Quote:thomh
"Personal reasons" could be anything from family circumstances, to him and Gustard not getting on, to just polite wording for sacked. Not sure we'll ever get any detail.
Shame with how it's turned out though as, putting RWC 2015 to one side, his international record is actually good.
Quote:Bucksquin
I don't think there's any doubt that it comes with a contract payoff; that's how things work. However, the 'personal reasons' bit is interesting. Best guesses as to what that means would be (1) he preferred to have it expressed that way, for personal self-esteem reasons, or more likely, (2) he didn't like the way JK was treated, and didn't particularly fancy being part of the new set-up, with all of the uncertainties. However, of all of them, Rowntree is the last one I'd have expected them to get rid of, along with Evans. Mapletoft and Easter live to fight another day it seems. Vacancy for a forwards coach, then.
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"Personal reasons" could be anything from family circumstances, to him and Gustard not getting on, to just polite wording for sacked. Not sure we'll ever get any detail.
Shame with how it's turned out though as, putting RWC 2015 to one side, his international record is actually good.
It would be very very unusual to say personal reasons if it was simply him not being wanted by Gustard.
Quote:Someoldhooker
...Shame he has gone but wish him well and thanks for all his work.
Quote:HonkyTonk
Im sure there was a stat that said our scrum was 11th in the table???
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"Personal reasons" could be anything from family circumstances, to him and Gustard not getting on, to just polite wording for sacked. Not sure we'll ever get any detail.
Shame with how it's turned out though as, putting RWC 2015 to one side, his international record is actually good.
It would be very very unusual to say personal reasons if it was simply him not being wanted by Gustard.
No it wouldn't! This sort of thing happens all the time. Coach isn't required but is given the opportunity to appear as though he left of his own accord rather than being pushed out the door. Not much unusual about it. Allows him to escape any potential public embarrassment and also easier to get back into another job.
I like Wiggy but unfortunately he didn't do much for our pack in two years.
Quote:Someoldhooker
I think there may be some very short memories here. Before Rowntree we were a penalty waiting to happen at every scrum, but we were much better last season even without Joe / Kyle when they were away with Quingland. Shame he has gone but wish him well and thanks for all his work.
Quote:Dinsdale
Our scrum has been one of the very few OK points the last couple of years. I assume Rowntree had something to do with that.
Unfortunately there's also the lineout.
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"Personal reasons" could be anything from family circumstances, to him and Gustard not getting on, to just polite wording for sacked. Not sure we'll ever get any detail.
Shame with how it's turned out though as, putting RWC 2015 to one side, his international record is actually good.
It would be very very unusual to say personal reasons if it was simply him not being wanted by Gustard.
No it wouldn't! This sort of thing happens all the time. Coach isn't required but is given the opportunity to appear as though he left of his own accord rather than being pushed out the door. Not much unusual about it. Allows him to escape any potential public embarrassment and also easier to get back into another job.
I like Wiggy but unfortunately he didn't do much for our pack in two years.
Really don't agree. Personal reasons make it sound like someone in his family is ill, or he's getting a divorce or he hates Gustard.
Mutual consent is far less loaded and raises far fewer questions.
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- "Rumoured to be off to Wasps" is a new one on me..
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- "Rumoured to be off to Wasps" is a new one on me..
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