Mitre 10 Cup 2018
-
@steven-harris Dale sounds like a decent bloke and I wish him all the best on his next adventure, who knows he may come back one day when our current coaches decide they’ve had enough of Northland again..
-
@tim he applied for the Auckland head coach role,got down to the last 3 or so but I guess they would’nt Know a decent coach if even if one fell into their lap,they certainly don’t know a decent player when they see one, rumour I have heard,he’s down to the last 2 in line for the Southland job,hope he gets it..
If that’s the case,the Northland v Southland game next season will have some extra spice.
-
Seems as though self absorbed arrogance is getting in the way of making good decisions in this case. A union like Northland always has a battle in terms of recruitment and reatainment, but with the right people (Macleod) in the right places we have a fighting chance of being better than average. Lose those sort of blokes and it all becomes a little harder.
In this day and age player/coach relationships are important, as it doesn’t take much for someone to pull up stumps and move on if they aren’t happy. It’s just how it is in the professional era. Plenty of learnings here for the NRU.
-
-
@higgins it would appear they have learned nothing in the past 10-15 years...think back to when Northland and Ta$man had thier heads on the block...one team has plodded along and had the odd moment to keep thier fans coming, the other was in the final again this year...
Granted Ta$man enjoys a considerably better relationship with the Crusaders than we have had with the Blues up until the past couple of years...and even then it isn't as helpful as it could be given Lomax was supposedly looking at coming here but was no support from the blues so he went to Ta$man/Highlanders
Just hope the good fortune we have had with super contracts the past couple of seasons will mitigate this off field stuff somewhat.
-
So MacLeod didn't get the Southland job, does that mean the NRU have done enough to keep him or did they shit the bed so bad he is off anyway...?
-
-
@taniwharugby said in Mitre 10 Cup 2018:
@crucial er ok
Stupid TR board! Thought this was the general thread
-
-
@taniwharugby meh, we’ll claim him with that surname.
-
-
@tim I dont know anything about him, but assume he woulda been looking to play mid-field or maybe wing, probably the one area at the start of the season he probably wouldnt have been looking to get much of a chance (without an injury) even on the bench?
-
-
@northlandallday pretty tough start there...cliché time - gotta hit the field running!
NH away, Auckland and 'naki at home then Otago away.
