Ewen McKenzie: Wallaby Coach
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Ron Walden (29)
agree i'll try again what say we have a chat about Links support crew.I'll start with a vote for Kafe.smart cooky and a good complement for Link. If not then Bernie who by all accounts is a very good backs coach but probably a bit green.
Wouldnt mind seeing a panellish kind of situation where Link can sit Cheiks and Jake White and even Foley for the forwards in a room and get some secrets..any suggestions?
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David Wilson (68)
Think Bernie we make a good back coach scaraby, not sure that Link would be too keen on getting in room with S15 coaches, could just muddy the waters. Think the best idea is for Link to decide how he wants game played, and which coaches have similar ideas.
But not of the stomps on Palmer and Cowan. He was acquitted because intent could not be proved and the appeal was thrown out because the process was not at fault. The fact remains that he has a habit of stepping on people's faces and he needs to learn better control of his feet.
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Mark Ella (57)
I just hope that the wallabies win or at least be extremely competitive under Ewen on Aug 17. Deans had a thousand years (well 6 anyway) to get it right and couldn't so probably a bit unfair on McKenzie to think he can turn it around in 4 or 5 weeks. Then again, stuff it we are Aussie and always want the win, this time, next time and everytime after that.................
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David Codey (61)
That's exactly what I don't like about him.
His experience of Juniors Rugby is in the GPS system.
His experience of Club rugby is Sydney Uni.
Both these areas are well run and well funded and are in no need of support.
What would his view of these systems be if his son went to st Pauls at Penrith,where they play in the ISA Div 2 and he went on to play Colts for Penrith?
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Phil Hardcastle (33)
Todd Louden. Link went close to the S14 title with the Tahs when Louden was the attack/backs coach.
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Geoff Shaw (53)
I thought you were trying to convince us of how bad the All Blacks were?
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Tony Shaw (54)
That would be disastrous, but not unprecedented.
One of the many problems associated with the now-leaked data that Totality Tony was not happy in the Wallaby set-up was that his appointment and role definition (very odd as it was as many of us here commented upon at the time he was announced) was driven by The Dark Prince at ARU HQ (as were other similar Wallaby appointments at the time in early-mid 2012).
Post the RWC debacle, the ARU decided that Deans' support coaches all needed to go (including P Blake, the best of the bunch by far), and Nucifora was given the task of leading the finding of the replacements that were deemed required. A very credible senior Aus rugby person of repute told me at the time that Deans resented this process. Recipe for all-over poor accountability and internal discord, which is what soon occured.
Serious difficulties and regular failures and fallings-out and the wrong structure design and an inadequate number of appropriate support coaches (e.g. full-time kicking specialist, backs/attach coach) is one of the central drivers to Robbie's sustained failure as Wallaby coach.
Over time, it became very clear that the design and recruitment of the right Wallaby coaching management team was a skill and mindset Robbie never had, and worse, never came to acquire. In these times, you will never get a national (or S15) team to championship-winning class without an extensive, stable and very carefully designed group of specialist coaches, S&C persons, sports psychologists, etc.
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Mark Ella (57)
Cannot imagine Link working with people he doesn't choose, whether that be players or his assistants. Can only imagine that he took the position in "his" terms
Hear that Matt Taylor is back in Australia for past week. Taylor and McKe3nzie were pretty tight at the Reds and I wonder if taylor will be the new Defence Coach at the Wallabies
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Mark Loane (55)
I'm not a fan of the coach by committee style. I think Link needs to pick his assistants, guys he would lean on for information and advice because he picked them and he trusts them, but ultimately the decision making and direction needs to be left up to him.
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Chilla Wilson (44)
The boys touched on this in the latest podcast, thinking Jim McKay may be one of links trusted followers as they have both done well at the Reds.
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Geoff Shaw (53)
To my mind, Graham Henry's ability to pull in other international coaches on his team for 8 years was the big thing that set him apart - especially after 2007 when Deans' was in the AB frame.
From the media stories and interviews done while GH was coach, it seemed like those 3 were able to disagree and yet still work together and none of them got upset enough when their ideas weren't accepted to throw it all in.
The fact that I cannot even name 1 of Deans' assistant coaches during this Lions series speaks volumes to me.
I think McKenzie will be pretty sharp in getting this right.
From the media stories and interviews done while GH was coach, it seemed like those 3 were able to disagree and yet still work together and none of them got upset enough when their ideas weren't accepted to throw it all in.
The fact that I cannot even name 1 of Deans' assistant coaches during this Lions series speaks volumes to me.
I think McKenzie will be pretty sharp in getting this right.
No assistants I reckon.
Link can do it all himself. And drive the team bus. And wash the jerseys. And fill the bottles and cut the oranges.
I will permit him to use his children for the running of the kicking tee. But that is as much help as he will get.
He wanted the job, well now he's fucking well got it.
If I can do it for my Subbies club then it can't be that hard, especially for a pro like Link.
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Link can do it all himself. And drive the team bus. And wash the jerseys. And fill the bottles and cut the oranges.
I will permit him to use his children for the running of the kicking tee. But that is as much help as he will get.
He wanted the job, well now he's fucking well got it.
If I can do it for my Subbies club then it can't be that hard, especially for a pro like Link.
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Ron Walden (29)
you make me laugh..next time I go and watch a subbies game....i'll watch out for a guy in an rta uniform with an apron on,dishpan hands, with a hose in one hand and a knife and clipboard in the other.....oh and three feral kids carrying footies,kicking tees and water bottle racks....
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Chilla Wilson (44)
You bloody monster. We are not 19th century England. Link will have to run the kicking tee himself.
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