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It seems Jones himself predicted the future when he penned this article 10 years ago: https://www.therugbysite.com/blog/news-opinions/deans-needs-strong-leadership-group-to-control-aussie-troublemakers

It's interesting that of all the Wallabies coaches of the professional era, Jones is the one to get at another crack. Would you have thought the coach who decimated Australia's set-piece and left the team in a smoldering pile of ruins at the end of 2005 would be the one to warrant a second-term...

Haha, that's pretty ironic coming from Mitchell considering that he was more than happy to see Ewen McKenzie walk. Remember the week Ewen McKenzie departed Drew Mitchell was tweeting about what a great fella Beale was and completely supported the NSW cartel's undermining of Ewen. He also wrote...

Todd Louden was the Rebel's attack coach for 1 season in 2015, when they had their best season under Tony McGahan. I'm quite sure that 2015 remains the Rebel's most successful season, notably they upset Crusaders 20-10 in Round 1. Before that he won a Super Rugby title as assistant coach to...

Yep, it's not difficult to envisage that happening, the team might experience a temporary lift in 2023 - as we witnessed under Cheika at 2015 World Cup, but Eddie's approach won't likely be sustainable in the long-term and will eventually become detrimental. Question is does Jones retain...

This just proves RA is just a bunch of old boomers pining for the glory days of the 90's but have absolutely no idea what they're doing. Such reactionary irresponsible decision-making, always looking for a cop-out, and to inject another temporary miracle fix. So typically short-sighted from...

In a report in the Times on Tuesday evening, it was revealed that the review of Eddie Jones' position as England coach uncovered some ugly truths about the atmosphere in the England dressing room. The report suggests that Jones had created a "draining" environment for players, and that fallouts...

Hamish Stewart & Josh Flook have the most potential there and should ideally be developed as the next 10's after O'Connor. Both of them like Paisami, are too small to excel in the midfield at international level (hell, even Brian O'Driscoll would be significantly less effective today at 93kg...

England also played a disproportionately higher amount of matches against lower ranked nations, Tonga, Japan, etc.. Jones achieved all of his success when Borthwick was his assistant. 3 Six Nations titles, a Grand Slam, WC final result. His win-percentage without Borthwick (2021-2022) was 40%...

A lack of test experience hasn't necessarily been a barrier for success for other coaches. Rod Macqueen coached the Waratahs & Brumbies for a few seasons. Eddie Jones only had three seasons at the Brumbies before taking over Wallabies in 2001, he also had immediate success. Most notably Jake...

I believe he berated 18 year old Quade Cooper to the point of tears that same year...

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/international/108275798/new-book-reveals-how-eddie-jones-loses-assistant-coaches-and-dressing-rooms Former Wallabies backrower Ross Reynolds had 18 months as an assistant until Jones eventually lost the Wallabies job in late 2005. "He was good to have a beer...

https://wwos.nine.com.au/rugby/all-blacks-coaching-news-2022-scott-robertson-wants-to-win-two-world-cups/738cd42f-6aba-4168-b68d-1da481ab2e65

There's no doubt Eddie has a wealth of technical knowledge - but that's no longer among the most important attributes for a head coach in this day and age, he'd make a great specialist coach though, perhaps an attacking technical advisor - 2007 with Springboks. The Wallabies currently have a...

It's not a generalization, it's more or less the reason England gave him the boot, and Wallabies before that. There's interesting evidence about leadership styles and short & long-term impact on team performance. An autocratic, whip-cracking, derriere-fire-lighting leadership style, as Jones'...

Short-term it can work. Long term it just doesn't. That's Jones' modus operandi and that's how that style of leadership works. The fact is that it doesn't continue to work. He was no longer a good coach for England. His approach had evidently drained, exhausted, demotivated, & confused the...

He's not a better head coach than Razor by any metric, as a technical coach sure that's believable, but in terms of who can lead, motivate & inspire a group of players and fits the characteristics of a modern day head coach in 2023 - not 2003... Razor is no question better skilled in that...

I never said that... only that he's no longer suited to the head coaching role which has evolved into more of a man-management centered position these days. Jones simply doesn't have the right approach to connect properly with the current generation of players & get the most out of them, which...

The ARU would be foolish to hire Jones who's long past his expiry date as HC over a young gun like Razor who's at the peak of his powers and has lots of good years still to offer. Eddie as head coach would be a backwards step, you need to invest in the future & Jones is a relic of a bygone era...

At this point, his best contributions aren't going to be in the head coaching role. He's too old & abrasive for today's crop of players. He's 63 years old, you need a younger coach like Razor to better relate with & develop positive connections with the current playing generation (then have...