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<blockquote data-quote="donmcdazzle" data-source="post: 515501" data-attributes="member: 44093"><p>Yeah, it is the only way forward for them. I'm not from down there, but I imagine it would have been tough to get in behind the team when they were made up of cast-offs from other provinces trying to get a game. </p><p></p><p>The same thing happened in Manawatu when Charlie McAlister (Luke's dad) was the coach, he was an idiot an alienated all the locals by bringing in Wellington and Harbour B players. Then (luckily) Dave Rennie came along and started picking the local kids and developing them. Sure we got hammered the first couple of seasons but we managed to start hanging onto our talented young guys (have still lost some e.g. Whitelocks, Kurt Baker, Andre Taylor) and have now developed into a solid team. Something like 20 out of the 25 man squad were schooled in Manawatu last season, which makes it much easier to support for the local people. Good on Otago for going down that route.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donmcdazzle, post: 515501, member: 44093"] Yeah, it is the only way forward for them. I'm not from down there, but I imagine it would have been tough to get in behind the team when they were made up of cast-offs from other provinces trying to get a game. The same thing happened in Manawatu when Charlie McAlister (Luke's dad) was the coach, he was an idiot an alienated all the locals by bringing in Wellington and Harbour B players. Then (luckily) Dave Rennie came along and started picking the local kids and developing them. Sure we got hammered the first couple of seasons but we managed to start hanging onto our talented young guys (have still lost some e.g. Whitelocks, Kurt Baker, Andre Taylor) and have now developed into a solid team. Something like 20 out of the 25 man squad were schooled in Manawatu last season, which makes it much easier to support for the local people. Good on Otago for going down that route. [/QUOTE]
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