Lions coaching panel in disarray

Lions coaching panel in disarray

26 Jun 2012

Forwards coach Johan Ackermann has been officially appointed as the interim head coach of the Lions, with Carlos Spencer continuing his duties as backline mentor.

In the aftermath of John Mitchell’s suspension for his alleged brutal coaching methods, Spencer and Ackermann were last week handed the interim coaching role, a responsibility they would share. Spencer did not dispute this when keo.co.za spoke to him on Monday about the current dynamics at the embattled franchise.

However, it has since come to light that Ackermann has been appointed as the official interim head coach, with Spencer continuing in his role as backline coach.

‘I’m not sure when the decision was made, but I was made aware of [the new coaching structure] late yesterday morning,’ Spencer told keo.co.za on Tuesday. ‘I was only ever under the impression that I would continue to coach the backs.’

Should Mitchell get his marching orders, this could affect Spencer as well as fitness coach Wayne Taylor on a contractual basis. Spencer and Taylor’s contracts are linked to Mitchell’s contract, allowing them to leave the Gauteng franchise at will if Mitchell gets the axe.

‘I haven’t really thought about that to be honest,’ Spencer added. ‘I’m contracted to the end of the Super Rugby season. I guess I’m going to have to make some decisions over the next three weeks.’

If Mitchell and his coaching team are not retained, this would result in the GLRU having to scramble for a new coaching set-up before the Currie Cup, which starts on 11 August.

By Nick Pawson


273 Comments

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  • 101.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    26 Jun 2012, 16:09 pm

    @the artist formerly known as gunther(gunther)-91: in summer yes, in winter, the mohawk :lol:

  • 102.WP Till I Die: Reply to this comment
    26 Jun 2012, 16:10 pm

    @Dawn(Dawn)-99:

    I do, Monty himself signed my copy. Maybe I should send it to carol?

  • 103.Jeraldjay: Reply to this comment
    26 Jun 2012, 16:11 pm

    @the artist formerly known as gunther(gunther)-91:
    Ashwell been struggling over the last few seasons. I think his last big score was 150 against the Aussies at Newlands and half those runs came off Bryce McGain.
    JP also offers some good old-fashion offy’s which comes in handy when you need to break a partnership.

  • 104.the artist formerly known as gunther: Reply to this comment
    26 Jun 2012, 16:11 pm

    @Dawn(Dawn)-100:

    poonana sandwich

    @Big Jack(Big Jack)-98:

    no but he has wikivisited.

  • 105.Big Jack: Reply to this comment
    26 Jun 2012, 16:11 pm

    @Dawn(Dawn)-100:

    Fries with gravy and cheese. Then you can add anything to it; chili, bacon, sausage….

  • 106.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    26 Jun 2012, 16:11 pm

    @Big Jack(Big Jack)-92: cheers BJ, manage those feeling big fella! :D

  • 107.WP Till I Die: Reply to this comment
    26 Jun 2012, 16:11 pm

    @Dawn(Dawn)-100:

    It’s great, is what it is. Look it up.

  • 108.Dawn: Reply to this comment
    26 Jun 2012, 16:12 pm

    @Big Jack(Big Jack)-105:

    That’s a very fancy name for fries with gravy and cheese

    Almost like clafoutis

  • 109.Dawn: Reply to this comment
    26 Jun 2012, 16:13 pm

    @the artist formerly known as gunther(gunther)-104:

    Wikivisited!!!

  • 110.the artist formerly known as gunther: Reply to this comment
    26 Jun 2012, 16:13 pm

    @Jeraldjay(Jeraldjay)-103:

    Indeed he does.

    but his primary duty is batting

    But I can’t see him in the test team with two such glaring weaknesses.

    especially against the best offspinner in world cricket.

    But who knows.

  • 111.carlos spencer says robbie fleck is a legend...: Reply to this comment
    26 Jun 2012, 16:13 pm

    :lol:
    we live in a digital world

  • 112.carlos spencer says robbie fleck is a legend...: Reply to this comment
    26 Jun 2012, 16:14 pm

    i mean a virtual world..?

  • 113.Big Jack: Reply to this comment
    26 Jun 2012, 16:15 pm

    @Dawn(Dawn)-108:

    Might be, but it is a bit of an art to prepare it just right.

  • 114.WP Till I Die: Reply to this comment
    26 Jun 2012, 16:16 pm

    @the artist formerly known as gunther(gunther)-104:

    :lol:

  • 115.carlos spencer says robbie fleck is a legend...: Reply to this comment
    26 Jun 2012, 16:16 pm

    sounds like that mexican thing which has big corn bites and cheese mixed together.
    blegh!

  • 116.Big Jack: Reply to this comment
    26 Jun 2012, 16:18 pm

    @carlos spencer says robbie fleck is a legend…(i_love_u_bakkiesbotha)-115:

    Google Poutine, then click on “images”.

  • 117.WP Till I Die: Reply to this comment
    26 Jun 2012, 16:18 pm

    @Dawn(Dawn)-108:

    Fry chips.

    Place chips on a serving platter.

    Sprinkle cheese curds over the chips.

    Then ladle beef gravy over the chips and cheese curds.

    Serve immediately.

  • 118.Dawn: Reply to this comment
    26 Jun 2012, 16:19 pm

    @Big Jack(Big Jack)-116:

    OK

    If it goes quiet, everyone’s on Google

    Please be patient

  • 119.Jeraldjay: Reply to this comment
    26 Jun 2012, 16:19 pm

    @the artist formerly known as gunther(gunther)-110:
    No, I rate Rudolph, especially in the English conditions he score a truckload of runs for Surrey.
    And I thought Tahir was the best spinner in world cricket. He just came back from Pakistan. Had a few sessions with Abdul Qadir.

  • 120.Dawn: Reply to this comment
    26 Jun 2012, 16:20 pm

    Oh my hat my arteries.

  • 121.Dawn: Reply to this comment
    26 Jun 2012, 16:21 pm

    Is this a Canadian staple.

  • 122.WP Till I Die: Reply to this comment
    26 Jun 2012, 16:21 pm

    Of course, if it is an authentic Quebec poutine…

    …you can only use the Manitoba red potato, fried in Canola oil, with salted cheddar curds made in Quebec, with real Quebecois poutine sauce (which is essentially a flour-thickened chicken stock flavoured with onion and pepper).

  • 123.Big Jack: Reply to this comment
    26 Jun 2012, 16:21 pm

    @WP Till I Die(WP-Forever)-117:

    You sound like an expert? Come visit and then we’ll have a Poutine cook-off. Ever had it with chili?

  • 124.Big Jack: Reply to this comment
    26 Jun 2012, 16:22 pm

    @Dawn(Dawn)-121:

    Big time, especially in the winter months.

  • 125.Dawn: Reply to this comment
    26 Jun 2012, 16:22 pm

    @Big Jack(Big Jack)-123:

    He is also know as WikiTillIDie

  • 126.WP Till I Die: Reply to this comment
    26 Jun 2012, 16:23 pm

    @Big Jack(Big Jack)-123:

    Nope. Two mates of mine are ex-Toronto, and now based in Hout Bay, and they keep talking about it.

    They make it every chance they get.

  • 127.the artist formerly known as gunther: Reply to this comment
    26 Jun 2012, 16:23 pm

    @Dawn(Dawn)-108:

    my cousin caught clafoutis from a prossie in Cyprus.

  • 128.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    26 Jun 2012, 16:23 pm

    @Dawn(Dawn)-120: if that thing originated in he cape flats nobody would romanticising about it..it is s.hit food. :D

  • 129.Dawn: Reply to this comment
    26 Jun 2012, 16:23 pm

    @Big Jack(Big Jack)-124:

    Sorry. I wouldn’t go near it unless I was stranded in the Rocky Mountains and hadn’t eaten for a month.

  • 130.Dawn: Reply to this comment
    26 Jun 2012, 16:24 pm

    @Transformation(Transformation)-128:

    Looks like it came from the Flats though

    We wouldn’t call it Poutine though

  • 131.ufo: Reply to this comment
    26 Jun 2012, 16:25 pm

    so are the lions in disarray…?

    or datarray…?

    is mitchell a mantarray…?

    whose voice is a gammarray…

    and not big on flatarray…?

    are lions a cabarray…?

    3 cheers hip-hip-array…?

    .
    now let me go fararray…

  • 132.the artist formerly known as gunther: Reply to this comment
    26 Jun 2012, 16:25 pm

    @Jeraldjay(Jeraldjay)-119:

    Yorkshire.

    Imran will need to be on top of his game.

    Besides he is a leggie.

    :lol:

  • 133.Dawn: Reply to this comment
    26 Jun 2012, 16:25 pm

    @the artist formerly known as gunther(gunther)-127:

    Lovely

    It is a nice dessert

  • 134.Big Jack: Reply to this comment
    26 Jun 2012, 16:25 pm

    @WP Till I Die(WP-Forever)-126:

    Oh yes. There is a Potjie competition in Toronto in August. Can’t wait to meet all the Saffas.

  • 135.WP Till I Die: Reply to this comment
    26 Jun 2012, 16:26 pm

    @WP Till I Die(WP-Forever)-126:

    The guy hiked the Chilkoot Pass once.

    He had some hilarious stories about bears to tell.

    Something to the tune of:

    If you get chased by a black bear, the best thing to do is to run down a slope while zig-zagging, the bear will stumble over his own paws and fall over.

    If you get chased by a polar bear…well, say your prayers.

  • 136.carlos spencer says robbie fleck is a legend...: Reply to this comment
    26 Jun 2012, 16:26 pm

    @Big Jack(Big Jack)-116:
    yes, i’m sure its great bud and do enjoy it.
    i would love to eat that when drunk (operative word being: drunk) :grin:

    in a similar vein i’ve seen an indian version of this being done by an indian guy who did a fusion type meal and served hot chips with vinegar and all and poured curry sauce all over it.

  • 137.Dawn: Reply to this comment
    26 Jun 2012, 16:26 pm

    There’s one here in an ice cream cone. I’m sure it’s chocolate over it not gravy.

  • 138.Jeraldjay: Reply to this comment
    26 Jun 2012, 16:27 pm

    @Transformation(Transformation)-128:
    Any good Masala Steak Gatsby’s spots in PE.

  • 139.WP Till I Die: Reply to this comment
    26 Jun 2012, 16:27 pm

    @Big Jack(Big Jack)-134:

    Ah, potjie! I made an oxtail potjie two weekends ago. Am tempted to do another potjie this weekend…

  • 140.the artist formerly known as gunther: Reply to this comment
    26 Jun 2012, 16:27 pm

    @Dawn(Dawn)-130:

    Its like a Gatsby without bread.

  • 141.Big Jack: Reply to this comment
    26 Jun 2012, 16:27 pm

    @Dawn(Dawn)-129:

    I will bet a looney that you will be addicted after a month living in -30 temperatures. And I’ll bet you a tooney you will double your weight. :-)

  • 142.carlos spencer says robbie fleck is a legend...: Reply to this comment
    26 Jun 2012, 16:28 pm

    @the artist formerly known as gunther(gunther)-127:
    shittbean, sounds bad.
    does it involve the feet?

  • 143.Dawn: Reply to this comment
    26 Jun 2012, 16:28 pm

    Poutine needs a food stylist and professional photographer to make it look good.

  • 144.viewer: Reply to this comment
    26 Jun 2012, 16:28 pm

    C’mon Keo must have made millions by selling this blog to HSM. Would be interesting to find out the amount he got. Off to google dot co dot za. :-)

  • 145.WP Till I Die: Reply to this comment
    26 Jun 2012, 16:29 pm

    Speaking of food, one of my favourite breakfast foods is shakshouka.

    Eaten widely in North Africa and the Middle East.

    Essentially you fry up some green pepper with some garlic, ginger, cumin and chillies, add some tomato and onion mix, then you add eggs on top.

    The eggs are then poached in the hot tomato-onion mix.

    Delicious, and perfect for a hangover.

  • 146.carlos spencer says robbie fleck is a legend...: Reply to this comment
    26 Jun 2012, 16:29 pm

    @ufo(ufo)-131:
    up your rear array..?..

  • 147.the artist formerly known as gunther: Reply to this comment
    26 Jun 2012, 16:29 pm

    @Jeraldjay(Jeraldjay)-138:

    none as good as thje Wembley Roadhouse.

    @WP Till I Die(WP-Forever)-139:

    how do you make a potjie in a flat in sea point?

    you white folks are crazy.

  • 148.Dawn: Reply to this comment
    26 Jun 2012, 16:30 pm

    @the artist formerly known as gunther(gunther)-140:

    No man

    Gatsby got remnants of wilted salad on it plus Russians

    This just chips and cheese and gravy!

  • 149.Big Jack: Reply to this comment
    26 Jun 2012, 16:30 pm

    @WP Till I Die(WP-Forever)-139:

    I still have to do a few more test runs. Not sure what to go with. Thinking of doing a hot chicken pot with nando’s sauce? Or a seafood pot with lobster and snow crab?

  • 150.Stormersboy reckons it is totally going to be our year: Reply to this comment
    26 Jun 2012, 16:30 pm

    @Dawn(Dawn)-90: He refers to his kids on twitter all the time so no secret I recon. ;)

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