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<blockquote data-quote="Bruce_ma gooshvili" data-source="post: 1098478" data-attributes="member: 74121"><p>Robertson was presumably all those things and a 3x SR champion as coach when he was overlooked for Foster. He made it clear last month that if he isn't wanted by NZ for 2024 then he'll be going overseas. His remarks were harmless, but this part suggests he wasn't impressed by NZ's decision. </p><p></p><p>"Look, what I learned from last time, especially around the All Blacks stuff, is you have to keep your options open. It's a professional game and I'm probably a little more clearly focused.</p><p></p><p>It's one job [All Blacks coach] and when someone doesn't give it to you you have to think differently, what opportunities are out there? I'll be coming into my seventh year as the Crusaders coach next year, I have loved it all, it has been incredible but no one last in a job forever so I am open."</p><p></p><p>(my translation is: "I'm older now and understand decisions about your future can be out of your hands, even if you excel from day 1 and are clearly a better candidate than the person who was selected. So I need to put my destiny in my own hands incase I'm overlooked for an inferior candidate again next time as I'm not going to be kicking my heels with the Crusaders beyond 2023.")</p><p></p><p>To someone with thin skin who has an ego and enjoys a position of authority too much, the remarks and their timing could be taken as applying pressure on the union to at the very least give Robertson a commitment to 2024 (as well as a suggestion Robertson wasn't thrilled by the 2019 selection process). I don't know if the head of NZ rugby meets those criteria but loads of employers do, and will favour loyalty, familiarity and subservience over competence, even at the cost of success. It's an attitude that is rife in organisations with a strong hierarchical career progression. You don't pick someone who might not be 'on message'.</p><p></p><p>Only the ageing of Gatland and Cotter, the stress issues of Schmidt and the sub par performance of Rennie and Pivac is stopping me from thinking Robertson is pretty much out of contention for 2024. I think he'll be in contention for 2024, but behind Joseph (assuming Foster doesn't pull off a big upset next year). </p><p></p><p>You'll know more about the relationship between Robertson and NZ, but that's how it looks to an outsider. I think with Rennie I'd read that the NZ union had suggested they wanted coaches to coach overseas before they'd consider them (like a Hansen, which was a factor in why Rennie came to Glasgow). So that counts against Robertson (although this criteria was waived for Foster so who knows if it still applies).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bruce_ma gooshvili, post: 1098478, member: 74121"] Robertson was presumably all those things and a 3x SR champion as coach when he was overlooked for Foster. He made it clear last month that if he isn't wanted by NZ for 2024 then he'll be going overseas. His remarks were harmless, but this part suggests he wasn't impressed by NZ's decision. "Look, what I learned from last time, especially around the All Blacks stuff, is you have to keep your options open. It’s a professional game and I’m probably a little more clearly focused. It’s one job [All Blacks coach] and when someone doesn’t give it to you you have to think differently, what opportunities are out there? I’ll be coming into my seventh year as the Crusaders coach next year, I have loved it all, it has been incredible but no one last in a job forever so I am open." (my translation is: "I'm older now and understand decisions about your future can be out of your hands, even if you excel from day 1 and are clearly a better candidate than the person who was selected. So I need to put my destiny in my own hands incase I'm overlooked for an inferior candidate again next time as I'm not going to be kicking my heels with the Crusaders beyond 2023.") To someone with thin skin who has an ego and enjoys a position of authority too much, the remarks and their timing could be taken as applying pressure on the union to at the very least give Robertson a commitment to 2024 (as well as a suggestion Robertson wasn't thrilled by the 2019 selection process). I don't know if the head of NZ rugby meets those criteria but loads of employers do, and will favour loyalty, familiarity and subservience over competence, even at the cost of success. It's an attitude that is rife in organisations with a strong hierarchical career progression. You don't pick someone who might not be 'on message'. Only the ageing of Gatland and Cotter, the stress issues of Schmidt and the sub par performance of Rennie and Pivac is stopping me from thinking Robertson is pretty much out of contention for 2024. I think he'll be in contention for 2024, but behind Joseph (assuming Foster doesn't pull off a big upset next year). You'll know more about the relationship between Robertson and NZ, but that's how it looks to an outsider. I think with Rennie I'd read that the NZ union had suggested they wanted coaches to coach overseas before they'd consider them (like a Hansen, which was a factor in why Rennie came to Glasgow). So that counts against Robertson (although this criteria was waived for Foster so who knows if it still applies). [/QUOTE]
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