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#Post#: 139082--------------------------------------------------
Re: Danny Wilson's longevity. Thoughts ...?
DIR By: never sleep
Date: June 4, 2025, 7:25 am
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--- Quote from: thatchapcarnell link ---
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> Level of expectation at Connacht is pretty low so they'll be
happy with top half or URC and anything remotely decent in the
european cup comps.
>
> Battling to be the 3rd best irish team on limited budget is
tough but also realistic.
>
> I'd say 8 out the 10 Prem clubs' fans realistically expect top
four finishes so 50% are always going to be disappointed and
think their club should have done better.
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I guess the question is - if you are a coach and you had the
option of being the head coach of any team - then
Are you better being the head coach for Leinster or Connacht ?
Leinster have a great squad and "should" win everything. So,
anytime they don't get a trophy is a big failure.
So - the job at Leinster is just maintaining their position.
On the other hand, a team that is towards the bottom is a team
that you have the opportunity to improve. You may not win
silverware, but you can have a far bigger impact.
E.g. maybe you can get to be in the battle to be the 2nd best
Irish team.
#Post#: 139083--------------------------------------------------
Re: Danny Wilson's longevity. Thoughts ...?
DIR By: FatQuin
Date: June 4, 2025, 7:28 am
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So that is Wilson’s plan! Make us really bad so we can then be
a bit better and he can say he’s had an impact. This is genius.
#Post#: 139084--------------------------------------------------
Re: Danny Wilson's longevity. Thoughts ...?
DIR By: Yareet
Date: June 4, 2025, 7:32 am
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--- Quote from: never sleep link ---
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> I guess the question is - if you are a coach and you had the
option of being the head coach of any team - then
> Are you better being the head coach for Leinster or Connacht ?
>
> Leinster have a great squad and "should" win everything. So,
anytime they don't get a trophy is a big failure.
> So - the job at Leinster is just maintaining their position.
>
> On the other hand, a team that is towards the bottom is a team
that you have the opportunity to improve. You may not win
silverware, but you can have a far bigger impact.
> E.g. maybe you can get to be in the battle to be the 2nd best
Irish team.
>
--- End Quote ---
I can't imagine many coaches think that way. Coaches tend to be
come across as being as ambitious as players and I can't see a
player opting to play for a less good team so they can stand
out.
Put another way, I'd imagine Diamond wouldn't take long to leave
Newcastle if the Toulouse job was offered.
#Post#: 139085--------------------------------------------------
Re: Danny Wilson's longevity. Thoughts ...?
DIR By: FatQuin
Date: June 4, 2025, 7:51 am
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--- Quote from: Yareet link ---
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> I can't see a player opting to play for a less good team so
they can stand out.
>
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Jibulu?
(Just teasing)
#Post#: 139086--------------------------------------------------
Re: Danny Wilson's longevity. Thoughts ...?
DIR By: Yareet
Date: June 4, 2025, 8:02 am
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--- Quote from: FatQuin link ---
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> Jibulu?
> (Just teasing)
>
--- End Quote ---
I may be wrong so please correct me but last I checked, 3rd is
better than 7th 🖕😆
#Post#: 139088--------------------------------------------------
Re: Danny Wilson's longevity. Thoughts ...?
DIR By: FatQuin
Date: June 4, 2025, 10:34 am
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--- Quote from: Yareet link ---
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> I may be wrong so please correct me but last I checked, 3rd is
better than 7th 🖕😆
>
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Not according to Danny Wilson
#Post#: 139091--------------------------------------------------
Re: Danny Wilson's longevity. Thoughts ...?
DIR By: J Scott
Date: June 4, 2025, 1:41 pm
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There was a comment from Ashton about our recruitment vs our
leavers. I can’t recall it exactly but it basically echoes our
thoughts of lacking ambition. Our squad is weaker season on
season since 2021.
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Re: Danny Wilson's longevity. Thoughts ...?
DIR By: Brown Bottle
Date: June 4, 2025, 1:56 pm
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--- Quote from: J Scott link ---
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> There was a comment from Ashton about our recruitment vs our
leavers. I can’t recall it exactly but it basically echoes our
thoughts of lacking ambition. Our squad is weaker season on
season since 2021.
>
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I'd tend to agree with you but weaker or not I find it
increasingly difficult to believe we are spending anywhere near
the salary cap. And if we are we're not getting good value for
it.
#Post#: 139096--------------------------------------------------
Re: Danny Wilson's longevity. Thoughts ...?
DIR By: JammyGit
Date: June 4, 2025, 3:35 pm
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Have other sides strengthened in that time? Covid hit everyone,
remember, and with the salary cap changes and the last of the
Covid contracts, most sides have shrunk / lost a lot of big
players.
It would be interesting to see how everyone matches up during
that time for incoming and outgoing players.
#Post#: 139099--------------------------------------------------
Re: Danny Wilson's longevity. Thoughts ...?
DIR By: Mayor West
Date: June 4, 2025, 8:11 pm
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The cap is a complicated thing. If we were to sign an important
player season after next we would have to make sure we had
space. This could mean leaving that space for a season as
contracts overlap. I would hope that if we haven’t signed
anybody significant this season that maybe we have next season.
Availability dependent.
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