There is a thin line between coaching and controlling. Having done a bit of schools coaching (and not at any high level I will readily admit), I know what worked for me. Man management, choosing the best players for each position and getting them fit and motivated, and getting them to play to a game plan based on our strengths, but allowing them the freedom to play the game as they saw it i.e. adapt to the opposition and alter their play accordingly. [...]
Posts tagged with: Eddie Jones
A thin line
30 Aug 12 10:44 by Stephen Smith (StevieS) | 78 Comments
Jones to coach Japan
27 Dec 11 10:25 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 4 Comments
Former Wallaby coach Eddie Jones has been appointed as head coach of the Japanese national side. [...]
Future Bok Coach Musings
2 May 11 16:29 by (molly) | 39 Comments
Along with the World Cup being just around the corner there is also the end of the reign of P Divvy, I’ve spent a bit of time thinking about my dream head coach and wanted to bring the discussion on here. [...]
More Bulls players hint at exits
10 Feb 11 08:30 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 38 Comments
Hot on the heels of yesterday’s news about the Lions’ alleged interest in Bakkies Botha, JJ Harmse, who is very close to the Bulls camp, today reports that a slew of other players may also be eying Loftus exits at the end of the year. [...]
Jake can help – so says Fattmann
8 Sep 10 09:32 by Mike Rothquel (Fattmann) | 24 Comments
So Jake is causing quite a stir on the site with his comments and maybe he has a point I mean he has the experience of coaching a winning Rugby world cup side. [...]
Snake White slithering his way in
6 Sep 10 10:36 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 265 Comments
Jake White has made his intentions clear that he wants to take the Springboks to the 2011 World Cup to be played in New Zealand. White wants to get the core management team together that went to the World Cup in 2007, including Eddie Jones and team doctor Derick Coetzee. [...]
Jake wants his old job back
26 Jul 10 08:29 by Wesley Weber (wpw) | 61 Comments
Jake White, the former Springbok coach whose greatest success was being the coach of the winning team at the 2007 Rugby World Cup, has made it known that he intends applying for his old job after the 2011 World Cup. [...]
Eddie Jones rubbishes 5th Aus team
9 Apr 10 12:42 by Andre Bosch (KSA Shark ©) | 9 Comments
Former Wallaby coach Eddie Jones says an extra Australian team should not have been added to the Super rugby competition. [...]
What’s going on at the Coke Tin?
13 Oct 09 09:43 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 55 Comments
Amazingly enough, while there should be so much focus on the four teams that actually made the Currie Cup semis, it’s the Lions that seem to be grabbing the headlines. [...]
Jake will be ‘hands on’ at Golden Lions
29 Jun 09 13:07 by Wesley Weber (wpw) | 4 Comments
World Cup-winning Springbok coach Jake White will have a “hands on” role at the Golden Lions in the Currie Cup season, while putting in place the structures he feel will make the team a competitive Super 14 outfit. [...]
Lions reach out to Jones
24 Mar 09 06:51 by Andre Bosch (KSA Shark ©) | 16 Comments
The Lions are hoping to enlist the services of former Wallaby coach Eddie Jones as consultant for the rest of the Super14. [...]
Stormers scrum trashed
24 Feb 09 12:28 by Wesley Weber (wpw) | 95 Comments
Stormers coach Rassie Erasmus became prickly when the strength of his scrum, and particularly the tight five, was again called into question at the weekend reports Craig Ray for thetimes.co.za [...]
WP coaching ‘exodus’ to Sarries
23 Feb 09 08:44 by Andre Bosch (KSA Shark ©) | 13 Comments
Western Province are struggling to keep a number of their players and coaches in Cape Town. [...]
Jones quits Saracens
9 Feb 09 13:30 by Wesley Weber (wpw) | 41 Comments
Saracens rugby club have announced that head coach Eddie Jones has officially decided to step down as Director of Rugby after just one season with the Guinness Premiership club. [...]
Saracens after Schalk
1 Feb 09 20:23 by Andre Bosch (KSA Shark ©) | 15 Comments
Springbok flank Schalk Burger and defence consultant Brendan Venter are both strongly being linked with English club side Saracens. [...]
