The irish managerial front

conno16

so it looks like this has never been as poor
please discuss
declan kidney will prob be the last irish coach of the national side for a long long time
provinces have deserted the irish crew
we're seeing even some club sides now snubbing the indigenous talent
this is a worrying development

chupacabra

conno16 wrote: »

so it looks like this has never been as poor
please discuss
declan kidney will prob be the last irish coach of the national side for a long long time
provinces have deserted the irish crew
we're seeing even some club sides now snubbing the indigenous talent
this is a worrying development

You get the best available. If they happen to be non irish then so be it

Coriolanus

There was a write up with the times about some Irish fella coaching with... Quins I think, that a lot of people hope will coach the national team down the line.
Read the article, forgot the name.

johnnysmack

Of the 5 head coaching jobs going (4 provinces and national team), only 2 of those have a non irish coach. Hardly a crisis.

durkadurka

Conor o shea could be one for the future

Coriolanus

durkadurka wrote: »

Conor o shea could be one for the future

That's the chap I read about. Had a full page on him during the week.

durkadurka

Nevore wrote: »

That's the chap I read about. Had a full page on him during the week.

That chap was an excellent full back for ireland in the 90s, has been the most sensible tv pundit on rte for years and has done great things with the english youth system (i think).

Coriolanus

Ha, wait a second. Never put two and two together. Knew OShea from the punditry, read about him retiring from that, read about "a" Conor O Shea becoming DirRugby at Quins and never thought they were the one and the same.

Now I'm even more hopeful.

gally74

eric elwood will go places, just give him 1-3 years with connacht

durkadurka

Nevore wrote: »

Ha, wait a second. Never put two and two together. Knew OShea from the punditry, read about him retiring from that, read about "a" Conor O Shea becoming DirRugby at Quins and never thought they were the one and the same.

Now I'm even more hopeful.

I suspect you're not a regular poster on this forum??;)

Coriolanus

durkadurka wrote: »

I suspect you're not a regular poster on this forum??;)

Not on the forum, no.
Watch most of the irish provincial games though, played from 12yrs-18, try to read the news etc, so not exactly a rugby novice, which is why I feel like a proper eejit right now.

durkadurka

Nevore wrote: »

Not on the forum, no.
Watch most of the irish provincial games though, played from 12yrs-18, try to read the news etc, so not exactly a rugby novice, which is why I feel like a proper eejit right now.

Only slaggin ya.

you'll find all sort on this forum: experts, people who think they are experts, eejits,lunatics, snobs...

[Jackass]

durkadurka wrote: »

Conor o shea could be one for the future

Would love him to come into the Leinster set up when Schmidt arrives...unlikely now, for the time being at least, but potential Leinster / Irish coach of the future if we could get him.

A real student of the game, knows it like nobody else, great at analysing the game and understanding it.

JustinDee

conno16 wrote: »

so it looks like this has never been as poor
please discuss
declan kidney will prob be the last irish coach of the national side for a long long time
provinces have deserted the irish crew
we're seeing even some club sides now snubbing the indigenous talent
this is a worrying development

Ulster and Connacht are coached by Irish people. Each representitive side below senior is coached by Irish folk.
There are coaches coming through. The structures in developing them are comparatively 'new' but coaches like Allen Clarke (U20) for example have done very well.
At club level, there are some top coaches doing well with their charges too.
The coaching courses in place would, in my view, be proving to be quite effective in fact.