Sam Ackerman: Sports Commentator on Dave Rennie's appointment as All Blacks Coach

The Dave Rennie era is upon the All Blacks. 

New Zealand Rugby announced his appointment as Head Coach yesterday, succeeding Scott Robertson in the role. 

His assistants have yet to be determined, but it’s a focus of Rennie’s.  

Sports Commentator Sam Ackerman told Ryan Bridge that there should be something resembling continuity, and Jason Ryan could be one to stay in the mix. 

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
So who's Dave really going to pick as his assistance?

Speaker 2 (00:03):
Do we read?

Speaker 3 (00:03):
I've got a strength of surrounding myself with quality of people,
and people can make a difference. So I'm keen to
bring some people in. Yeah, it's a key part of understanding,
you know, who we represent and how we want to
be perceived.

Speaker 1 (00:16):
Sam Ackerman is with our sports commentator Sam, good morning,
Morning's your roan? How do you reckon you'll pick?

Speaker 2 (00:23):
Well? Listen. I think there needs to be something that
will resemble a little continuity. I think Jason Ryan as
an assistant coach through a couple of all that coaches,
now who somebody could stay in the mix outside of that.
I really hope they're names that most people go who.
I want the all assistant coaches to go back to
being assistant coaches. Not as important a part of the
Yourvack structure is what the all back coaches. I want

(00:45):
a head coach and the other coaches are come in
and do the specialist jobs. I think he's worked with
some wonderful ones through the Chiefs and Manawa two. He
will look to what he knows here. I don't expect
him bring in from overseas at this stage, but I'd
think plays people like Andrew Strawbridge who have been a
wonderful listen to him in the past and what he
achieved in the Chiefs. So hopefully they're going for guys
who don't have big profiles and we're not going to

(01:06):
take every super rugby head coach like we did under
the previous regime. Yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:10):
Right, So some anonymous henchman is what we need.

Speaker 2 (01:13):
White Man. What we need is people who don't come
in with big profile head coaches working all together don't
always make the right max. Assistant coaches know their role
a little more.

Speaker 1 (01:23):
No your plays. Why do you think he beat Jamie Joseph?
Was it because he had a better plan or was
it because of what people said about them?

Speaker 2 (01:31):
I think that his reputation with culture. Jamie Joseph is
known a lot more hard nosed as a coach than
Dave Rennie is. Neither you know, both have got strong reputations.
It's not a crack at either, but Jamie Joseph is
a little fed for some of his training methods more
rather than David Rennie. So I think that that. I
think Dave Rennie's approach to people and the way that

(01:53):
he players love to play for him as the person
I think got him overlying in the end. I also
think failure overseas and learning overseas has been a massive
part for him.

Speaker 1 (02:03):
To this no loyalties comment that he made. Did Robertson
or others have them to our detriment was? Is that
necessarily a dig at anyone?

Speaker 2 (02:12):
I think it's no loyalties to the current squad. Of
course he's going to have loyalties, and when he picks players,
he'll want to stick with them. He won't be giving
a guy go one week and then throwing them outcause
he dropped to pass. So he will have loyalties. But
to me, I read that as he's not loyal to
everybody currently in that frame that said, he isn't even
got his hands on the All Acts personally because of
his rolls over in Japan until essentially the start of

(02:35):
at July windows. So he's going to need to go
with some people who know what they're doing at the
test level, who they are, who the captain is. That's
all to.

Speaker 1 (02:42):
Come, all right, And now we just got to win
some tests and then the World Cup.

Speaker 2 (02:46):
Easy, Andy, Andy, Yeah, it was good.

Speaker 1 (02:49):
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