No Lancaster? Have I missed something? Also David Humphreys is becoming available end of season? Not advocating it, just saying!
Gibbs or Burt are the ones for me.

sea_point wrote: For me you can automatically scratch a few of those names for a variety of reasons, Certainly don't want a coach who isn't going to buy into the Connacht experience, regardless of success in other domestic leagues.

Jackman was 10th anyway, and may stay in Grenoble, but as "early bookmakers favourite", interested in the West in a recent interview, and ex-Connacht player, there's an outside chance I had to note
Holley is a nobody now but's that's actually him who promoted Bristol after years of failure. And Ospreys played decently with him in charge. A phone call doesn't cost us.
Aware of what you said about McCall but the fact he'd like to come back in Ireland to prepare for the "after 2019", and how he lauded Connacht in May make him move from an "absoute no chance" to a "1% chances"
White probably won't come but I totally disagree with you, we desperatly need one or two more saffers to wear "wall-defences" like Munster
Agree to add Gibbs

I know that they said that they were going to take their time in looking for a new coach, but I think they should do it sooner rather than later. If you look at Bristol since they uncovered that Pat Lam was going to them, their results have improved.

We need to get the new head coach under contract as soon as possible and if there's a chance have the next coach started by the end of season. All respect to Pat but he has moved on and the players will probably want to know who is coming next.

For me you can automatically scratch a few of those names for a variety of reasons, Certainly don't want a coach who isn't going to buy into the Connacht experience, regardless of success in other domestic leagues.

Throwing another one hat into the equation....don't know if he's interested though....

Simon Easterby
Former Scarlets & Irelanad player, Scarlets Head Coach and current Ireland Forwards Coach...

Johnno Gibbes .
Clermont assistant coach, former Leinster Frwards coach.. Good relationship with Joe Schmidt

Nigel Carolan
Ireland U20 coach, ex Connacht Academy having raised Henshaw, Bealham, Marmion etc..

Rob Penney
Ex Munster, Canterbury coach

Andy Farrell
Defence coach for the 2013 Lions tour to Australia, contracted with IRFU until RWC.

Jeremy Davidson
Aurillac coach, great balance of play, but contracted until 2022 in theory

Mike Ruddock
Ex Wales, Leinster and Ireland U20 coach

Jason Holland
Former Munster centre, Hurricanes assistant coach, Irish head coach of the New Zealand Schools side

[strike]Mark McCall
Saracencs Irish head coach, out of contract after a renewal in 2014[/strike] Nope - cost, lack of budget at Connacht (Sarries constantly break Salary cap) grounds. Think he'd see it as a step down.

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Sean Holley
Approached in 2013, ex Ospreys and Bristol successful coach[/strike] Absolutely no, a jumped up a**hole

[strike]Jack White
Released by Montpellier this spring[/strike] Nope - cost, attitude and rugby style grounds. Connacht is not the place to bring SA Rugby style to....

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Bernard Jackman
Nearly relegated Grenoble coach, Connacht style[/strike] Nope- recruiting head coach of relegated side has no logic.

Not an endorcement, but It appears Richard Cockerill has parted ways from Leicester Tigers, and hence may be looking for a new position. www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2017/jan/...ss-richard-cockerill ?

Add johnno Gibbes in aswell.

Clermont assistant coach. Good relationship with Joe Schmidt

Jono Gibbes all the way for me.

McNamara wrote: Tweet by Gavin Mortimer this morning who translates midi Olympic and l'equipe saying Bernard Jackman will stay at Grenoble even if they are relegated

Thank God for that. Given our financial constraints the last thing we need is a coach who has consistently underperformed in terms of league position vs. budget.

Tweet by Gavin Mortimer this morning who translates midi Olympic and l'equipe saying Bernard Jackman will stay at Grenoble even if they are relegated

You can probably add Cockerill, Meyer, Umaga and Ben Ryan to that if we're trying to be completist.

here are my 10 names I thought about 1 month ago, with order of preference, not necessarily realism

Mark McCall
Saracencs Irish head coach, out of contract after a renewal in 2014

Nigel Carolan
Ireland U20 coach, ex Connacht Academy having raised Henshaw, Bealham, Marmion etc..

Sean Holley
Approached in 2013, ex Ospreys and Bristol successful coach

Jack White
Released by Montpellier this spring

Mike Ruddock
Ex Wales and Ireland U20 coach

Jason Holland
Hurricanes assistant coach, Irish head coach of the New Zealand Schools side

Rob Penney
Ex Munster, Canterbury coach

Bernard Jackman
Nearly relegated Grenoble coach, Connacht style

Andy Farrell
Defence coach for the 2013 Lions tour to Australia, contracted with IRFU until RWC.

Jeremy Davidson
Aurillac coach, great balence of play, but contracted until 2022 in theory

Does anybody have a list of possibles that they could put up ? It could be amended if coaches get a different post or declare they are not interested.

clanman wrote:

salmson wrote:

clanman wrote: one from left field - Tanu Umaga

I'll see your left field and raise you - Richard Cockerill?

that would make it 3 Englishmen involved in Irish rugby, I call that occupation of Irish Rugby

Heyneke Meyer was suggested for Bristol- west briton, why not west ireland (and he hasn't 800 years behind him)

salmson wrote:

clanman wrote: one from left field - Tanu Umaga

I'll see your left field and raise you - Richard Cockerill?

that would make it 3 Englishmen involved in Irish rugby, I call that occupation of Irish Rugby

clanman wrote: one from left field - Tanu Umaga

I'll see your left field and raise you - Richard Cockerill?

one from left field - Tanu Umaga