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Tana Umaga named as Counties Manukau Head Coach
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<blockquote data-quote="nickdnz" data-source="post: 472426" data-attributes="member: 38640"><p>There are plenty of players who are now coaching first class rugby off nothing more than being introduced to a coaching enviroment at top level. Mark Hammett, Todd Blackadder, Andy Farrell, Martin Johnson, Pat Lam, Jamie Joseph, Wayne Smith, Steve Hansen, Robbie Deans, John Kirwan, John Mitchell, Mike Catt, Ian McGeechan, Steve McDowell, Phillipe Saint-Andre, Jeff Wilson, Collin Cooper, Isitolo Maka etc. Coaches are more often than not recruited from either national, provincial or professional club's academies. It seems strange to say Tana Umaga is less deserving than those coaches of a position of head coach of an NPC team, when so many of the formentioned coaches had even less experience before taking on even higher positions.</p><p></p><p>Umaga has after all been assistant coach of Toulon, head coach of Toulon and most recently assistant coach of Counties Manukau. I have a feelling that it's his very impressive profile as a player that seperates him from the acceptance that Todd Blackadder receives coaching the Crusaders.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nickdnz, post: 472426, member: 38640"] There are plenty of players who are now coaching first class rugby off nothing more than being introduced to a coaching enviroment at top level. Mark Hammett, Todd Blackadder, Andy Farrell, Martin Johnson, Pat Lam, Jamie Joseph, Wayne Smith, Steve Hansen, Robbie Deans, John Kirwan, John Mitchell, Mike Catt, Ian McGeechan, Steve McDowell, Phillipe Saint-Andre, Jeff Wilson, Collin Cooper, Isitolo Maka etc. Coaches are more often than not recruited from either national, provincial or professional club's academies. It seems strange to say Tana Umaga is less deserving than those coaches of a position of head coach of an NPC team, when so many of the formentioned coaches had even less experience before taking on even higher positions. Umaga has after all been assistant coach of Toulon, head coach of Toulon and most recently assistant coach of Counties Manukau. I have a feelling that it's his very impressive profile as a player that seperates him from the acceptance that Todd Blackadder receives coaching the Crusaders. [/QUOTE]
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