He left the Aus set up straight away, so my guess is he's working with Tigers behind the scenes assembling his backroom. I reckon we'll get to know fairly soon, we probably all have a wish list for these too?aslongaswebeatsaints wrote: ↑Wed Mar 01, 2023 8:35 am Don’t pretend to know as much as many on here. Only to add that after my initial disappointment (probably based on the talk of rock star coaches) this appointment is growing on me.
An Australian Borths I guess.
One question - when do you think we are likely to see other coaching appointments?
Dan McKellar to join Leicester Tigers as Head Coach
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Chris Jones from TwitterRagingBull wrote: ↑Mon Feb 27, 2023 1:54 pm I think McKeller on paper certainly seems to makes the most sense from a transfer pov
Very similar type of coach to Borthwick in every area nearly
Extremely highly rated by Aus touted as Rennie replacement
Have 4 years on paper guaranteed as no way Aus rugby has the money to pay out Eddie from a 4 years contract.
“This is a three-year contract, it could be longer than that. We will see what happens. I am certainly not going to
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with the mindset of it’s hit-and-run, thanks for the three years and I am out.” Dan McKellar tells Australian media
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Willis would be quite the get, I am not overly keen on Moriarty and while I like Henderson I would rather see the young guns get a chance.
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Completely agree.
I would be surprised if any of them signed apart from OHC. This is "Ruck" so it probably complete rubbish. It says he has a 6 man list then it says a 5 man list etc etc...
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Everyone on here said it was 4!sapajo wrote: ↑Wed Mar 01, 2023 10:10 amChris Jones from TwitterRagingBull wrote: ↑Mon Feb 27, 2023 1:54 pm I think McKeller on paper certainly seems to makes the most sense from a transfer pov
Very similar type of coach to Borthwick in every area nearly
Extremely highly rated by Aus touted as Rennie replacement
Have 4 years on paper guaranteed as no way Aus rugby has the money to pay out Eddie from a 4 years contract.
“This is a three-year contract, it could be longer than that. We will see what happens. I am certainly not going to
@LeicesterTigers
with the mindset of it’s hit-and-run, thanks for the three years and I am out.” Dan McKellar tells Australian media
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Outside of me who has said 4 years?Scott1 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 01, 2023 12:53 pmEveryone on here said it was 4!sapajo wrote: ↑Wed Mar 01, 2023 10:10 amChris Jones from TwitterRagingBull wrote: ↑Mon Feb 27, 2023 1:54 pm I think McKeller on paper certainly seems to makes the most sense from a transfer pov
Very similar type of coach to Borthwick in every area nearly
Extremely highly rated by Aus touted as Rennie replacement
Have 4 years on paper guaranteed as no way Aus rugby has the money to pay out Eddie from a 4 years contract.
“This is a three-year contract, it could be longer than that. We will see what happens. I am certainly not going to
@LeicesterTigers
with the mindset of it’s hit-and-run, thanks for the three years and I am out.” Dan McKellar tells Australian media
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New coach wants to sign a few players (amazingly including some linked to us before) and "some players" will leave. Well, whatever me, players leaving. My word, what a scoop for the illustrious Ruck!Pellsey wrote: ↑Wed Mar 01, 2023 10:52 amCompletely agree.
I would be surprised if any of them signed apart from OHC. This is "Ruck" so it probably complete rubbish. It says he has a 6 man list then it says a 5 man list etc etc...
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https://archive.is/2023.03.01-004835/ht ... 5co40.html
Non paywalled interview where McKellar talks about why he took the Tigers job and how it all came about
Non paywalled interview where McKellar talks about why he took the Tigers job and how it all came about
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Thanks Tigerfeet. Great article. Let’s hope our new coach is, like Borthwick, given time to get things right after all it’s World Cup year so we will be missing nearly the whole first 15!
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Yes not an ideal time to start from the aspect of player availability, but should be interesting to see how coaching and players develop. Just hoping that we don't lose our home grown coaches.
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I hope he doesn't base the whole game around Pollard, as good as he is, we need to learn the mistakes of when we did that with Manu, he barely played, and we played like we didn't have a game plan!TigerFeetSteve wrote: ↑Sat Mar 11, 2023 9:11 pm https://twitter.com/geerob/status/16344 ... lD0GQ&s=19
Despite that, an exciting interview!