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HDAWG

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Re: New DOR Options?
« Reply #45 on: February 17, 2020, 05:51:19 PM »
Welsh Wasp,

Believe you mean Scott Robertson...

My favourite coach. I'd argue one of the very best coaches in the world.

But he's just signed a new contract with crusaders and we'd have to buy him out. I'd love him but I find it unlikely.

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Re: New DOR Options?
« Reply #46 on: February 17, 2020, 05:54:37 PM »
If Dai is on, as reported £350k a year, with 3 years and 4 months left it's going to cost Wasps £1,166,666.66 to pay out his contract. If we can afford to write off that much money then surely the financial position can't be that bad? If we couldn't afford to sack him, we wouldn't be.

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Re: New DOR Options?
« Reply #47 on: February 17, 2020, 06:21:32 PM »
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Why not?  Irish have Declan Kidney for goodness sake.

But Irish had money for Kidneys wages & also for buying in a lot of exciting talent.
What can wasps offer? "Come and sign up at Wasps, we've no money for you, or for buying in top players. we've got a decent squad but too many of them spend too much time on the treatment table. Club finances aren't in the best of shape, we're still embroiled in legal nonsense over the stadium sale & don't mention the training facilities!"
I can see a queue of top coaching talent queuing up to join  ;D

Or the other side of exactly the same coin.

We have what should be an amazing squad but for some reason isn't firing. Several all blacks, a bunch of internationals, and a stack of players on the cusp.  We also have a great academy starting to bring good youngsters through.  We have the biggest ground in the Premiership and when things have gone well we've drawn crowds of up to 36k.

We've secured a big training facility and applied for planning permission to make it state of the art, but we can move in as it stands and you an have a big say in how it is set up.

We are only eight points of top four, five off top six.

If you can turn things around it's perfectly feasible to end the season going toe to toe with Exeter in the final again.

What sort of coach wouldn't want to take that on and be the saviour of a club with one of the best pedigrees in the game?
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Re: New DOR Options?
« Reply #48 on: February 17, 2020, 06:32:15 PM »
If Dai is on, as reported £350k a year, with 3 years and 4 months left it's going to cost Wasps £1,166,666.66 to pay out his contract. If we can afford to write off that much money then surely the financial position can't be that bad? If we couldn't afford to sack him, we wouldn't be.
Depends if there was a performance type clause in his contract, perhaps he get's a reduced..who knows, but agree with you, i don't believe there to an issue with finance beyond being prudent.

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Re: New DOR Options?
« Reply #49 on: February 17, 2020, 06:57:52 PM »
Agree VV. I can't see why there aren't a lot of coaches wanting the job. We're basically two wins away from being in great shape.

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Re: New DOR Options?
« Reply #50 on: February 17, 2020, 07:14:50 PM »
Rassie Erasmus was in the country when it all kicked off......

I see that today Lee Blackett and Ben Harris 'followed' Rassie on Twitter.

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« Reply #51 on: February 17, 2020, 07:44:00 PM »
Not just Blackett and Harris...

Cormac Ryan - S&C
Ian Costello
Richard Beck - Academy
Andy Titterrell
Jonathan Vermont - analysis

Are all following him, and one of the netballers too.

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Re: New DOR Options?
« Reply #52 on: February 17, 2020, 08:02:40 PM »
Well isn't that interesting.
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Re: New DOR Options?
« Reply #53 on: February 17, 2020, 08:06:25 PM »
So Steven Vaughan wants to bring in Erasmus to sit above Dai.
Dai doesn't really want a DoR above him so the conversation ends with a mutual agreement to go separate ways ?

All relatively amicable, no mass payouts but some compensation, and Thomas Young happy that the club haven't screwed his dad over.


Does that sound plausible?
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Re: New DOR Options?
« Reply #54 on: February 17, 2020, 08:29:00 PM »
Are we seriously even contemplating Erasmus, RWC winner would come to Coventry?

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Re: New DOR Options?
« Reply #55 on: February 17, 2020, 08:33:58 PM »
Are we seriously even contemplating Erasmus, RWC winner would come to Coventry?

Who is to say? He might be mates with any of the Saffas at Wasps. He might just want to get away from the Love Island crew (filming in SA).

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Re: New DOR Options?
« Reply #56 on: February 17, 2020, 09:02:28 PM »
He wouldn’t be the first Saffer to be keen on finding work in the U.K. so that he can make it his long term home. If that’s the objective, then Coventry and Wasps is not too far fetched an idea.

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Re: New DOR Options?
« Reply #57 on: February 17, 2020, 09:02:56 PM »
Rassie to Wasps?

I'm sure he just met some people during his visit few weeks ago.

He's just said he isn't going anywhere in response to England coach rumour, he's never coming here.

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Re: New DOR Options?
« Reply #58 on: February 17, 2020, 09:04:18 PM »
This could easily be a false alarm.

It looks like he only joined Twitter a couple of weeks ago.
Could easily be rugby related People following a world cup winning coach

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Re: New DOR Options?
« Reply #59 on: February 17, 2020, 09:10:51 PM »
^correct answer