Steve Hansen quits All Blacks after RWC2019

[Lizard]

[canta_brian]

And I feel fine (as long as we can convince schmidt to take over)

[Eugene Wrayburn]

And I feel fine (as long as we can convince schmidt to take over)

Interestingly an article posted on the EMB quoted Schmidt as saying that he would need to be at home for the next 12 months after giving up. I get the sense that he's yours after that if you're prepared to wait.

[zer0]

Having an interim coach is a messy situation I'd rather avoid. But Schmidt would certainly be worth the mess if he's guaranteed to take over in 2021. If that's the route they go down, then it'd make sense to have one of Schmidt's chosen assistants as the interim coach. Therefore, I'm hoping we have Cotter as the forwards coach, and interim HC, who will revert to an assistant when Schmidt returns. Though it'd mean we'd also need a temporary attack coach for 2020. I wonder if Smith could be coaxed out of retirement for a year...