B&I Lions want the coach for their preceding YEAR...!

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According to the BBC this morning Andy Irvine wants a coach who can work on the campaign for a year in advance of the party leaving.

"We would be looking for the coach to be available effectively a year out.

If chosen from the four home unions, that would rule the Lions coach out of any involvement in a nation's 2012 November Tests or the 2013 Six Nations that follows." Andy Irvine

Irvine added: "I think it's far to say that if any of them [national coaches] are involved in summer tours we would regard that as acceptable, but that thereafter we would be hoping that he could concentrate entirely on the Lions."


http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/welsh/15926296.stm

damngoodOvalball wrote:

Gatts wrote:Robbo would be a big mistake...we can do Aus in 2013, we need a coach with winning ways, that is not AR.

Gatland has lost his last three tests, and had a worse win/loss ratio than kidney or jonno for 2011.
Define "winning ways"...

I think your hatred of jonno might just be clouding your mind a tad. Name me a Welshman who has achieved more than MJ in international rugby?

Jonno was a gamble as head coach of England. Looking at the RWC that gamble didn't pay off. However, MJ was let down badly by the players and more so by the RFU. England lost just 3 games in 2011, beat Oz home and away and won the 6n. Not a bad record when you look at it with both eyes open

I don't hate MJ. Obviously both my eyes are open, very wide when i read about the extraordinary exploits of the England RWC campaign...I do not want MJ at the helm of a touring side in Aus...wonder why that is.

LondonTiger wrote:Paul Turner and Dean Richards.

Dean Richards - that would be a great appointment.


The claret would be flowing on that tour! thank you, I'm here all night

damngoodOvalball wrote: 4th place is the best Wales have ever managed at a RWC so kudos I suppose.

Gatlands record with Wales is average really, a GS but otherwise standard 4th place finish in 6N. No success against 3N teams away. Anyway I am not advocating jonno as lions coach, I'm just countering the largely nonsensical stuff which dribbles through from Gatts.

Third actually . Haha.

Those are not the reasons we rate Gatland. It is probably more to do with how he can take away a lot of players with a handful of caps and turn them into international stars within a short space of time. Maybe he is a bit less stubborn now as I can not see why he persisted with so many of our off-form players for so long.

Hey morgannwg
It's not that I dont rate gatland - he has clearly done well to turn around the woeful run of losses Wales had last year, and brought through some very good young players. But they were good young players anyway.

I'm just balancing out some of the twaddle gatts comes out with which is usually delusional and often xenophobic

damngoodOvalball wrote:Hey morgannwg
It's not that I dont rate gatland - he has clearly done well to turn around the woeful run of losses Wales had last year, and brought through some very good young players. But they were good young players anyway.

I'm just balancing out some of the twaddle gatts comes out with which is usually delusional and often xenophobic

that's a big accusation ...back it up...xenophobic how...you sure you know what it means?

thebandwagonsociety wrote:

LondonTiger wrote:Paul Turner and Dean Richards.

Dean Richards - that would be a great appointment.


The claret would be flowing on that tour! thank you, I'm here all night

Bloody interesting idea.

But please no...!