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Author Topic: Kinda OT: Matt O'Connor leaves Tigers  (Read 993 times)

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TomBuckQuin

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Kinda OT: Matt O'Connor leaves Tigers
« on: Monday 03-Sep-2018, 19:34* »
Can't say I'm surprised at all - he seemingly had less respect from his coaching/playing team than our top dogs managed to command last season - but very strange timing. Why not clean the decks before the season started? Bizarre.

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Re: Kinda OT: Matt O'Connor leaves Tigers
« Reply #2 on: Monday 03-Sep-2018, 20:56* »
Completely bizarre timing, I’d have expected him to have gone in the summer. They’re running through coaches at a serious rate since Cockers. Be interesting to see who they with. Part of me hopes Lancaster just to see the reaction of the Tigers sports network board!

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Re: Kinda OT: Matt O'Connor leaves Tigers
« Reply #3 on: Monday 03-Sep-2018, 21:23* »
Reckon they'll be lucky to find anyone until post-WC now. My bet is they just stick with Murphy and hope he comes good as "interim" coach so they can then make it more official.

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Re: Kinda OT: Matt O'Connor leaves Tigers
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 04-Sep-2018, 00:22* »
If they'd any sense they'd have snapped up Gustard before you did!

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Re: Kinda OT: Matt O'Connor leaves Tigers
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 04-Sep-2018, 07:26* »
Reckon they'll be lucky to find anyone until post-WC now. My bet is they just stick with Murphy and hope he comes good as "interim" coach so they can then make it more official.

That’s essentially how Cockers got the top job after they kicked out Loffreda

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Re: Kinda OT: Matt O'Connor leaves Tigers
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 04-Sep-2018, 08:07* »
I'm not surprised that he's gone, but my flabber has never been so ghasted at the timing. Get rid of him during the Summer I can get. Time for a pre-season under Murphy while they start the process of finding a new DOR. Or, wait to see if he can turn things around with a few games under his belt this season. But certainly not a knee-jerk reaction after losing to one of the top two teams on the first w/e of the season!

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Re: Kinda OT: Matt O'Connor leaves Tigers
« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 04-Sep-2018, 08:44* »
 - I hear John Kingston is still free..

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Re: Kinda OT: Matt O'Connor leaves Tigers
« Reply #8 on: Tuesday 04-Sep-2018, 09:41* »
- I hear John Kingston is still free..

More seriously, the Leicester fans are speculating about Rowntree.

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Re: Kinda OT: Matt O'Connor leaves Tigers
« Reply #9 on: Tuesday 04-Sep-2018, 09:47* »
- I hear John Kingston is still free..

More seriously, the Leicester fans are speculating about Rowntree.
Rowntree has not been Head Coach anywhere, has he? Only ever a Scrum/Forwards specialist. It would be a big step up from that to DoR with responsibilities like recruitment etc.
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Re: Kinda OT: Matt O'Connor leaves Tigers
« Reply #10 on: Tuesday 04-Sep-2018, 10:00* »
Yes but he's a Leicester old boy, Him and Murphy could be a good double act I'd have thought?

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Re: Kinda OT: Matt O'Connor leaves Tigers
« Reply #11 on: Tuesday 04-Sep-2018, 10:13* »
The Times said that the players weren't fit/ready for the first game of the season which seems bizarre.

I think Leicester need a proven winner, not to take a punt.  Not sure where they find one at the moment? 

In complete contradiction to what I said above, Ronan O'Gara?


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Re: Kinda OT: Matt O'Connor leaves Tigers
« Reply #12 on: Tuesday 04-Sep-2018, 12:04* »
Think Mike Ford and Jim Mallinder could both be good bets but still think the most likely is Murphy getting the job full time.

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Re: Kinda OT: Matt O'Connor leaves Tigers
« Reply #13 on: Tuesday 04-Sep-2018, 17:36* »
The question for Tigers is do you take someone who has failed elsewhere, or do you put your faith in someone who has been a Tiger most of his life.  Easy choice to go with the latter.  Much more difficult to justify a selection of someone who previously got the boot.

Lancaster has rebuilt his reputation and track record.  Just depends on how much Tigers want to go down that path. 

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Re: Kinda OT: Matt O'Connor leaves Tigers
« Reply #14 on: Tuesday 04-Sep-2018, 20:44* »
Love the fact that the same names touted for us now being touted for Tigers - just shows how little imagination or actual inside knowledge rugby journos have on these things.

With all respect to Tigers, it’s very satisfying to see we’re not the only club who can make a massive cows behind of this kind of thing.
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