Comments on: Nucifora returns to coaching http://www.theroar.com.au/2009/01/16/nucifora-returns-to-coaching/ Your Sports Opinion Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:21:56 +0000 hourly 1 By: Yikes http://www.theroar.com.au/2009/01/16/nucifora-returns-to-coaching/comment-page-1/#comment-107010 Yikes Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:50:17 +0000 http://www.theroar.com.au/?p=14195#comment-107010 Yikes. While appearances can be deceiving, Nucifora appears to be a piece of work. The Brumbies hated him, the Blues hated him, half the HPU unit at ARU hates him, he's just canned Australia A and now - surprise! - has appointed himself to coach Australia U20, in the past often a coaching job for an up-and-coming coach, not a well-established S14 coach. I agree this is partially a cost saving mechanism. But still... Yikes. While appearances can be deceiving, Nucifora appears to be a piece of work. The Brumbies hated him, the Blues hated him, half the HPU unit at ARU hates him, he’s just canned Australia A and now – surprise! – has appointed himself to coach Australia U20, in the past often a coaching job for an up-and-coming coach, not a well-established S14 coach.

I agree this is partially a cost saving mechanism. But still…

]]> By: LeftArmSpinner http://www.theroar.com.au/2009/01/16/nucifora-returns-to-coaching/comment-page-1/#comment-106717 LeftArmSpinner Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:07:37 +0000 http://www.theroar.com.au/?p=14195#comment-106717 This has JON's fingerprints all over it. More cost effective by getting existing employees to do more, developing youngsters for the future, including the coaches of promise and tapping into a proven international coach who will be pushing, presumably for the next Wallabies coach. This has JON’s fingerprints all over it. More cost effective by getting existing employees to do more, developing youngsters for the future, including the coaches of promise and tapping into a proven international coach who will be pushing, presumably for the next Wallabies coach.

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