He had one year left on his contract, but the Sharks board have just announced he is no longer part of the Sharks.
It is a pity as he was a decent rugby player, but like many in SA - he just does not seem to be able to coach.
It seems junior is already at Sale Sharks, while the donkey twins want to leave despite initially saying they would play in the Curry Cup. They are clearly not part of Rassie's plans, as he needs loose forwards that can contribute at the breakdown.
Teichmann after three years as CEO of the Sharks also decided to leave and will be replaced by Eduard Coetzee Who was the COO at the Sharks - where he was involved for 6 years in the administration.
Teichmann will remain as a part time advisor o the Sharks.
Pity about Du Preez failing as a coach. He was an improvement on Gold - but the impression was he did the unforgiveable - he was too interested in his three sons being in the team - at times at the expense of other players, And even though the Sharks were in the play-offs this year - there performances were in the main iffy.
I am afraid the Sharks will struggle to find a decent coach in SA and will have to look at someone from outside of SA,
Teichmann after three years as CEO of the Sharks also decided to leave and will be replaced by Eduard Coetzee Who was the COO at the Sharks - where he was involved for 6 years in the administration.
Teichmann will remain as a part time advisor o the Sharks.
Pity about Du Preez failing as a coach. He was an improvement on Gold - but the impression was he did the unforgiveable - he was too interested in his three sons being in the team - at times at the expense of other players, And even though the Sharks were in the play-offs this year - there performances were in the main iffy.
I am afraid the Sharks will struggle to find a decent coach in SA and will have to look at someone from outside of SA,
It's just been announced that Peter "Snor" De Villiers will be the new Sharks coach.
Last I heard he was in line for the Kings job.
Last I heard he was in line for the Kings job.
It was also confirmed this morning that Philip vd Walt had signed with Newcastle Falcons.
Sharks entire starting back row gone as well as Botha.
Yep firing Jake was a massive blunder. Lardy John never supported his former coach.
Firing Jake was the result of the same problem Du Preez developed.
Jake was fired because of player power. Getting up in the morning was too mean, maybe if Jake offered to fetch their Powerpuff Girl slippers they'd have been happier with the program. Contrast this with the Brumbies who did what they were told. They have been benefiting from his work for many a year. South Africa is drunk on loser think.
Jake is a very good coach but he has some serious issues...and those issues has been following him around since forever...if there is smoke there is fire and Jake has been up in smoke since becore he coached the Boks.
Jake is loyal to Jake and Jake alone....always been a bit of a pr!ck...and like Snorre he had the cream of the crops.
Jake built the Boks. Peter inherited a team, tried to break it apart unsuccessfully and ended leaning heavily on what Jake put together, but never could get the most out of it. The lack of growth in the team left us in quite a mess by 2012. I don't have a problem with Jake's approach. If you keep your head down and do your job, you won't have a problem. He rewards success. His approach is much closer to the highly successful model of the New England Patriot's genius coach Bill Belichick. The problem is Saffers like to be cuddled and hear smooth words that are pleasant to the ear.
Jake was already using Brumbies plays from the late 90s early 00s era. As Os said, it just added confidence knowing that the coach who scripted many of those plays was a part of the team. Jake is a highly astute technical coach. At the Sharks he didn't have the level of attacking players that he had at the Brumbies. Frans was his best 10, 12, 13 and 15. In the end, it bit the team in the backside. Jake's Boks scored one try less than the All Blacks were able to score against the Boks during his four year stint. 23-24. I doubt we'll see that again.
Jake had a special group of talent...he was good enough to recognize and to cultivate it, but he got lucky. Heineke Meyer probably contributed more to Jake White's success than his own...as did Dick Muir and Plum....South African Rugby was at it's strongest between 2006 and 2011...we dominated Super Rugby in that era...Jake and Snorre fed off that. Even Alistair won a few matches back then.
Jake is solid, but no genius...and his people skills suck.
Draad stop being a jackass ala your avatar! hahahahahahahahahaha
Meyer did great work turning that Bulls team around, and no doubt that benefited rugby in South Africa, but before that Bulls team really began to fire - we saw the very early days of that success begin to take root only in 2005 - Jake was taking the Boks in an entirely new direction. He evolved the Boks throughout his tenure. There was certainly no luck involved, no more luck than what accompanies any other successful coach - that being elements out of one's control.
Dick Muir did very little, he relied on Campese at the Sharks in 2007, Jake's last year. Muir built a reputation off backline expertise on the back of Campese's work, and then froze him out of the team before departing for the Boks where his lack of expertise was exposed. Plum wasn't coaching in South Africa during the White era, and took a powerful Shark's side, which was the best attacking side in the competition and turned them into dour shuffle-ball merchants until he was axed.
At domestic level, we had to wait until the 2006 CC for the unearthing of exciting new talent. It's arguably the last great Currie Cup. That was when our domestic rugby became more competitive. Again, long after Jake established himself at test level. Most people forget that Jake's Boks in 2004 were a high-powered attacking side.
The players could not take the different treatment of his favourite players and the way he treated others, The story about the issue of discipline was a story White told the Cocaine sniffer amd all the stooges lapped it up.
The players could not take the different treatment of his favourite players and the way he treated others, The story about the issue of discipline was a story White told the Cocaine sniffer amd all the stooges lapped it up.
I saw an interview with John Smit before the Welsh EOYT in 2004. I may still have that on tape. He said that Jake's program was over and above what they were used to under Straeuli. He specifically mentioned that the Boks had previously only planned some basic set phases, that the level attention to detail and specificity of training was well beyond that. The proof is in the results. The Boks were immediately better right out of the gate and all the way through the TNs. A couple of minutes is all what stood between them whitewashing both Australia and New Zealand.
The same Jake yet everyone has a different take and years later never the twain shall meet. As for my own, Jake cut his cloth to the material in hand which makes him a smart man.......probably heard Eastwood say "Man's gotta know his limitations" but further evidence that he had the smarts is when he roped in Eddie to run the backline after realizing Coetzee was useless.
Fact is he was smart enough to pull the right rein. The Boks in the pool stage scored more tries than any other Bok side at a WC, but then from the quarterfinal stage onwards he resorted to a more clinical game.......evidence of more smarts. I still remember his words, "You lose you go home".....so his clinical approach however boring was mistake-free screw-down rugby. Note, in the final he opted for Wikus van Heerden as opposed to the more talented and adventurous Bob Skinstad.
Jake was far smarter than many here would realise.
I'm not saying Jake is a bad coach...or incompetent..I am saying he got lucky...you need a bit of luck to win the big tournaments...and the SA super rugby sides performed way better back then...That helped too.
https://www.rugbypass.com/news/du-preezs-durban-sacking-has-had-swift-consequences-in-manchester-for-his-twin-sons/
