Shaun Edwards

[Stev0]

damien morrissey posted:
Does anyone know what role Sean has at Wasps.I was under the impression it was head coach yet Ian Mchehan was in shot a lot.

I always thought he was the defence coach, but this Guardian report clearly states otherwise

Shaun Edwards, Wasps head coach

http://sport.guardian.co.uk/rugbyunion/ ... 80,00.html

[ancientnloyal]

Well obviously there is no Boston or Radlinski... it is players he has played with at Wigan. When Radders was in the side he was only a kid and a subsistitute at best... i remember Radlinski coming to my primary school as a 18 year old as Robinson was making all the headlines i was like 'who's this guy?'... didnt play in the same team long enough tbh.

[thegimble]

Edwards did go there initally as defence coach.

But i think last season Mcgechan became director of Rugby and Edwards went to head coach.

I might be wrong but i think im right.

[adrenalinxx]

Wikipedia believes the coach is Ian McGeechan but also says he is Director of Rugby.

BBC says Ian McGeechan is director of rugby

There are some many differant coaching position in RU

Director of Rugby
Head Coach
Defensive Coach
Attacking Coach
Line-out Coach
Scrum Coach
Kicking Coach
Strength and Conditioning Coach
Coach Coach
'Fall on the floor and roll around' Coach

Why can't they just have a Head Coach and an Assistant Coach.

[stevocod]

adrenalinxx posted:
Wikipedia believes the coach is Ian McGeechan but also says he is Director of Rugby.

BBC says Ian McGeechan is director of rugby

There are some many differant coaching position in RU

Director of Rugby
Head Coach
Defensive Coach
Attacking Coach
Line-out Coach
Scrum Coach
Kicking Coach
Strength and Conditioning Coach
Coach Coach
'Fall on the floor and roll around' Coach

Why can't they just have a Head Coach and an Assistant Coach.

Because mainly thanks to Clive Woodward when he was in the England setup, the director role is based on match day and tactics preparation and doing the homework and general finances and the head coach is left to deal with match day, team talks and replacements.

This allows the game tactics throughout to be dealt with by Edwards, whilst Mcgeechan can analyise and plan from above. I don't agree with this completely and has undermined head coaches in other sports such as football. But what it does do, is take pressure off an already fairly demanding job. Inclusive to this is obviously training, finances, scouting etc.

[highland convert]

adrenalinxx posted:
Wikipedia believes the coach is Ian McGeechan but also says he is Director of Rugby.

BBC says Ian McGeechan is director of rugby

There are some many differant coaching position in RU

Director of Rugby
Head Coach
Defensive Coach
Attacking Coach
Line-out Coach
Scrum Coach
Kicking Coach
Strength and Conditioning Coach
Coach Coach
'Fall on the floor and roll around' Coach

Why can't they just have a Head Coach and an Assistant Coach.

Missed tantrum coach,
Ballet coach.
I now better than you,ref coach

:sly: Ashton should fit in well

[mike binder]

DaiJones posted:
Did anyone notice he was asked to pick his greatest XIII from those he played with at Wigan in the Sunday Times yesterday? For the record this was his team:-

1) Lydon
2) Gill
3) K Iro
4) D Bell
5) Offiah
6) Edwards (obviously)
7) Gregory
8) Skerrett
9) Dermott
10) Platt
11) West
12) Farrell
13) Hanley

Some interesting omissions, but I imagine he would say Fergie, Kenny and Miles didn't do much more than part of a season and the others made longer term contributions. Betts you could argue is unlucky but you can't really grumble at Faz and Westy. I imagine Brendan Barr is feeling a bit miffed though

brendan barr a good mate of mine was dragged up with him lol

[Sutty]

I used to play at St Judes with Brendan Barr. Didn't he live in the same street as your parents aswell?

[mike binder]

Sutty posted:
I used to play at St Judes with Brendan Barr. Didn't he live in the same street as your parents aswell?

yes do i know you?//

[100% Warrior]

Haven't got a clue what Edwards job title is at Wasps, but would like to congratulate him on his teams victory on Sunday.

Alright it's Union and I don't like the sport but it's always good to see an old Wigan player doing well.

Media didn't give Wasps much of a chance but later were raving about their superb defence.