GLASGOW WARRIORS ON Monday sacked head coach Danny Wilson following their 76-14 weekend mauling by Leinster in the United Rugby Championship quarter-finals.
The decision was taken by the club and Scottish Rugby following a meeting with Wilson, who replaced Dave Rennie in 2020.
“The recent run of results has not been acceptable and has had a significant impact on everyone connected to the club,” said Warriors managing director Al Kellock.
“We are a proud organisation and want to be competitive week in, week out and we felt therefore a change of head coach was the right step to take.”
📰 Scottish Rugby and Glasgow Warriors can confirm that Head Coach Danny Wilson has been stood down from his role with immediate effect. https://t.co/AvLaKfPW6Q
— Glasgow Warriors (@GlasgowWarriors) June 6, 2022
Wilson led Glasgow into the top eight of the URC before Saturday’s costly 12-try defeat in the last eight.
“I am proud that we finished the season in the top eight and qualified for a quarter-final, and like everyone I am extremely disappointed with the result at the weekend,” the departing head coach said.
“I’d like to thank the players and staff at Glasgow Warriors for all their hard work and commitment over the two seasons I was with the club.”
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Can they sack all the players as well?
Why is it always the manager or coach that get fired players have to take some responsibility it can’t be all down to the coaches they can only do so much once players are on the pitch it’s up to them perform the coaches can’t do anymore
@Moya Power-kelly: because the buck stops with the manager, not just in sport but in a lot of things. The owners (fans) carry the cost of course. Sometimes the players don’t show up, sometimes it the upper management /organisation that hamstrings the manager but in that case the manager is an easy sacking to make….. Listening to glaswegian fans it seems to be this later point that seriously needs addressing.
Sharks coach, Sean everitt is next .. With their lineup on paper. They should be challenging for the trophy… .
@Stuart Collins: pipped at the post by the bulls. Sharks are the best of the current SA franchises. Thought it would be a Leinster v Sharks URC final.
@Daithí O’ Donnabhain: on paper they are the best but haven’t fired as a rounded team at all yet…. Etsebeth joins next month and Vincent tsituka from the lions so they are getting even more firepower…. Jayz the rapper owns the sharks so plenty of money which shows with the signings… They need a fly half, scrum half and a world class coach and you would think they will start doing great things.. With the money the sa teams will start getting from Europe hopefully it will bring most if not all top sa players back to the sa franchises to play top rugby in europe…. Time will tell…. Think the sa sides have down well in their first season of urc with what we have
@Stuart Collins: I’m sure the weak rand has a big impact on the players leaving
@Danger: that’s been the case for years……. 17 rand to the euro…. You want to make your family and country proud….. Being an ex colony losing to the brits is unnaceptable…. We hate but accept the all blacks as our greatest adversaries….. We are the springboks
@Stuart Collins: Marco Masotti, an NYC based lawyer from South Africa owns the Sharks. RocNation have a strategic alliance with the ownership consortium and have a board seat. Still though, they’ll be the team to beat next season!
One vote of no confidence done, another underway….
The pro 14 is a pish poor league