Re: John Mitchell's interview..

On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 11:54:56 +1300, Peter Ashford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Kip wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 09:48:16 +1100, "ROCK2003"
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>>Personally I'd give Mitchell another year and get rid of Deans to see how
>>>this team can develop.
>> 
>> 
>> Ridiculous. How could you sack Deans and keep Mitchell? Everything
>> Deans gets accused off is on the basis of conjecture alone, and the
>> only real fact is that Mitchell is the head coach, the buck stops with
>> him. Just like he said.
>> 
>> 
>>>Only other captain options IMHO are Marshall & Umaga ? Who else has the
>>>maturity ... one of my mates suggested Kees Meeuws (sp) but would he rank a
>>>regular start ?
>>>
>> 
>> 
>> Has McCaw been around long enough? 
>
>Id say Marshall is the best current candidate.  Thou, he'd probably need 
>to be replaced before the next RWC

Screw the next world cup.  Focus on winning games in 2004.  Then in
2005.  Then in 2006.  Then in 2007.

If the All Blacks can beat all comers in that period, then most fans
will care a great deal less about winning the Cup - and they'll be a
lot more likely to.

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Rodger Donaldson                [EMAIL PROTECTED]