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[RWC2023] France vs New Zealand (08/09/2023)
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<blockquote data-quote="miccloarch" data-source="post: 1145189" data-attributes="member: 78309"><p>This hyperbole is fantastic. Brilliant imagery.</p><p></p><p></p><p>No you're right. AB fans should just sit quietly by and watch their team deteriorate while celebrating the good old days. Head coach is beyond reproach.</p><p></p><p></p><p>How far do you want to take that? Supporting the All Blacks means wanting the best for them. Foster as head coach is clearly, clearly not the best for them.</p><p></p><p>People are miffed and rightly so. And yeah, there are so many other factors as well, starting from the top: NZR is clueless; players leaving for Europe; Rest of the world improved markedly; NZ rugby is stuck in the past with "structures" and "protocols" that don't work (case in point: automatically hire the assistant of the previous head coach because it worked with Henry/Hanson); players maybe not quite as good as previously hyped to be (this could now apply to France, Ireland and SA as well, winners get hyped, that's how it works); etc. ad nauseam.</p><p></p><p>Here's the thing: if we weren't losing, most of this wouldn't be talked about. The main narrative would be: ABs keep winning despite talent exodus. How do you do that? Well, you can start by hiring the best head coach available. We all know who it is, it's no obsession, it's just a fairly obvious choice that was made three and a bit years too late. Instead, in 2019 they made the <em>worst </em>possible choice and then repeated it in 2021 when they still had the chance to save this World Cup cycle.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Bad arguments against Foster don't make him a good coach. Mate, if all you wanted to say is that you know more about rugby than the average casual, then congrats.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="miccloarch, post: 1145189, member: 78309"] This hyperbole is fantastic. Brilliant imagery. No you're right. AB fans should just sit quietly by and watch their team deteriorate while celebrating the good old days. Head coach is beyond reproach. How far do you want to take that? Supporting the All Blacks means wanting the best for them. Foster as head coach is clearly, clearly not the best for them. People are miffed and rightly so. And yeah, there are so many other factors as well, starting from the top: NZR is clueless; players leaving for Europe; Rest of the world improved markedly; NZ rugby is stuck in the past with "structures" and "protocols" that don't work (case in point: automatically hire the assistant of the previous head coach because it worked with Henry/Hanson); players maybe not quite as good as previously hyped to be (this could now apply to France, Ireland and SA as well, winners get hyped, that's how it works); etc. ad nauseam. Here's the thing: if we weren't losing, most of this wouldn't be talked about. The main narrative would be: ABs keep winning despite talent exodus. How do you do that? Well, you can start by hiring the best head coach available. We all know who it is, it's no obsession, it's just a fairly obvious choice that was made three and a bit years too late. Instead, in 2019 they made the [I]worst [/I]possible choice and then repeated it in 2021 when they still had the chance to save this World Cup cycle. Bad arguments against Foster don't make him a good coach. Mate, if all you wanted to say is that you know more about rugby than the average casual, then congrats. [/QUOTE]
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