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Why do the blues keep on sucking?
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<blockquote data-quote="Kiwiwomble" data-source="post: 988723" data-attributes="member: 45355"><p>I listen at the "Rugby Bricks Podcast", its run by former Highlander/Otago/Northland 1st Five Peter Breen.</p><p></p><p>Largely it is about promoting his range of kicking tees and a lot about coaching, I think hes a coach with the Aussie womens team here in Melbourne now</p><p></p><p>He's had some great guests though, really leveraging on the other guys he played with, Aaron Smith, lima sopoaga etc</p><p></p><p>his most recent was with kees meeuws, kees was long before peters time with the highlanders and Otago but he was a coach with Otago when we won the ranfurly shield in 2013. </p><p></p><p>It was a really good podcast, Kees was able to talk about the original Otago/Highlanders culture, the one that got us to the 1999 super rugby final and drew comparisons to the culture that reformed under Jamie Joseph. he then compared it to the culture at the blues when he moved there in 2002ish...this was the Blues team that won in 2003</p><p></p><p>He said they were very similar cultures, maybe not the go out pig hunting with half the team kind of deal in otago but definitely they were mates, everyone went out after the games, win or loose, bit of bonding and debrief etc, bbq's on the sunday with families...then back into it on monday. didn't quite say it outright but alluded to the fact it isn't like that at the blues now and hasnt been for a long time </p><p></p><p>He talked about how the coaches took a back seat because they had so much leadership and professionalism that the team would lead a lot of the sessions/meetings, coaching team (which included Graham Henry) just came up with the game plan based on the oppo research and the team took it form there</p><p></p><p>im not even sure its an on field culture they need to find....it seems to be a club culture...just kind of feel they all walk off the field and go home and dont think about rugby until monday training session</p><p></p><p>they also need to stop letting talent get away, their scouting and development is horrendous</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kiwiwomble, post: 988723, member: 45355"] I listen at the "Rugby Bricks Podcast", its run by former Highlander/Otago/Northland 1st Five Peter Breen. Largely it is about promoting his range of kicking tees and a lot about coaching, I think hes a coach with the Aussie womens team here in Melbourne now He's had some great guests though, really leveraging on the other guys he played with, Aaron Smith, lima sopoaga etc his most recent was with kees meeuws, kees was long before peters time with the highlanders and Otago but he was a coach with Otago when we won the ranfurly shield in 2013. It was a really good podcast, Kees was able to talk about the original Otago/Highlanders culture, the one that got us to the 1999 super rugby final and drew comparisons to the culture that reformed under Jamie Joseph. he then compared it to the culture at the blues when he moved there in 2002ish...this was the Blues team that won in 2003 He said they were very similar cultures, maybe not the go out pig hunting with half the team kind of deal in otago but definitely they were mates, everyone went out after the games, win or loose, bit of bonding and debrief etc, bbq's on the sunday with families...then back into it on monday. didn't quite say it outright but alluded to the fact it isn't like that at the blues now and hasnt been for a long time He talked about how the coaches took a back seat because they had so much leadership and professionalism that the team would lead a lot of the sessions/meetings, coaching team (which included Graham Henry) just came up with the game plan based on the oppo research and the team took it form there im not even sure its an on field culture they need to find....it seems to be a club culture...just kind of feel they all walk off the field and go home and dont think about rugby until monday training session they also need to stop letting talent get away, their scouting and development is horrendous [/QUOTE]
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