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2021 British & Irish Lions Tour
Is Warren Gatland Simply a Lucky Coach?
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<blockquote data-quote="General Melchett" data-source="post: 865867" data-attributes="member: 74895"><p>One of the biggest gaffs Gatland made was making his mate Howley head attack coach. This effectively ensured there would be no Scots on the coaching team as Townsend and O'Halloran understandably turned down the chance to assist Howley, with a bit of pressure from the SRU. With no Scottish voice on the coaching team this effectively alienated the Scots (both players and fans), apart from guys like Hogg and Seymour who he had to pick as there were no viable Welsh alternatives. His responsibility was to galvanise the four nations in the spirit of the Lions ethos and he failed spectactulalry all because he gave his mate Howler the gig.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="General Melchett, post: 865867, member: 74895"] One of the biggest gaffs Gatland made was making his mate Howley head attack coach. This effectively ensured there would be no Scots on the coaching team as Townsend and O'Halloran understandably turned down the chance to assist Howley, with a bit of pressure from the SRU. With no Scottish voice on the coaching team this effectively alienated the Scots (both players and fans), apart from guys like Hogg and Seymour who he had to pick as there were no viable Welsh alternatives. His responsibility was to galvanise the four nations in the spirit of the Lions ethos and he failed spectactulalry all because he gave his mate Howler the gig. [/QUOTE]
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