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<blockquote data-quote="Umaga&#039;s Witness" data-source="post: 1098487" data-attributes="member: 65365"><p>I Agree that robertson thinks he's best for the job and is frustrated and unsure about whether he will get the job in the future. And ultimately you may be right if the egos in charge are indeed that fragile. It just seems unlikely to me given how innocuous his comments were and I also had a different take on the rationale for razor going public with those comments - he would have had a lot of pressure from media to say something in relation to whether foster should be fired. So he said something that sounded real but wasn't too anti nzr - respecting that it's not his decision and that actually he's ok with them not choosing him because he will just get a job elsewhere. I can't see what he could have said that is more subservient than that while maintaining his integrity. He didn't overtly say that nzr are wrong, he didn't even imply it by saying he is the best man for the job, but nor did he say nzr are right. While there would no doubt be underlying frustration, his words said that nzr decides these things, and that he's not bitter about it because he can also get a job elsewhere. </p><p></p><p>Robertson has a contract with nzr until the end of 2024 with an out clause if he doesn't get the all blacks gig. Which says something. </p><p></p><p>Also foster wasn't exempted from not having coached internationally; the requirement, if I remember rightly, they had was that the group as a whole included overseas experience and experience with international teams - foster had plumtree and feek for the former and himself for the latter. Robertson didn't have any of that; which isn't to say he ignored the requirements, it's just tiny brown who originally was in both coaches groups decided to withdraw last minute leaving foster and robertson scrambling for an attack coach. If brown had stayed robertson may well have got the gig.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Umaga's Witness, post: 1098487, member: 65365"] I Agree that robertson thinks he's best for the job and is frustrated and unsure about whether he will get the job in the future. And ultimately you may be right if the egos in charge are indeed that fragile. It just seems unlikely to me given how innocuous his comments were and I also had a different take on the rationale for razor going public with those comments - he would have had a lot of pressure from media to say something in relation to whether foster should be fired. So he said something that sounded real but wasn't too anti nzr - respecting that it's not his decision and that actually he's ok with them not choosing him because he will just get a job elsewhere. I can't see what he could have said that is more subservient than that while maintaining his integrity. He didn't overtly say that nzr are wrong, he didn't even imply it by saying he is the best man for the job, but nor did he say nzr are right. While there would no doubt be underlying frustration, his words said that nzr decides these things, and that he's not bitter about it because he can also get a job elsewhere. Robertson has a contract with nzr until the end of 2024 with an out clause if he doesn't get the all blacks gig. Which says something. Also foster wasn't exempted from not having coached internationally; the requirement, if I remember rightly, they had was that the group as a whole included overseas experience and experience with international teams - foster had plumtree and feek for the former and himself for the latter. Robertson didn't have any of that; which isn't to say he ignored the requirements, it's just tiny brown who originally was in both coaches groups decided to withdraw last minute leaving foster and robertson scrambling for an attack coach. If brown had stayed robertson may well have got the gig. [/QUOTE]
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