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IMO there has always been far too much reliance on the personality of the HC and not enough on the actual systems and staff he/she intends to implement. A brilliant HC will rarely succeed without a complete plan to address S&C, skills (including all those places Australian Players are deficient...

Just not necessarily the professional level, including the Wallabies, which is where the ARU top down funding model comes into play. This is indeed what I see happening in the local sides with a lot of the blokes I know playing not watching any Rugby on TV and very very rarely attending any...

A short documentary on the decision making processes in the ARU and SANZAAAAAAR.

I came to the conclusion last year that Super Rugby out grew it's "Super" mantle when it left the Super 12. Super 14 was OK and could have grown into itself over time but further expansion from that point just killed it. I have to say though that just as the Rubaiyat says (The moving hand...

How about the ones that the ARU have hired to do their strategic reviews for them the last few times.

Yes Tahs much preferred the NZ prop Ta'avao :rolleyes:, such great identifiers of talent.

No or they'd have better personal bank accounts and lots of special massages.

How many have run a successful sporting code? Being "successful" in the financial industry is not something to crow about and is certainly not something to admit to in a public place. Bankers are held in the same regard as Lawyers and Politicians for a very good reason and that does for a...

FFS some of us have been saying it for years. Its as obvious as a full moon on a cloudless night. As for Papworth, he has been saying the same thing the only difference is the clarity that standing on the edge of the cliff if giving people. Think of basic communication theory, for...

I take exception to being called a Capitalist!!! I liken myself more to an enlightened Marxo-Facist Dictator. I prefer to be addressed as Noble Leader......

"I'm unequivocally selfish in this" This quote and the thrust of the whole interview illustrates to me why we MUST get ride of the ARU and transition to an independent Commission to run Professional Rugby in Australia. This sort of insular cut throat thinking needs to be eliminated from...

If you agree with Ben Darwin's analysis regime it may well assist the Wallabies if key partnerships are replicated at Super Level and Wallabies level. However the best Australian 9-10 combination was NFJ and Lynagh and their only combo was at the Wallabies level and IMO Lynagh played worse...

That is just totally incorrect. I have been involved in the design and assessment of more than a few government and private business systems where the outcomes could have been judged on such simple metrics, but the results are very often skewed and do not adjust for external factors. There...

Thing is unless you are somebody who Jones particularly likes this is always the way he attacks people. If I was looking at Jones in similar fashion I certainly wouldn't take it, but then I wouldn't be there in the first place knowing what it would be. In any event the ARU executive has to...

I have been told repeatedly by lawyer types if it doesn't break the law it is permissible. Just like a politician's "expenses" just have to form the "rules" such that anything is pretty much permissible and then ensure that information, real information is very hard to get and then can be either...

As I said earlier, the incestuous nature of the board and Chairman and CEO appointments have maintained a structural continuity even though the faces have changed.

16. Total lack of transparency leading people to justifiably question the integrity of the ARU processes/systems and individuals, to the point the ARU now has IMO irreparably damaged its standing in the community such that it is compromised in its ability to manage the game. one example being...

1) I am an odd person in general, some would say also strange and others just downright annoying.......... 2) Stupidity and/or continually blindly following, (even when assessments made and proved) those "in charge" because they are in charge and by that very fact must be qualified and know more...

OH FFS. you were told this would happen, and pretty much the manner of it. The same people outlined what would happen with Richard Graham. Why do you continue to "support" these coaches until the day of their resignation or sacking? Is the QRU so obviously infallible that you cannot question...

You've never seen real institutional corruption have you? Many things look much like "mistakes" but were intentional steps. At the very least an extremely strong case can be made for incompetence, if not neglect of their duties.