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Is Warren Gatland Simply a Lucky Coach?
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<blockquote data-quote="profitius" data-source="post: 865749" data-attributes="member: 41524"><p>I think he is an excellent coach and goes into great detail but as a head coach I think he misses the big picture. Ireland are a very robotic team under Schmidt and while people will applaud the consistency, I read an Oscar Wilde quote this week that said - "Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.". That sums up Schmidt imo. Ireland are predictable, play a defensive game, the players are discouraged from offloading the ball and every game is a war of attrition. I'm not sure the New Zealand public would be too impressed with that so he would have to prove himself in Super rugby first. </p><p></p><p></p><p>The unimaginative style has turned Robbie Henshaw into a bosh merchant. Ireland struggle to score tries even while dominate possession and territory because the whole plan is to keep the ball and go from ruck to ruck. Thats fine when you're playing weaker sides like Italy but the top teams find it easy to stop that. People will point to the 5 tries in Chicago but how many did Ireland score the next week? Zero. </p><p></p><p></p><p>I also think that because Schmidt is a nice guy and Gatland has a spikey personality, it clouds peoples judgement.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="profitius, post: 865749, member: 41524"] I think he is an excellent coach and goes into great detail but as a head coach I think he misses the big picture. Ireland are a very robotic team under Schmidt and while people will applaud the consistency, I read an Oscar Wilde quote this week that said - "Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.". That sums up Schmidt imo. Ireland are predictable, play a defensive game, the players are discouraged from offloading the ball and every game is a war of attrition. I'm not sure the New Zealand public would be too impressed with that so he would have to prove himself in Super rugby first. The unimaginative style has turned Robbie Henshaw into a bosh merchant. Ireland struggle to score tries even while dominate possession and territory because the whole plan is to keep the ball and go from ruck to ruck. Thats fine when you're playing weaker sides like Italy but the top teams find it easy to stop that. People will point to the 5 tries in Chicago but how many did Ireland score the next week? Zero. I also think that because Schmidt is a nice guy and Gatland has a spikey personality, it clouds peoples judgement. [/QUOTE]
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