{"id":294804,"date":"2023-10-30T02:26:35","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T02:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=294804"},"modified":"2023-10-30T02:26:35","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T02:26:35","slug":"sometimes-you-have-to-eat-shit-for-others-to-eat-caviar-why-jones-walked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/rugby-union\/sometimes-you-have-to-eat-shit-for-others-to-eat-caviar-why-jones-walked\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Sometimes you have to eat shit for others to eat caviar\u2019: Why Jones walked"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Save articles for later<\/h3>\n<p>Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.<\/p>\n<p>Why is Eddie Jones leaving the Wallabies?<\/p>\n<p>I chatted to him off the record when the deal had not yet been signed but was getting there, and his broad answer was that it was because he had lost belief that Rugby Australia would deliver the resources he needed to turn the Wallabies around.<\/p>\n<p>In his words, \u201cNo money, no strategy. The changes we agreed cannot be done as we planned so I don\u2019t believe I can make the difference we need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He is absolutely insistent, however, that he has \u201cno job to go to. Not going to Japan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What will you do now? \u201cI sit for [a] while. Spend some time with [my wife] Hiroko. We have had to live apart essentially last year. It\u2019s been tough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fitz:<\/strong> And what is your primary feeling, as you take your leave of the Wallabies? The honest feeling in your heart? Relief? Devastation? Sorrow?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.656%2C$multiply_0.7725%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_70%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/15d2e481295965bf8b79b4afc0eb41f4d9265258\" height=\"390\" width=\"584\"><\/p>\n<p><span>Eddie Jones and Peter FitzSimons were in touch shortly after news broke that Jones\u2019 second stint at the helm of the Wallabies was over.<\/span><cite class=\"ojLwA\"><span>Credit: <\/span>Nine<\/cite><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jones:<\/strong> \u201cDisappointment, mate. [I] gave it a run. Hopefully be the catalyst for change. Sometimes you have to eat shit for others to eat caviar further down the track.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fitz:<\/strong> What will we carve on your Wallaby coach tombstone? I\u2019ve got the chisel, and ask you to finish the epitaph: \u201cHere lies the rugby coaching supremo Eddie Jones. Twice Wallaby coach. He&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jones:<\/strong> \u201cNever left a stone unturned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fitz:<\/strong> And what are your words of farewell to the 2023 Wallaby World Cup squad, and words to the Oz rugby community?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jones:<\/strong> \u201cKeep showing up. Tide will change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Contacted again on Sunday morning, Paris time, to advise that the <em>Herald<\/em> had independently confirmed he was going, and was about to break the story, I asked him his feelings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jones:<\/strong> \u201cDisappointed. I look at SA. Japan beat them in 2015. They changed. [They] encouraged players to play [in Europe]. Voila \u2013 back to back [World Cups].\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fitz:<\/strong> Good point!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jones:<\/strong> \u201cIt\u2019s the major point!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Go well, Eddie. As Wallaby coach, we will say many things of you. No one will doubt that, at your best, you <em>were<\/em> the best at getting performance out of your charges, this year aside. And no one will say that whatever your flaws, you didn\u2019t give it your absolute all. You said to me in our interview last week that you were \u201ca gambler, not an ambler\u201d, and it is just so sad that your gamble this year simply failed.<\/p>\n<p>But, as Kenny Rogers said, you\u2019ve gotta know when to hold them, know when to fold them, and this was exactly the right time to fold them.<\/p>\n<p>Ideally, the players your brought in this year will take us forward, and we will get back to caviar and raise a glass in your general direction.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Sports news, results and expert commentary.<\/i><\/b> <b><i>Sign up for our Sport newsletter<\/i><\/b><b><i>.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<h2>Most Viewed in Sport<\/h2>\n<h3>From our partners<\/h3>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/sport\/rugby-union\/sometimes-you-have-to-eat-shit-for-others-to-eat-caviar-why-jones-walked-20231029-p5efxs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. 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