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<blockquote data-quote="welshglory" data-source="post: 808795" data-attributes="member: 38673">They&#039;ve been quite stodgy apart from 2011 where they were magnificent.What&#039;s most damning is the fact that the Chiefs, Highlanders and to a lesser extent Hurricanes (who&#039;ve always had a large AB backline contingent) have built their squads up whilst the Crusaders have had a nucleus of veteran Allblacks and haven&#039;t flourished. Coaching definitely had to be the problem there. In all fairness though post 2008 we saw the Bulls and Springboks in their generational prime and the Crusaders won it in 2011 in most peoples hearts with their incredible travel schedule. Post 2011 though is where Blackadder has really failed, the other Kiwi sides have improved not only in results but in performance and squad depth, they&#039;ve shown up Blackadder and his staff in many ways. Good rugby porn to think what they could have done with Vern Cotter for example at the helm.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="welshglory, post: 808795, member: 38673"] They've been quite stodgy apart from 2011 where they were magnificent. What's most damning is the fact that the Chiefs, Highlanders and to a lesser extent Hurricanes (who've always had a large AB backline contingent) have built their squads up whilst the Crusaders have had a nucleus of veteran Allblacks and haven't flourished. Coaching definitely had to be the problem there. In all fairness though post 2008 we saw the Bulls and Springboks in their generational prime and the Crusaders won it in 2011 in most peoples hearts with their incredible travel schedule. Post 2011 though is where Blackadder has really failed, the other Kiwi sides have improved not only in results but in performance and squad depth, they've shown up Blackadder and his staff in many ways. Good rugby porn to think what they could have done with Vern Cotter for example at the helm. [/QUOTE]

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