor led group Holland would be fine - Holland is better when he's not having to deal with the day-to-day responsibilities of being a head coach, he's more effective when left to concentrate solely on the 'on the grass' coaching & that's why I reckon the Hurricanes attack looked more effective between 2016-2019 as Holland was able to concentrate on running the attack & shaping the game-day strategy, while Boyd dealt with the organizational side of things, like media duties, big picture planning and man-management. Holland is a good technical coach, but not a manager so to speak.
It's all about having coaches who's skillsets are complimentary of each other. Joseph & Brown together are perfect in this regard. Jamie is the hard-nosed man manager who sets the tone/culture, while Tony is the more understated analytical mind who works in the background, I suppose like Steve Hansen and Wayne Smith.
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On the bright side were in a much better state than what we were 4 years ago with some genuine contenders for the role this time.
Schmidt, JJ and Robertson are all capable of doing the job and ironically Gatland would have been in the mix if he'd done a decent/half decent/maybe anything other than horrendous job with the Chiefs.
Literally how he could take a disparate side as any with the BI Lions to a series draw against the AB's in their own backyard to then being unable to get the Chiefs to win a single game is a coaching paradox both tragic and bemusing. Anyway I digress...
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@Windows97 seriously? the lions are a collection of the best players in 4 rugby playing nations....the chiefs are a domestic franchise that probably had a handful of AB's. add to that there was 3 years between the lions and his run at the chiefs...doesn't really seem that crazy a possibility
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@Kiwiwomble said in Foster, Robertson etc:
@Windows97 seriously? the lions are a collection of the best players in 4 rugby playing nations....the chiefs are a domestic franchise that probably had a handful of AB's. add to that there was 3 years between the lions and his run at the chiefs...doesn't really seem that crazy a possibility
I was definitely speaking more in terms of culture and not talent.
Getting the Lions to perform is historically a tough gig - yet he did it.
It appears getting the Chiefs to perform is much harder.
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@Kiwiwomble said in Foster, Robertson etc:
@Windows97 seriously? the lions are a collection of the best players in 4 rugby playing nations....the chiefs are a domestic franchise that probably had a handful of AB's. add to that there was 3 years between the lions and his run at the chiefs...doesn't really seem that crazy a possibility
I saw it more that he was so long out of NZ rugby that he didn't speak the same language.
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@Crucial said in Foster, Robertson etc:
@Kiwiwomble said in Foster, Robertson etc:
@Windows97 seriously? the lions are a collection of the best players in 4 rugby playing nations....the chiefs are a domestic franchise that probably had a handful of AB's. add to that there was 3 years between the lions and his run at the chiefs...doesn't really seem that crazy a possibility
I saw it more that he was so long out of NZ rugby that he didn't speak the same language.
ive heard players really rated him and enjoyed being coached by hin
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@ploughboy said in Foster, Robertson etc:
@Crucial said in Foster, Robertson etc:
@Kiwiwomble said in Foster, Robertson etc:
@Windows97 seriously? the lions are a collection of the best players in 4 rugby playing nations....the chiefs are a domestic franchise that probably had a handful of AB's. add to that there was 3 years between the lions and his run at the chiefs...doesn't really seem that crazy a possibility
I saw it more that he was so long out of NZ rugby that he didn't speak the same language.
ive heard players really rated him and enjoyed being coached by hin
no way that lasts if theyre losing
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@Kiwiwomble said in Foster, Robertson etc:
@ploughboy said in Foster, Robertson etc:
@Crucial said in Foster, Robertson etc:
@Kiwiwomble said in Foster, Robertson etc:
@Windows97 seriously? the lions are a collection of the best players in 4 rugby playing nations....the chiefs are a domestic franchise that probably had a handful of AB's. add to that there was 3 years between the lions and his run at the chiefs...doesn't really seem that crazy a possibility
I saw it more that he was so long out of NZ rugby that he didn't speak the same language.
ive heard players really rated him and enjoyed being coached by hin
no way that lasts if theyre losing
well thats what i heard at end of last season and had heard it before.but could be a rumor
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@ploughboy oh, i believe its quite possible, i only mean that wouldn't last long term if they kept losing
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@Kiwiwomble said in Foster, Robertson etc:
@ploughboy oh, i believe its quite possible, i only mean that wouldn't last long term if they kept losing
I don't see why it wouldn't. How many games did they lose?
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@Bones you don't think a coach would lose the dressing room if they just kept loosing?
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@Kiwiwomble said in Foster, Robertson etc:
@Bones you don't think a coach would lose the dressing room if they just kept loosing?
How many games did they lose?
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@Bones had to look it up, they lost 8 on the bounce
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@Kiwiwomble said in Foster, Robertson etc:
@Bones had to look it up, they lost 8 on the bounce
That's pretty rough, probably right on the tipping point, I guess you'd be starting to go sour after 5-6, but if you really feel like you're getting something out of the coaching I can see how they might still be clinging on to like.
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@Windows97 said in Foster, Robertson etc:
Literally how he could take a disparate side as any with the BI Lions to a series draw against the AB's in their own backyard
Not so much/really the case since the NH club competitions in the pro-Era has meant players are pretty used to playing with each other week in, week out.
