The Silver Fern

@canefan if we believe what has come out about the extreme hands-off approach to HC, what on earth would they get him to do as an assistant?

If you were going to bring through one of the younger coaches, who would you go for?

Hi All, first time post…
Lots of hand wringing but wouldn’t this be a perfect time to come in if you’re a solid, non-Messianic Rennie/JJ/Cotter type, especially if you can get someone like Schmidt in a director-type role? I don’t remember too many times there has been so much low hanging fruit for an all blacks coach. There are difficult problems to solve but there are also things like exit strategy and a coherent kick-chase/receipt... The team looks like it's screaming out to have the attacking structures stripped back to first principles, and a hell of a testing ground to start layering some innovation on top (does it count as innovative to pick players and game plan that match?).

Huge mandate, and appetite you would imagine, for cultural change.