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Re: Quins Confirm Key Coaching Appointments
By: FrostAndFire Date: March 24, 2026, 6:22 am
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[quote author=Quinspur link=topic=8016.msg151555#msg151555
date=1774349601]
As a Spurs fan as well as a Quins fan, this is as underwhelming
as the appointment of Igor Tudor. With all the international
rugby coaching talent available in the last few months, this is
not a good statement of intent.
[/quote]
I think the problem is that that talent isn't available ... to
us. Clearly coaches don't want to work with us, so we're getting
by with what we can.
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Re: Quins Confirm Key Coaching Appointments
By: DazzaS Date: March 24, 2026, 6:27 am
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[quote author=Quinspur link=topic=8016.msg151555#msg151555
date=1774349601]
As a Spurs fan as well as a Quins fan, this is as underwhelming
as the appointment of Igor Tudor. With all the international
rugby coaching talent available in the last few months, this is
not a good statement of intent.
[/quote]
To dare is Tu-dor
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Re: Quins Confirm Key Coaching Appointments
By: MaidstoneQuin Date: March 24, 2026, 6:31 am
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Quins facebook admin right now reading comments, yet knows
they've got to continue posting positive vibes
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Re: Quins Confirm Key Coaching Appointments
By: AAjnr Date: March 24, 2026, 6:38 am
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This sadly screams of the classic problem in sport of
unambitious owners.
We clearly need a refresh of coaching talent and whilst Gatland
wouldn't have been my #1 choice he was right that a new team
should've come in with authority to refresh the coaching box
(and probably recruitment). That would've required investment
from the owners. It's clear that investment has not been
forthcoming.
If we had been able to say to more prestigious coaches e.g.
Robertson, 'we will back you to hire the coaching team you need
to succeed' Quins might have been a more enticing prospect.
Telling a big name, 'sorry come to a struggling club and be our
saviour but use the coaching team who have got the team to this
sorry state' is a bit of a farce, really.
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Re: Quins Confirm Key Coaching Appointments
By: TomBuckQuin Date: March 24, 2026, 6:44 am
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An ageing Deans travelling, spending extended periods living in
a Surrey hotel or working in the middle of the night from the
other side of the world? Yeah, he'll be full of beans - can't
see that working out for the full season.
Gilmore... what can you say? If you're going to lowball us
Laurie, I genuinely would have taken a punt on Easter over
Gilmore. At least it would have been a fresh voice, shaken
things up and you'd have handed the reins to a guy who genuinely
lived and breathed the club. When a guy like that speaks, the
squad at least listens and respects - I don't get the same
feeling from Gilmore. This just reeks of more of that comfort
that our players clearly love, but which evidently does not
translate to elite level performance.
Someone I know very closely actually got to know one of the
senior players for periods during this season - through a house
sharing situation with the player's girlfriend - and he learned
that there is quite a lot of division in the squad during
training weeks. Apparently the Argies all stick together and
don't really mix with the rest of the squad - this player called
them "all a bit weird". He said the younger players just felt
like a different generation, many of them seeming to be more
interested in chasing clout and brand deals/events and social
media status than he'd previously seen before (still admitting
that this had always been a thing for academy/younger players
coming through). The only squad member he marked as a true
leader and who threw his all into training relentlessly, day in,
day out - you guessed it - was Marcus. I think there are real
cultural issues at the club - and for me that all comes back to
the DOR or HC, whoever is heading up the rugby programme.
Having said all that, the only good news I can see is the
announcement of Hunter as Forwards Coach. His 4 weeks as HC at
Chiefs is a red herring given the turmoil they had down there at
that point in time. Prior to that, he did do a real job turning
the Exeter pack into a feared, gnarly unit - and we need that.
In fact we've needed a Forwards Coach to get the pack frothing
at the mouth for a long old time.
The non-mention of Attack/Backs screams NEv leaving the
building... Wonder what the plan is there. If there is one.
Overall: I just feel a bit sad really.
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Re: Quins Confirm Key Coaching Appointments
By: Twickersquin Date: March 24, 2026, 6:57 am
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We will have to see how this goes but a bit underwhelming, for
me this is the last role of the dice for LD.
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Re: Quins Confirm Key Coaching Appointments
By: A222Quin Date: March 24, 2026, 7:27 am
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Much as I’d like to blame LD I think it’s beyond him and as much
on the owners and David Morgan LD wasn’t here for the totally
underwhelming international search that yielded us JK and this
is entirely reminiscent of that.
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Re: Quins Confirm Key Coaching Appointments
By: sussexquin Date: March 24, 2026, 7:29 am
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[quote author=FrostAndFire link=topic=8016.msg151556#msg151556
date=1774351352]
I think the problem is that that talent isn't available ... to
us. Clearly coaches don't want to work with us, so we're getting
by with what we can.
[/quote]
As has been stated on another thread it seems the alleged
treatment of Tabei has come back to bite us. I don't know any
details of specific complaints, and doubt we as fans will hear,
but the rumours are so widespread that smoke and fire come to
mind. Sadly this could affect us for some time, probably until
there is a regime change in senior management or a marked change
in playing fortunes.
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Re: Quins Confirm Key Coaching Appointments
By: Rugbycat Date: March 24, 2026, 7:39 am
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[quote author=RodneyRegis link=topic=8016.msg151554#msg151554
date=1774349529]
Is Hunter the guy who came up with one out and play for repeated
scrum when held up at Exeter? Cos that ain't gonna work...
[/quote]He is a very decent forwards coach, and we need one, he
was thrown under the bus at Exeter, lots of internal politics
and egos, he was given a rubbish team and sacked by the person
who gave it to him.
Much less of a problem than lame dog Gilmore, who has achieved
the nearly impossible by being a even more inept coach than
Wilson.
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Re: Quins Confirm Key Coaching Appointments
By: Rugbycat Date: March 24, 2026, 7:47 am
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[quote author=MaidstoneQuin link=topic=8016.msg151553#msg151553
date=1774349274]
Amazingly, I'm really looking forward to this.
Only joking.
Sigh...
Do we get a new castore bland merch range celebrating this
appointment?
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