Crusaders 2025
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@nostrildamus said in Crusaders 2025:
@darylmitchell said in Crusaders 2025:
@Chris Why are Crusaders always so in-house and insular with their coaching picks?
Two heads are better than one?
At least that is what they tell me in Tasmania.You shouldn't talk to your relatives about that sort of thing.
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@darylmitchell said in Crusaders 2025:
@Chris Why are Crusaders always so in-house and insular with their coaching picks?
It all comes down to having an existing connection with Canterbury or Crusaders culture as a former player or coach. Why do they rarely look outside of their own backyard?
Ronan O'Gara was sought out by Razor himself and that decision was a raging success.....the players mentioned how good it was to be exposed to a different (NH) perspective, set mindset from having O'Gara in camp.
What are they scared of? It's delivered titles before (Colin Cooper 2002, Vern Cotter 2005 & 2006, Goodman,, O'Gara, etc...)
Rob Penny and Colin Mansbridge are the answers.
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@Chris How can you dislike Rob Penney? He's an outstanding bloke.
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@darylmitchell said in Crusaders 2025:
@Chris How can you dislike Rob Penney? He's an outstanding bloke.
Do you know him personally do you.
He is just a shit coach I don’t dislike the person just the methods.
Razor is a great bloke too in fact an outstanding bloke so is Scott Hanson.
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@Chris said in Crusaders 2025:
@nostrildamus said in Crusaders 2025:
@darylmitchell said in Crusaders 2025:
@Chris Why are Crusaders always so in-house and insular with their coaching picks?
Two heads are better than one?
At least that is what they tell me in Tasmania.You shouldn't talk to your relatives about that sort of thing.
Oh they're several times removed.
But once the police leave, they keep coming back. -
Discarded All Blacks coach holds no ‘grudges’ as he rejoins the Crusaders after ‘tough’ experience
A former All Blacks coach, who was unceremoniously dumped following the team’s poor run of form, is back working in New Zealand.
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@darylmitchell said in Crusaders 2025:
@Chris How can you dislike Rob Penney? He's an outstanding bloke.
No amount of dramatic music along with some grainy stills of him in the red n black hoops will make up for him being a coach that still makes a lot of errors.
I am not convinced.
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@ACT-Crusader said in Crusaders 2025:
@darylmitchell said in Crusaders 2025:
@Chris How can you dislike Rob Penney? He's an outstanding bloke.
No amount of dramatic music along with some grainy stills of him in the red n black hoops will make up for him being a coach that still makes a lot of errors.
You could say the same about Razor in 2024 - complete misuse of his bench resulting in two choke losses to SA and also going from 20-point leads in three different games against England and Australia to very nearly losing all 3 of them.... Rotating McKenzie from 10 after the momentum of the Ireland game - Subbing our best performing player (Roigard) while in the lead against France. The list of monumental errors goes on....
