I feel the next DOR needs to be someone with no previous connection to the club. There are to many ex players in positions they shouldn't be.
Get the best man for the job, who can manage the players we have, attract the players we want. Bring the success and fear back to the Leicester tigers, it has been lost. Well and truly beaten but the new breed of top 4 teams.
Energy
Good handling
Power
Skill
Too many ex tigers coming back to hurt us.
Is there a better way?
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Re: Is there a better way?
Rob Baxter is THE answer.
Look at the Exeter performance tonight (alongside previous seasons) and you see that they are physical, do the basics well and work hard. There is nothing flash in how they play and don't just throw the ball around. They are the perfect example of a very well coached side.
Look at the Exeter performance tonight (alongside previous seasons) and you see that they are physical, do the basics well and work hard. There is nothing flash in how they play and don't just throw the ball around. They are the perfect example of a very well coached side.
Re: Is there a better way?
It would be fantastic but it's never going to happen.ellis9 wrote:Rob Baxter is THE answer.
Look at the Exeter performance tonight (alongside previous seasons) and you see that they are physical, do the basics well and work hard. There is nothing flash in how they play and don't just throw the ball around. They are the perfect example of a very well coached side.
The Chiefs are in Baxter's blood in the same way red, white and green runs through Cockers veins. 14 years as a player, 10 as captain and into his 8th season as coach. He led them to promotion in his first season at the helm and since has overseen Chiefs becoming a leading side in the AP.
Baxter has built that Chiefs squad to complement his skills as a coach and he has a collection of very talented players to keep building with. The squad is still being improved too with Kvesic coming in for next season - I think that he could thrive under Baxter.
No doubt that Baxter would improve pretty much every pack and therefore team in the league but he won't be coming to Welford Road.
Re: Is there a better way?
Yes but just like Cockerill, everything comes to an end!
Re: Is there a better way?
That's more likely to happen if he's reached the end of the road he can take his squad down.ellis9 wrote:Yes but just like Cockerill, everything comes to an end!
They are sat in a home semi-final position with home games against Sale and Bristol next up in the Prem. Plus they have plenty of improvements to make in Europe.
I think Baxter has more achievements with Exeter to add to his CV before he moves elsewhere.
Re: Is there a better way?
The only reason Baxter will leave Exeter is for the England job, and at the moment he is probably favourite to replace Jones after the next World Cup.
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Re: Is there a better way?
I agree but we could try offering him a LOT of money!!drc_007 wrote:The only reason Baxter will leave Exeter is for the England job, and at the moment he is probably favourite to replace Jones after the next World Cup.
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Re: Is there a better way?
I expect the Exeter owner would be approached by Baxter's representatives and just give him a pay rise. He could probably name his price.Soggypitch wrote:I agree but we could try offering him a LOT of money!!drc_007 wrote:The only reason Baxter will leave Exeter is for the England job, and at the moment he is probably favourite to replace Jones after the next World Cup.
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Re: Is there a better way?
But he still hasn't won anything ......
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Re: Is there a better way?
Hence the current fallacy of some calling Exeter a "great" side.tigercaspian wrote:But he still hasn't won anything ......
Re: Is there a better way?
No, which is why he should come to Tigers where he will!tigercaspian wrote:But he still hasn't won anything ......
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Re: Is there a better way?
According to Bleddyn on RL on way home last night he thinks they will win the league and AW double.tigercaspian wrote:But he still hasn't won anything ......
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Re: Is there a better way?
Zero chance of getting Baxter,absolutely delusional lol
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Re: Is there a better way?
Exeter won the LV Cup a couple of years ago!tigercaspian wrote:But he still hasn't won anything ......
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Re: Is there a better way?
Getting beyond the comments about Exeter's head coach, and back to reality, I am wondering whether the OP has put his finger on part of the problem. But of course it doesn't matter what we think.
Be interesting to know how the club is perceived by the younger players trying to break through: 'has-beens set in their ways', 'up-and-coming open to new ideas' or something else entirely?
Be interesting to know how the club is perceived by the younger players trying to break through: 'has-beens set in their ways', 'up-and-coming open to new ideas' or something else entirely?