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<blockquote data-quote="nik" data-source="post: 371988" data-attributes="member: 12284">Teitjens knows how to bring the best out of his players on the big stage. Declan O&#039;Donnell would have been selected in the NZ under 20 team last year if&nbsp; he already had a big rep. But he wasn&#039;t selected.Having the talent is not enough, Teitjens nurtures the talent, teaches discipline, attitude and at the same allowing his players to express themselves. This gives his players confidence to aim for higher honours, thats what a coach is for, a coach can only do so much, the rest is up to the player.Ofcourse its ridiculous to suggest Teitjens &quot;spots talent&quot;, he needs every bit of help. Its not his responisbility to develop talent, credit must go to the NZ rugby system for that. His responsibility is to unearth the pool of players that are available to him. His choices are limited as Super rugby players are not available to him, however he has lots of young players with raw talent available. Cullen, Lomu, Rokocoko, Corey Jane, Mills Muliana and many more had just that, raw talent, they were picked up at an early age and put in the spotlight by Teitjens where they achieved success allowing them to slingshot themselves to higher honours.Look at South Africa, like nz they have large pool of young talented rugby players, however why are they not as successful as NZ in sevens?It is madness to suggest any old punter can do Teitjens job. He is a super coach.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="nik, post: 371988, member: 12284"] Teitjens knows how to bring the best out of his players on the big stage. Declan O'Donnell would have been selected in the NZ under 20 team last year if he already had a big rep. But he wasn't selected. Having the talent is not enough, Teitjens nurtures the talent, teaches discipline, attitude and at the same allowing his players to express themselves. This gives his players confidence to aim for higher honours, thats what a coach is for, a coach can only do so much, the rest is up to the player. Ofcourse its ridiculous to suggest Teitjens "spots talent", he needs every bit of help. Its not his responisbility to develop talent, credit must go to the NZ rugby system for that. His responsibility is to unearth the pool of players that are available to him. His choices are limited as Super rugby players are not available to him, however he has lots of young players with raw talent available. Cullen, Lomu, Rokocoko, Corey Jane, Mills Muliana and many more had just that, raw talent, they were picked up at an early age and put in the spotlight by Teitjens where they achieved success allowing them to slingshot themselves to higher honours. Look at South Africa, like nz they have large pool of young talented rugby players, however why are they not as successful as NZ in sevens? It is madness to suggest any old punter can do Teitjens job. He is a super coach. [/QUOTE]

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