it's an opinion, again i'll underline the lack of high quality backs developed during his time in charge of the academies backs. Did he maximise the raw talent at his disposal, in my opinion he did not. This is reflected in most of the academy backs he worked with turned out to be not particularly highly skilled players. The large majority of which do not have a future with leinster.molloyjh wrote:I'd love to see some evidence or quantification of this statement.goreyguy wrote:I said on individual basis most of the backs he worked with in the academy did not develop as much as they could have
He has done a good job as backs coach this year for the most part, but as an individual developer and enhancer of a players skillset and decision making, i think there remains questions over how well he does that. Could a better job have been done by another coach, I certainly think an argument could be made that that answer is yes. Finally as I said previously it doesn't all rest on Dempsey, it spans two head coaches and a skill coach too.
I don't think its arguable that leinster have stopped producing backs at the previous levels that they were managing, As I said I believe it's a combo of the underage game failing to create the right environment/coaching and not as good coaching at the academy/professional level.
There are signs this may be changing at underage level but it should be a concern to any leinster fan given the greater reliance on imports in the backline. If the rumours are true about an academy back trying to move to Connacht it further underlines for me the view that Connacht are ahead of leinster in terms of back/skill development. Which is certainly not an absurd thing to say based on playing style & recent record.
