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<blockquote data-quote="BPM" data-source="post: 1038897" data-attributes="member: 59968"><p>A note on Gustard ...</p><p></p><p>His time at Quins is now widely regarded as a failure which isn't entirely true/fair.</p><p></p><p>Taking any subjectivity out of it and looking purely at results/where we finished, we basically stood still under his leadership.</p><p></p><p>He did a lot of things wrong - fundamentally he tried to force Quins into becoming Saracens 2.0 which didn't suit the club, didn't suit the playing personnel and pi**ed everyone off along the way. Looking at how we're performing now, it's very clear that he got the gameplan and the communication mostly wrong.</p><p></p><p>However, he should also get some credit for what he did right. Overall, the signings he made have proved to be very good. Baldwin, Louw, Lewies, Evans, Esterhuizen, Green and Steele are all a key part of our 23 for example. There were also some things he encouraged/allowed - like the James Chisholm/real Sean Dyche thing for example, which don't suggest it was always an unhappy group.</p><p></p><p>If he learns from his mistakes and can reign in his ego/control freak tendencies, he could still become a good coach IMO. The fact that he's basically taken a step back might suggest that he's recognised some of his failings. Time will tell. Otherwise, he's kind of like Mike Ford MkII.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BPM, post: 1038897, member: 59968"] A note on Gustard ... His time at Quins is now widely regarded as a failure which isn’t entirely true/fair. Taking any subjectivity out of it and looking purely at results/where we finished, we basically stood still under his leadership. He did a lot of things wrong - fundamentally he tried to force Quins into becoming Saracens 2.0 which didn’t suit the club, didn’t suit the playing personnel and pi**ed everyone off along the way. Looking at how we’re performing now, it’s very clear that he got the gameplan and the communication mostly wrong. However, he should also get some credit for what he did right. Overall, the signings he made have proved to be very good. Baldwin, Louw, Lewies, Evans, Esterhuizen, Green and Steele are all a key part of our 23 for example. There were also some things he encouraged/allowed - like the James Chisholm/real Sean Dyche thing for example, which don’t suggest it was always an unhappy group. If he learns from his mistakes and can reign in his ego/control freak tendencies, he could still become a good coach IMO. The fact that he’s basically taken a step back might suggest that he’s recognised some of his failings. Time will tell. Otherwise, he’s kind of like Mike Ford MkII. [/QUOTE]
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