Foster, Robertson etc
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@Chris said in Foster, Robertson etc:
'I've sat quiet and I've toed the line': Ian Foster doubles down on NZR call
Ian Foster has doubled down on his call for the announcement of the All Blacks coach beyond 2023 to be made following this year's World Cup.
When The Platform later asked if he felt he’d done the right thing by speaking out, Foster doubled down: “Absolutely. I’m not trying to do anything overtly clever here, I’m just trying to express what the All Blacks head coach thinks of what’s happening here at the moment.
I think he's trying to be clever, and failing. Again.
“It’s about my team,” Foster said. “One of the All Blacks’ big rocks, values, call it whatever you like, that we have is that the team comes first and the decisions that we make is about the team and for me when I know that things are happening that are impacting on my group, my role is to poke my head up and I guess say what I think.
“I’ve sat quiet and I’ve toed the line listening to this conversation and debate and all my management is hearing is that other people are determining the timelines for what happens in this team.
It's not your team, the ABs belong to NZ, and the team should come first, by picking the head coach to succeed you while we can get our choice. You've done quite enough damage to our team already
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@canefan said in Foster, Robertson etc:
@Chris said in Foster, Robertson etc:
'I've sat quiet and I've toed the line': Ian Foster doubles down on NZR call
Ian Foster has doubled down on his call for the announcement of the All Blacks coach beyond 2023 to be made following this year's World Cup.
When The Platform later asked if he felt he’d done the right thing by speaking out, Foster doubled down: “Absolutely. I’m not trying to do anything overtly clever here, I’m just trying to express what the All Blacks head coach thinks of what’s happening here at the moment.
I think he's trying to be clever, and failing. Again.
“It’s about my team,” Foster said. “One of the All Blacks’ big rocks, values, call it whatever you like, that we have is that the team comes first and the decisions that we make is about the team and for me when I know that things are happening that are impacting on my group, my role is to poke my head up and I guess say what I think.
“I’ve sat quiet and I’ve toed the line listening to this conversation and debate and all my management is hearing is that other people are determining the timelines for what happens in this team.
It's not your team, the ABs belong to NZ, and the team should come first, by picking the head coach to succeed you while we can get our choice. You've done quite enough damage to our team already
Not a good look by Foster in my opinion he has pushed the NZR to the wall on making some sort of decision,yep the his team comment makes me cringe.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Foster, Robertson etc:
What's revisionist is the claim that it was ever acceptable to lose games irrespective of against who or when. Doesn't matter if it's the RWC or the intervening years. It's ridiculous to claim that AB fans would have happily accepted one or the other.
I know of one AB fan.......
I don't care if Foster's ABs go on to win the RWC with the kind of dominance that would make the 87 lot jealous.
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@Chris said in Foster, Robertson etc:
“It’s about my team,” Foster said.
No it's not. It's primarily about your future employment.
@Chris said in Foster, Robertson etc:
“One of the All Blacks’ big rocks, values, call it whatever you like, that we have is that the team comes first
That's right, which is why you are going to be replaced. Given that are such are team man, I am sure you have no problem with it. Wait!!!!! You are not just trying to protect your job are you?
@Chris said in Foster, Robertson etc:
all my management is hearing is that other people are determining the timelines for what happens in this team.
They are primarily determining the coaching setup.
Ian you are a jammy bugger who got saved by the adults coming in to help you. Looks like your luck may have run out. Suck it up like the good team man that you are.
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@Frank said in Foster, Robertson etc:
@Chris said in Foster, Robertson etc:
“It’s about my team,” Foster said.
No it's not. It's primarily about your future employment.
@Chris said in Foster, Robertson etc:
“One of the All Blacks’ big rocks, values, call it whatever you like, that we have is that the team comes first
That's right, which is why you are going to be replaced. Given that are such are team man, I am sure you have no problem with it. Wait!!!!! You are not just trying to protect your job are you?
@Chris said in Foster, Robertson etc:
all my management is hearing is that other people are determining the timelines for what happens in this team.
They are primarily determining the coaching setup.
Ian you are a jammy bugger who got saved by the adults coming in to help you. Looks like your luck may have run out. Suck it up like the good team man that you are.
Perfectly said,A lot of what I was thinking when I read and posted that .
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Be kind of amusing if the delay is that they are about to pull an Australia and sack Foster with Robertson for this world cup cycle.
Ignoring my preference for coach, it would be nice to break the dogma of four year cycles of coaches is sacrosanct. If a coach is failing or under delivering that should be replaced when there is a better option.
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@Kirwan said in Foster, Robertson etc:
Be kind of amusing if the delay is that they are about to pull an Australia and sack Foster with Robertson for this world cup cycle.
Ignoring my preference for coach, it would be nice to break the dogma of four year cycles of coaches is sacrosanct. If a coach is failing or under delivering that should be replaced when there is a better option.
Good points but should have done it after Ireland III or Bokke I. Very little time for a new coach to settle in now. Not even the Hawthorn Effect would likely be much use.
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@Kirwan said in Foster, Robertson etc:
Be kind of amusing if the delay is that they are about to pull an Australia and sack Foster with Robertson for this world cup cycle.
Ignoring my preference for coach, it would be nice to break the dogma of four year cycles of coaches is sacrosanct. If a coach is failing or under delivering that should be replaced when there is a better option.
agree with the 2nd para 100%
Not sure i would be happy with the first, unless all we are changing is the head coach (and maybe defense, though even that is fraught with danger)
Australia are now in a position where an entirely new coaching group has 5 games to the World Cup to bed in their preferred patterns. That's a tough ask
At least England and Wales have a 6 nations campaign and i imagine a couple of warm up games, and probably a couple of camps.
While i know that the last 3 years means less to success at the World Cup than the next 8, that notion is predicated on some sort of continuity.
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I see Hayden Meikle in a paywalled article predicted Joseph & Brown will get the job
It was the ODT SR preview and he mentioned the Crusaders have a distraction coming up when the AB coach is announced and it’s not Robertson. He said people should put money on it being Joseph/Brown now
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If rumor it's correct, it was the players who whined that change after SA2 would be too disruptive (not sure if they meant for that season, or for RWC). It was a big part of keeping foster. To me this shows the players, like NZR, are too complacent and comfortable. Business wisdom says after 7 years on your job, you're at you're peak. After it's down hill, this certainly applies to a coaching regime that has essentially been around since 2004, foster since 2012 🤮
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Razor has ‘learned his lesson’ over ABs coach comment
Scott Robinson "played a straight bat" when asked about the All Blacks job.
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@KiwiMurph said in Foster, Robertson etc:
Razor has ‘learned his lesson’ over ABs coach comment
Scott Robinson "played a straight bat" when asked about the All Blacks job.
So he goofed his quote, silly boy. However, at least he isn't whining that the questions around the abs are a distraction to his crusaders campaign
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@KiwiMurph said in Foster, Robertson etc:
Razor has ‘learned his lesson’ over ABs coach comment
Scott Robinson "played a straight bat" when asked about the All Blacks job.
are they talking Scott ROBERTSON or Mark ROBINSON, or both?
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@taniwharugby said in Foster, Robertson etc:
@KiwiMurph said in Foster, Robertson etc:
Razor has ‘learned his lesson’ over ABs coach comment
Scott Robinson "played a straight bat" when asked about the All Blacks job.
are they talking Scott ROBERTSON or Mark ROBINSON, or both?
So it is actually the same person, with a very good makeup artist?! What a twist!
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@KiwiMurph said in Foster, Robertson etc:
Razor has ‘learned his lesson’ over ABs coach comment
Scott Robinson "played a straight bat" when asked about the All Blacks job.
Good for him for admitting he got it wrong and accepting the need to play a straight bat from now on.
