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The Autopsy thread: Which England team members are for the chopping block?
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<blockquote data-quote="Peat" data-source="post: 755654" data-attributes="member: 42330"><p>In balance (and I'd forgotten this) - the only four coaches interested last time out were Nick Mallet, Stuart Lancaster, Sir John Kirwan and Eddie O'Sullivan. And Mallet withdrew (or did he). Maybe that's a reflection of the appeal of working with the RFU, maybe not. Either way... they weren't overwhelmed with quality being involved.</p><p></p><p>And they did suggest to Lancaster he might want to get someone like Wayne Smith involved, and Lancaster initially demurred, although he did later go and ask Smith who said no for family reasons. Smith's involvement, reportedly, would have been more of a head coach role with Lancaster being more of a director of rugby. Which is maybe how Lancaster and Farrell ended up being in the end.</p><p></p><p>So, more ambition that I'd remembered. Not sure that changes my perception of them as a little too comfortable. As for Rob Andrew - he didn't acquire the nickname Teflon Don because of weird fashion choices...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Peat, post: 755654, member: 42330"] In balance (and I'd forgotten this) - the only four coaches interested last time out were Nick Mallet, Stuart Lancaster, Sir John Kirwan and Eddie O'Sullivan. And Mallet withdrew (or did he). Maybe that's a reflection of the appeal of working with the RFU, maybe not. Either way... they weren't overwhelmed with quality being involved. And they did suggest to Lancaster he might want to get someone like Wayne Smith involved, and Lancaster initially demurred, although he did later go and ask Smith who said no for family reasons. Smith's involvement, reportedly, would have been more of a head coach role with Lancaster being more of a director of rugby. Which is maybe how Lancaster and Farrell ended up being in the end. So, more ambition that I'd remembered. Not sure that changes my perception of them as a little too comfortable. As for Rob Andrew - he didn't acquire the nickname Teflon Don because of weird fashion choices... [/QUOTE]
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