Prior to my leaving, the chances of a 60 year old getting a senior management job in IT was hens teeth. In the consulting world, they mostly brought in youngsters and trained them, the exception was sales guys who they would occasionally take from large IT companies.
I was just using gamble as an example of how strong the Crusaders are/were/always have been.
Possibly, but he may have had better players to work with?
Great Expectations? or are we only capable of attracting a coach with a death wish?
Drew, I am happy to be proven wrong but my recollection of those days was that Connolly got the role on a one-year contract as they were planning on a new coach. Eddie left us with almost zero youngsters playing for us and Deans had to rebuild from the ground up and win as much as possible on the way. Sounds a bit like the situation Rennie found himself in.
I was hoping Rennie was going to be the guy I described, making the most with what we have. It hasn’t worked that way unfortunately. Like you, my memory from then is a tad hazy. My memory of Eddie matches yours, I also remember Deans did well rebuilding our depth. He just lost me with JOC (James O'Connor) at 10 v Lions. He probably wouldn’t have dealt with the egos like the amigos at the crusaders either. Funny that Rennie is an injury or two away from a reunion of the amigos viejos. Shows how far (or not) we have travelled since then.
At a professional services firm? No. But, no 60 year old wants to apply to a professional services firm as a shit kicker senior consultant for $70-99k a year.
You’re probably right. Reece and Jordan are close to (if not actual) starters and Scobar, Moody, Taylor, Goodhue and Havili have been picked a fair bit also (and last year they had Matera). But I do get what you’re saying. They have a system, as well as high standards where everyone knows their role. Could Razor bring that system and those standards here? You’d hope so for what we’d have to pay him. I’d prefer Razor to Eddie personally, but doubt he’ll come.
Tahs didn't want Nadolo and then he became a star in Saders
I think this points to what a few of us have been saying here, we struggle to pick our noses!
The thing is, the Kiwis aren't perfect. They released Henry Speight and Charlie Gamble
almost 20 years is 1962 to now?
First two were expected to work at a higher standard at the Crusaders than at the Waratahs and showed what they could be. Samu in the other hand was far too good for Shute Shield, but was playing at 12 when I saw him at Randwick and was becoming a star in NZ after shifting to 6 and proving himself in the NPC before being enticed back here. but that wasn’t Razor himself who did that, that was the Crusaders system’s and standards. I’d love him to transplant some of that Saders magic over here, but he’s just a part of their success.
Bit of revisionist history Marce.
