Ian McGeechan to be Knighted

Jigga

Good to see a true legend getting recognition

http://www.skysports.com/lions-09/story/0,25921,16057_5797013,00.html

bleg

meh

danthefan

Certainly deserves it.

Guy:Incognito

Not saying he doesnt deserve it but it's been all downhill since they dropped the slaying dragons bit and started giving them to sportsmen and actors.

durkadurka

Knighthood? Who gives a fook. They gave one to sir clive.... Nuff said

ScrubsfanChris

Stekelly wrote: »

Not saying he doesnt deserve it but it's been all downhill since they dropped the slaying dragons bit and started giving them to sportsmen and actors.

Agree,
It should be given to people who have done heroic things or saved lives.
But I am Irish after all, so it doesn't really matter much to me.

big zeb

does it really matter what title they give him nowadays once its not the earl of leinster, or maybe they will:rolleyes:

MarVeL

Was surprised to find he didn't have one already tbh

thomond2006

I guess the honour of being a knight has been diluted since they began handing them out en masse.

PhatPiggins

bleg wrote: »

meh

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jd007

PhatPiggins wrote: »

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funky penguin

I think you meant mesh.

themont85

durkadurka wrote: »

Knighthood? Who gives a fook. They gave one to sir clive.... Nuff said

He won them a World Cup ffs, regardless of your opinion of him as a coach he has that coveted honour which no other NH coach has. If Ireland had such an equivelent honour we'd honour Kidney several times over if he won a WC.

They mean quite a bit over there and they don't just hand them out.

CatFromHue

there is a difference between woodward and mcgeechan.
woodward for all we may complaain and slag him off about was in charge of the best england team of all time, if you remember when both ireland and england were going for a grand slam in ireland and they anhilated us.
he did things differently (i like the story about how england came about to wear the tight jerseys that are commonplace now), not always right, but how many other northern hemisphere coaches have won the world cup and how many 6 nations?

mcgeechan is more famous for what he did with the lions, but in my opinion doesnt deserve to be knighted. interesting to read in eddie o sullivans book about what he thought of mcgeechan on the 2005 tour

TarfHead

Are there 2 Ian McGeechans ?

cos the one I saw on 'Living with the pride' seems at odds with the one getting the credit for success with Scotland, Wasps and the 1997 Lions.

The one I saw on 'Living with the pride' just uttered insipid cliches and was about as inspirational a leader as Brian Cowen :rolleyes: !

Hard to reconcile that person with the one described in the media as a 'rugby mastermind'

phog

CatFromHue wrote: »

there is a difference between woodward and mcgeechan.
woodward for all we may complaain and slag him off about was in charge of the best england team of all time, if you remember when both ireland and england were going for a grand slam in ireland and they anhilated us. he did things differently (i like the story about how england came about to wear the tight jerseys that are commonplace now), not always right, but how many other northern hemisphere coaches have won the world cup and how many 6 nations?

mcgeechan is more famous for what he did with the lions, but in my opinion doesnt deserve to be knighted. interesting to read in eddie o sullivans book about what he thought of mcgeechan on the 2005 tour

True, but iirc, it took them 4 years on the trot to win the GS and Ireland was one of the teams to stop them in their earlier visit to LR, remember Woody;s try of the lineout?

BTW, I had good time for Woodward up to but excluding his reign over the Lions Tour, I think he lost the plot there.

McGeechan would still be a hero of mine, I think he has a great rugby brain.