Alba wrote:@Masukuma
When Mitch Ocholla was coach Kenya performed so poorly that they received a warning letter from IRB stating that their status a core IRB member would be reviewed if they did not shape up. In fact they are probably the reason IRB introduced a system of qualification for core status.
The IRB sevens is not a platform for rebuilding. If Kenya wants to rebuild then they should use lesser sevens tournaments like the Rome sevens, Twickenham sevens, Safari sevens and so forth to develop younger players.
I do not see any reason why they must risk being demoted by trying to rebuild with the IRB sevens.
The current performance just goes to show that the correct coach makes a big difference. When Friday came in , the performance rose significantly. Now with Treu, the performance has plumetted. Yet the players are the same. Treu may have been a good coach for SA but this is a different system.
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f you understand 7's and for that matter have been watching sevens for some years, you will realize besides tietjens, Treu is the next legendary 7's coach. Treu is not a fool to have picked Kenya. He had the English job before it was offered to Simon Amor. Infact Friday was second to Treu in interviews. What Treu is trying to do is build the team around our natural strengths and that is why natural rugby addicts can identify with him. You will not hear any noise from the rugby purists yet even at the height of Friday's helm, there was loads of noise from purists.
look Treu is no David Moyes of Man U, give him a few more tournaments and we may just win Rio's Gold. Watch the team at the tail end of the season when we struggle. Mind you we are already now consistently winning the Baulo! With Friday we could never tell what was going happen. We could one day be in the semis another in the quarters and another in schield.