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@nzzp said in All Blacks 2026:
@tubbyj said in All Blacks 2026:
There does appear to be plenty of revisionist defending Ian Fosters record as well as Ardie Savea and Beauden Barret and their inability to create a winning team environment.
I've been super consistent in thinking Foster should have gone after 2 years and that Razor should have had a crack. We'd be where we are now, but 4 years earlier.
Our board and management were not competent. Any time you put accountants and marketers at the front you wind up in a shit place eventually.
And Lawyers.
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@Chris said in All Blacks 2026:
I hear SA are digging their heels in over Brown,it might not be an easy contract to break..
Lancaster had a chat to O'Gara, informal I was told.Does this mean TB is exploring whether he can get out of his contract?
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@allblackfan2 said in All Blacks 2026:
@Chris said in All Blacks 2026:
I hear SA are digging their heels in over Brown,it might not be an easy contract to break..
Lancaster had a chat to O'Gara, informal I was told.Does this mean TB is exploring whether he can get out of his contract?
I hear he is keen.
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@Chris said in All Blacks 2026:
@allblackfan2 said in All Blacks 2026:
@Chris said in All Blacks 2026:
I hear SA are digging their heels in over Brown,it might not be an easy contract to break..
Lancaster had a chat to O'Gara, informal I was told.Does this mean TB is exploring whether he can get out of his contract?
I hear he is keen.
Sport Nation reckons he has a clause in his contract that states if JJ is AB coach he can be released.
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@SouthernMann said in All Blacks 2026:
@Chris said in All Blacks 2026:
@allblackfan2 said in All Blacks 2026:
@Chris said in All Blacks 2026:
I hear SA are digging their heels in over Brown,it might not be an easy contract to break..
Lancaster had a chat to O'Gara, informal I was told.Does this mean TB is exploring whether he can get out of his contract?
I hear he is keen.
Sport Nation reckons he has a clause in his contract that states if JJ is AB coach he can be released.
That sounds like a really out there clause.
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@SouthernMann said in All Blacks 2026:
@Chris said in All Blacks 2026:
@allblackfan2 said in All Blacks 2026:
@Chris said in All Blacks 2026:
I hear SA are digging their heels in over Brown,it might not be an easy contract to break..
Lancaster had a chat to O'Gara, informal I was told.Does this mean TB is exploring whether he can get out of his contract?
I hear he is keen.
Sport Nation reckons he has a clause in his contract that states if JJ is AB coach he can be released.
That is a strange clause to have written in to your contract .
At the start of his contract signing Razor was signed through to 2027 as was Brown.
Yet he has a clause if JJ gets the job which could only happen if Razor gets sacked he wants an out clause.
SA are playing hard ball I know that much.
If there was some amazing out clause like that I can’t see SA digging their heels in which they are. -
@Chris said in All Blacks 2026:
@SouthernMann said in All Blacks 2026:
@Chris said in All Blacks 2026:
@allblackfan2 said in All Blacks 2026:
@Chris said in All Blacks 2026:
I hear SA are digging their heels in over Brown,it might not be an easy contract to break..
Lancaster had a chat to O'Gara, informal I was told.Does this mean TB is exploring whether he can get out of his contract?
I hear he is keen.
Sport Nation reckons he has a clause in his contract that states if JJ is AB coach he can be released.
That is a strange clause to have written in to your contract .
At the start of his contract signing Razor was signed through to 2027 as was Brown.
Yet he has a clause if JJ gets the job which could only happen if Razor gets sacked he wants an out clause.
SA are playing hard ball I know that much.
If there was some amazing out clause like that I can’t see SA digging their heels in which they are.I'm only repeating what someone stated.
You'd suspect Brown is in Dunedin at the moment, like he was last year hanging out with JJ and his brother at the Landers.
Enployment law issues across different nations makes this interesting.
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@Chris I think its unlikely, but plausible, I mean he was approached by both Fozzie and Razor, he saw the fallout from Fozzie thought what if it doesnt work out and JJ gets the gig and im over here?
SA probably thought fark, no way will NZR sack Razor, they have never done that before, yeah sweet, chuck whatever clause you want.
If, as is more likely, there is no clause, why would SA release him? Unsurprisingly he has been as good as most expected him to be and made an impact, and probably enjoying it, so this will be a factor.
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@Frank guess it depends how much of a challenge he wants too...I mean he's got a good gig in SA, in NZ, he would starting from scratch...
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@allblackfan2 said in All Blacks 2026:
@hikastags said in All Blacks 2026:
Head Coach: Jamie Joseph
Attack Coach: Tony Brown
Defence Coach: Dave Rennie
Forwards/Set Piece: Vern Cotter
Technical/Game Management Advisor: Joe SchmidtThat's the ideal set-up IMO. Will probably need a skills & scrum coach also.
And a good mental skills coach seeing how fragile some are.
Yes, re the mental skills coaching - a balance of individual mental skills development and as a team - potentially a two person approach e.g., someone with proven expertise in strengthening individual athletes and the other from a military background e.g., Navy Seals with a couple of Hell Week camps included in prep for the RWC.
Not sure if that's shit works.
Think Camp Staaldraad.
