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<blockquote data-quote="FrenchFan" data-source="post: 674043" data-attributes="member: 70871"><p>lets not gloss over the great coaching work of Bernard Laporte (who speaks limited English) to mold his players into a TEAM playing for each other. To create a real team ethos. You can't buy that with money. Toulon produced oodles of it last season when the going got tough. They showed solidarity, cohesion, leadership. You don't get these with just a cheque book. Maybe if they win another double or a 3rd HCup, naysayers will stop the caricature as it's no longer relevant.</p><p></p><p>I sometimes wonder: how did Laporte do it? </p><p></p><p>how many coaches in NZ or elsewhere would succeed in same job at Toulon? I'd say not very many. </p><p></p><p>Laporte should have been nominated for best coach in Europe for his double last season.</p><p></p><p>contrast his success with Saint Andre's complete failure to do the same with a group of players from same country.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FrenchFan, post: 674043, member: 70871"] lets not gloss over the great coaching work of Bernard Laporte (who speaks limited English) to mold his players into a TEAM playing for each other. To create a real team ethos. You can't buy that with money. Toulon produced oodles of it last season when the going got tough. They showed solidarity, cohesion, leadership. You don't get these with just a cheque book. Maybe if they win another double or a 3rd HCup, naysayers will stop the caricature as it's no longer relevant. I sometimes wonder: how did Laporte do it? how many coaches in NZ or elsewhere would succeed in same job at Toulon? I'd say not very many. Laporte should have been nominated for best coach in Europe for his double last season. contrast his success with Saint Andre's complete failure to do the same with a group of players from same country. [/QUOTE]
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