The business analogy is accurate.
If you promote jack the lad, everyone’s mate and make them their manger - they can’t separate their allegiances and are seen as the ally of their mates by those who weren’t part of the circle.
He was a massive character as a player, you can easily see how it would help fuel divisions in a dressing room we suspected - and have had confirmed by players - was disfunctional,
Either way it doesn’t matter now - we’ve cleared them all out and can move on.
Interestingly, at the evening Quinssa arranged with Nick Evans, when asked about the hardest thing about transition to coaching, he said it was changing the relationship with some of his 'mates'
He said they were a tight close group, and he had to make a conscious effort to decouple and take a good few steps back, as in his new role, he couldn't maintain the same matey matey relationship anymore.
Same went for his wife, which he said was a lot harder, the wives & girlfriends are also close, and he said she couldnt be as involved as before due to his new position...
