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Mitch : the real story / John Mitchell with Gavin Rich.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cape Town : Zebra Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Description: xii, 299 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781770226159
  • 177022615X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 796.333092 23
Contents:
Prologue - Four more years -- 1. Choosing between two sports -- 2. Making history -- 3. Breaking down a mental barrier -- 4. From old player to young coach -- 5. Putting patriotism aside -- 6. Losing out to a Bok Freak Show -- 7. Taking on the All Black Challenge -- 8. Something for the trophy cabinet -- 9. Sidelined -- 10. Preparing for the world cup -- 11. Dealing with failure -- 12. A different challenge -- 13. The pillar's crumble -- 14. A call for Dickie -- 15. A scary roadblock brings perspective -- 16. 'What if we can't afford you?' -- 17. From 'Doughnuts' to champions -- 18. Survival mode -- 19. The hearing -- 20. Career on hold -- 21. Enough of the bullshit -- 22. The way forward for rugby.
Summary: John Mitchell's rugby coaching career spans many years, several teams and various countries. He was assistant to Clive Woodward, England's World Cup-winning coach, as one of the pioneers of the professional era in rugby, he coached the All Blacks and the Chiefs in New Zealand, as well as the Western Force in Australia and the Lions in South Africa. But while he is indisputably one of the most experienced and inspirational coaches on the circuit, he has arguably also been one of the most controversial, with several of his stints in top jobs ending badly. Although he made a success of all his tenures, he has also often challenged the structures and the powers-that-be, resulting in several premature departures. This book reveals why, and also why Mitchell has successfully defended every disciplinary hearing he has been subjected to. For the first time, the rugby public will learn the truth behind the newspaper headlines: from his painful axing as All Black coach to his fall-out with the Lions, whom he had guided to their first Currie Cup trophy, Mitchell sets out the reasons for his successes as well as his failures, in a book that is not only entertaining, gripping and revealing, but, like the man himself, honest, forthright and controversial. This book is every rugby fan's dream.
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Includes index.

Prologue - Four more years -- 1. Choosing between two sports -- 2. Making history -- 3. Breaking down a mental barrier -- 4. From old player to young coach -- 5. Putting patriotism aside -- 6. Losing out to a Bok Freak Show -- 7. Taking on the All Black Challenge -- 8. Something for the trophy cabinet -- 9. Sidelined -- 10. Preparing for the world cup -- 11. Dealing with failure -- 12. A different challenge -- 13. The pillar's crumble -- 14. A call for Dickie -- 15. A scary roadblock brings perspective -- 16. 'What if we can't afford you?' -- 17. From 'Doughnuts' to champions -- 18. Survival mode -- 19. The hearing -- 20. Career on hold -- 21. Enough of the bullshit -- 22. The way forward for rugby.

John Mitchell's rugby coaching career spans many years, several teams and various countries. He was assistant to Clive Woodward, England's World Cup-winning coach, as one of the pioneers of the professional era in rugby, he coached the All Blacks and the Chiefs in New Zealand, as well as the Western Force in Australia and the Lions in South Africa. But while he is indisputably one of the most experienced and inspirational coaches on the circuit, he has arguably also been one of the most controversial, with several of his stints in top jobs ending badly. Although he made a success of all his tenures, he has also often challenged the structures and the powers-that-be, resulting in several premature departures. This book reveals why, and also why Mitchell has successfully defended every disciplinary hearing he has been subjected to. For the first time, the rugby public will learn the truth behind the newspaper headlines: from his painful axing as All Black coach to his fall-out with the Lions, whom he had guided to their first Currie Cup trophy, Mitchell sets out the reasons for his successes as well as his failures, in a book that is not only entertaining, gripping and revealing, but, like the man himself, honest, forthright and controversial. This book is every rugby fan's dream.

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