Ireland Team Talk XII: Farrell's First Fifteen

3 inexperienced 10s. This is not true and when you read it you must admit it sounds silly to call Crowley and Frawley inexperienced.
but I get that must be the narrative to justify and defend sexton being involved.

Sextons role is as a backs coach and mark my words nothing good will come of it. I said this when he got the job, I don’t personally know sexton but I have worked with people like him and they are not good at managing people or to use your words “mentoring”.
People who see themselves as alphas are actually too disliked to manage or coach anyone.

then what is his role? Please don’t say as a mentor because that can’t be a real thing.

and if it is a real thing I would fully expect cian Healy Peter omahoney and Conor Murray to also made mentors when they retire.
Why not get Rory best into mentor the hookers and big Malcom OKelly to mentor the locks.

There is no such role as mentor, they are called coaches. Sexton is a backs coach.

I have never heard of CEOs in the private sector worth their salt who have mentors. It would be seen as a weakness.
CEOs can have people they trust in advisory roles but they advise they do not mentor.

why not have 15 mentors then , a mentor for everyone.
because it would be completely stupid.

so sexton has been in the camp one day a week this autumn.
Is this what you are telling me.
Crowley and Frawley won the 6 nations and drew a South African tour, In what world do they need mentoring. I have never heard the likes of it.

What will be really interesting is Farrell’s pick at 10 for the Lions. I presume Russell and Smith will be the first two. Does he go with SP or Crowley? Or am I missing someone?

Forgot about OF. I kinda discounted him really given he’s not playing for England. Not yet anyway.

I get it , you won’t hear a thing against sexton.
As for senior leadership , Crowley and Frawley won the 6 nations and drew a South African tour without sexton.
sexton comes in as a mentor and suddenly Crowley and Frawley start playing within themselves.
these are facts , please explain why sexton should be kept on as a mentor when he has made things worse not better.
deal with that

Sexton hasn’t been given a job, he isn’t coaching anyone. Everyone knows this and it’s just more malicious targeting of Farrell.

But even if he was… Crowley had a good Autumn after an early blip, Prendergast had a very promising introduction to test rugby. What’s the problem like? For all we know, Sexton had some advice for Crowley after the NZ game that helped him move on and getting Sexton to consult was a stroke of genius