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New rumour, no idea where from but due to be confirmed shortly.

Brad Davies, new defence coach with a new attack coach coming in from Ireland.
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GM was a great Tigers player, but what has he genuinely achieved as a coach? If MOC wasn't good enough, how have the performances and results since then proved that GM is the right man for the job?

If MOC was on such thin ice that one defeat would mean sacking, why not just sack him months earlier and go after Gustard, who ticks the "ex-Tiger" box that seems a requirement, as well as being a proven top quality coach.

We're stumbling from one cock up to the next. I hope GM proves me wrong, but the evidence so far suggests he won't.

Dave Ellis or similar would be a somewhat positive step, probably as good as we'll find halfway through the season - but we've needed a good defence coach for at least 12 months, so why wait until now to desperately scratch around for one?

As others have suggested, everything just smacks of a complete lack of planning, strategy, or thinking ahead in any way whatsoever.
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Leicestertinytiger wrote: Wed Dec 19, 2018 12:16 pm New rumour, no idea where from but due to be confirmed shortly.

Brad Davies, new defence coach with a new attack coach coming in from Ireland.
Yep his name is Matty O'Connor,

Being serious Davis and someone like say Nigel Carolan would be good additions.
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wouldn't be surprised if the defence coach is someone not yet mentioned.
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Leicestertinytiger wrote: Wed Dec 19, 2018 12:16 pm New rumour, no idea where from but due to be confirmed shortly.

Brad Davies, new defence coach with a new attack coach coming in from Ireland.
If Brad Davies comes in then thats a massive boost. An additional attack coach will be a fantastic boost as well!
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TTRITH wrote: Wed Dec 19, 2018 1:30 pm
Leicestertinytiger wrote: Wed Dec 19, 2018 12:16 pm New rumour, no idea where from but due to be confirmed shortly.

Brad Davies, new defence coach with a new attack coach coming in from Ireland.
If Brad Davies comes in then thats a massive boost. An additional attack coach will be a fantastic boost as well!
Will Ospreys let him go, how much is that going to cost us, and how well have Ospreys been doing?
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Didn't MOC want Davis but the BoD refused?
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ourla wrote: Wed Dec 19, 2018 2:10 pm Didn't MOC want Davis but the BoD refused?
Probably Yes, that's because they wanted Davies. :smt001
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LE18 wrote: Wed Dec 19, 2018 2:13 pm
ourla wrote: Wed Dec 19, 2018 2:10 pm Didn't MOC want Davis but the BoD refused?
Probably Yes, that's because they wanted Davies. :smt001
If they refused to employ a decent defence coach because of spelling error, then they are truly useless.
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Tiglon wrote: Wed Dec 19, 2018 2:14 pm
LE18 wrote: Wed Dec 19, 2018 2:13 pm
ourla wrote: Wed Dec 19, 2018 2:10 pm Didn't MOC want Davis but the BoD refused?
Probably Yes, that's because they wanted Davies. :smt001
If they refused to employ a decent defence coach because of spelling error, then they are truly useless.
There's a big difference between a Davis and a Davies! :smt052
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Excellent article by Andy Goode - well worth a read - https://www.rugbypass.com/news/murphy-m ... andy-goode
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trendylfj wrote: Wed Dec 19, 2018 2:40 pm Excellent article by Andy Goode - well worth a read - https://www.rugbypass.com/news/murphy-m ... andy-goode
Nails it, but I bet they don't appoint Davis.
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I thought Davis was the front runner to come in and sort out the defence. Surprised an announcement hasn’t been made yet to be honest.
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Agree with what Goode has written - but is Ford really on more than Williams and Burns together? Surely not! Maybe he means what they were on at Tigers, which probably wouldn't have been enough to keep them.

The idea of having committees to run this sort of business is ridiculous, and strikes me as the BoD playing at governance and self importance rather than allowing the experts they employ to have a firm grip on the operations, as is typical of out-dated organisations like the RFU and FA.
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From Todays news conference wrote:"Both myself as head coach and Ged Glynn as director of operations, we need to aligned and clear, and have the rugby board in agreement about who we are bringing in and for what reasons.
Brilliant, so absolutely nothing changes. If Smurf wants one player and Ged wants another, who gets final say?

Trust Murphy, let him do it his way. Alternatively, stop hiding Ged in the shadow and just appoint him as Director of Rugby. At least that way he's in the firing line too! :smt013
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