Jake jolted by technicality
23 Jun 2006
Jake White’s 2009 contract extension is on hold because of a corporate governance issue, according to SARU officials.
National Teams general manager Andy Marinos told a press conference that SA Rugby’s Board only realised at Thursday’s board meeting that they did not have the power to confirm White’s contract extension. Marinos said the matter was on the agenda, but after closer examination of the SA Rugby Constitution the Board members realised they could only make a recommendation and that the President’s Council, which consists of the 14 provincial presidents, are the only authority capable of confirming White’s contract extension.
What could not be answered with any degree of conviction is why it took an examination of the constitution at the Board meeting to realise the Board had no authority, when White’s contract extension was tabled and itemised in the agenda sent out to the Board members prior to the meeting.
Why was White not told in the build-up to the Board meeting that the Board had no authority to confirm anything and that their power was limited to recommendations only? It asks some serious questions of those actually running the game.
Marinos said the Board members were aware that White had overseas offers and that the Bok coach had been up front about these offers. He said the Board members did view the matter with urgency and that he was hopeful of a final decision in due course. When asked to clarify ‘due course’, he said sometime in July.
There is a feeling that the Board is waiting to see how White’s Boks shape in the French test and the early Vodacom Tri Nations tests, but Marinos dismissed this, telling Keo.co.za that any such thinking would be immature and not in the spirit of moving forward.
Marinos said the Board were fully behind the coach, who had a contract to 2007.
“Everyone is committed to Jake,” said Marinos. “Certain structures have to be put in place and they aren’t there yet.” Marinos said that the delay in the process was down to a new leadership and the changes within the game in the last three months.
On the possibility of losing White, Marinos said the Board accepted that White (as a professional) had the right to enter into negotiations with anyone. They were aware of who he was talking to and there had been transparency in all discussions.
White told Keo.co.za that it was a frustrating time because the matter should have been dealt with by this time. He said his focus was with the Boks and the test match and that his loyalty was with the Boks. He did add that he had to consider all options and these included overseas approaches.
Asked whether Saturday’s test could be his last in charge of the Boks, White would not answer.
Given that the official confirmation was not made on Friday — SARU cancelled the press conference at which it was to be announced — it is understood that White will fly to London next week to discuss potential employment with, among others, the RFU.
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23 Jun 2006, 18:19 pm
Oh my lucky charms!!
23 Jun 2006, 18:24 pm
In Texas, it is illegal to put graffiti on someone else’s cow
23 Jun 2006, 18:25 pm
Ja, dis kwaadwillige saak(koei)beskadiging!!
23 Jun 2006, 18:26 pm
Groot,
waas almal? Dis eweskielik baie boring!
23 Jun 2006, 18:27 pm
Sê jy ek’s boring…..booohooooohooooo, snik, snik!!
23 Jun 2006, 18:28 pm
Is dit hoe die bulle gaan maak na hulle teen wp gespeel het?
23 Jun 2006, 18:29 pm
Nee, hulle gaan so lag dat hulle die trane nie kan keer nie!!
23 Jun 2006, 18:29 pm
ek sê nie jy’s boring nie, ma die bulle se gameplan is.
23 Jun 2006, 18:31 pm
Die verskil tussen die bulle en die WP is dat die WP nie eers ‘n gameplan het nie…….
Mind you hulle het ook geen talent in die span of ‘n goeie coach nie!!!!!
23 Jun 2006, 18:31 pm
In Massachusetts, it is illegal to feed ducks on Sunday between the hours of 5am and 12pm while humming
23 Jun 2006, 18:33 pm
talent, wil jy praat van talent?
Zahier Rhyland, Gio Aplon, Luke Watson, Andries Bekker, Ross Skeate, SCHALCK BRITS etc.
23 Jun 2006, 18:33 pm
Skim, waar kom jy aan al hierdie kak wat jy uitgrawe en post????
23 Jun 2006, 18:33 pm
waarvan praat jy, Schalk brits het moer baie talent.
23 Jun 2006, 18:35 pm
Miskien is jy reg, hulle het darem so ‘n bietjie talent…….wat totaal opgefok word deur ‘n uiters onbegaafde coach!!
23 Jun 2006, 18:35 pm
kameelperde kan nie hoes nie.
23 Jun 2006, 18:36 pm
Ek kan nie ophou hoes nie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
23 Jun 2006, 18:37 pm
Die bulle ok nie.
23 Jun 2006, 18:39 pm
Boanthropy is a disease in which a man thinks he is an ox
23 Jun 2006, 18:42 pm
Groot, waas jy?
23 Jun 2006, 18:43 pm
Looks like most muppits don’t have internet at home….shame!!!
23 Jun 2006, 18:44 pm
Groot, jy’t gesê jy ken nie die Ninja Turtles nie,
hier is hulle:
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Of the four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, all named after artists and / or sculptors, Donatello does not occur in the same time period as Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael.
“
23 Jun 2006, 18:45 pm
Interesting, very interesting!!
23 Jun 2006, 18:46 pm
The Phrase “The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs” contains all the letters of the english alphabet
23 Jun 2006, 23:23 pm
D’ya think Jake might be playing everyone along so that he gets a confirmed real good package in the next few days before the ‘Boks get slaughtered by the All Blacks and Wallabies and they all want him gone???
As someone said he is clever.
24 Jun 2006, 03:03 am
SARFU were so impressed with a Sharks coach who, in one dazzling year, lifted the KZN team from cellar to semifinals that they signed this wizard up to be the Bok coach right to the end of the next world cup.
SARFU acted in haste and, boy, did they ever repent at leisure about giving Stroily that long-term contract!
Jake, in his first year, won the Tri-Nations. In his second year he slipped back to second. This is his third year. Imagine what would happen if the Boks lost ALL their 3N tests this year! Imagine the horror that SARU is stuck with Jake right through the upcoming RWC! Imagine that once again they are shot out of the contest in the quarters!
Now imagine how much worse the horror gets to know that you have signed up Jake for two more years AFTER that RWC disaster! The new coach will only have one year nd a bit to experiment before the 2011 RWC in NZ rolls round. That poor bloke — who will obviously have to be a transformation quota coach — is simply being set up to fail in 2011.
Act in haste, repent at leisure.
Remember the Stroily lesson, or pay the price.
24 Jun 2006, 07:17 am
Yip post 275 100% correct. And the Ab’s have not won the webb ellis cup since 1987. Maybe next year hey.
24 Jun 2006, 08:38 am
Now I realy don’t like this. JW is trying to pull Joost and take SARU in ransom. If he produces good in 2007 his contract should be extended if not well may be it’s better to look for someone else. But to use the situation when he is the best current coach to blackmail his empoyer is too greedy.
24 Jun 2006, 08:52 am
jake now try girlish blackmail
he gonna take him and his boys away
he beginning to sound like a rotten old fruit
24 Jun 2006, 09:56 am
asha1, and all those of the same mindset. You are deluded and the likes of you are actually the whole problem in SA rugby.
24 Jun 2006, 10:01 am
FFS, this is sensationalism by the media who are struggling to find something to write about, Jake is still contracted to SA rugby until after the world cup, which is still about 15 months away, so what’s the panic about, surely he would be reasonable enough to allow SA rugby some leeway in finalising his extension?
Storm in a tea cup, that’s all this is . . YAWN!!
24 Jun 2006, 10:15 am
Ladies and Gents, there is always smoke before the fire and its called, Affirmative Action, what else.
24 Jun 2006, 10:38 am
Exactly the same thing happened last year, how short are all of your memories. Prior to I think the frog tests last year JW was going to quit over selection issues (if memory serves). It’s one of JW’s very successful devices in keeping the SARU hierachy in line. Unfortunately for our rugby JW is a go getter but the people (SARU board) supposedly backing him would make a critically ill sloth look positively dynamic. JW is a past master at playing this game and as usual he has outplayed the board before they even realised they were in a game.
Well done JW every time I read things like this my confidence in you to bring home the bacon gets a boost.
24 Jun 2006, 11:24 am
Mistral
Comment 279
I can’t agree with you more! Mindsets like that wakes up the tiger in me – annoyance beyond belief!!
24 Jun 2006, 11:58 am
JW was not on the shortlist to be bok coach 3 years ago. He only got shorlisted after threats that he will quit and go overseas. During his tenor he has repeated the threat to get what he wants (i.e. selections, full control). And now he is doing it again a year before his contract expires and he said his focus is with the Boks and the test match and that his loyalty was with the Boks? Bullshit!
So Keo, why didn’t you mention the above in your article?
As a business man I will NEVER appoint someone like JW in my organisation as he will be a divisive figure. So get rid of him. He only has JW as a priority and nobody else.
25 Jun 2006, 06:33 am
When, at the end of the 2006 season Jake’s tragic Boks have lost more tests than they have won, and after they have been blanked into last place in the 3N, Jake’s marketability as a pro rugby coach in Europe will be reduced to near-zero.
All of SA will be calling for him to be fired and the whole RWC2007 campaign will be widely seen as a complete write-off six months before that competition even begins.
In 2005, the All Blacks had a schedule comprising a 3N, a three-test British/Irish Lions tour and an end of season four-test Grand Slam tour. They only lost one test all year. The 2006 Boks have lost one test already, and the 3N hasn’t even begun yet!
What a huge gulf there is between the IRB #1-ranked team and the rest. (Well, SA aren’t #2 any more, are they? And with the Wallabies rapidly hitting their straps, how soon before the Boks lose their new #3 spot?)
And Jake wants to DEMAND a contract to 2009 before he delivers a RWC or even a second 3N cup! What gall and chutzpah! SARU must call his bluff.
25 Jun 2006, 10:32 am
sjb
I am also a businessman and I choose to employ people like JW because they challenge me and push the envelope. I realise that I can’t always be right and employ strong people with the courage of their convictions and the strength of character to stand up to me if I am wrong. As the boss I always have the final say but I am confident enough in myself to let others at least contribute an opinion without fear of retribution. JW is not divisive at all the divisions in SA rugby come through weak management at the top that allows these divisions in the first place.
Divide and conquer the oldest tactic in history is only successful against weak leadership.
Perhaps sjb the reason you won’t employ intelligent, courageous and honest people like JW is because in doing so it would highlight your own lack of these qualities.
Any boss that is frightened that his staff can be so divisive as to have a negative effect on the organisation obviously is out of his depth and does not have the respect or support of his workforce. I would be happy to refer you (sjb)to some suitable literature that might assist you in understanding workforce dynamics and even more importantly teamwork.
JW said months ago that this season is going to be tough and that it required the buy in of all of SA rugbys stakeholders, first sign of it getting tough the “toughies” have already deserted.
Clive Woodward was kept on as England coach despite a poor 1999 RWC and the backbone of that side went on to lift the trophy in 2003. JW is merely asking SA rugby that we learn from others successes and ensure continuity (and I am not for a minute writing off our chances in france next year). Unfortunately sjb some people get it and you obviously don’t.
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