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Desmond Connor (43)
Jones deserved to get the chop post 2004. Do not re-write history with recent great results. He bet very wrongly on the direction Rugby would go after 2003, and depowered the Australian scrum with a statistical analysis that showed scrums as having low importance to the game. A generation of props and locks ignored it and it has taken 10 years to partially address the problem. Add in the play by numbers game plan he had at the time and his final year was a total disaster and the completely flawed foundations he created also fed into the 2007 RWC. The Reds time was a conflation of a disillusioned and angry Jones and a totally shite Reds set up and he needed to go from their as well. From there he totally re-invented himself and his approach and at Japan and England has built a complete support staff to assist. It is in stark contrast to what Cheika has done which was off personal passion in 2014-2015 and failure since, with the only proven coach he has on board being Byrne.
England has a truck load more $$$$ then we do. Makes a huge difference. Eddy is a short term coach who can't keep his personality from being a problem. I won't buy into him doing a good job with England until he beats the All Blacks.