Off to Sale? John Mitchell
John Mitchell is set to join Sale "in the next 48 to 72 hours", according to Sharks chief executive Steve Diamond.
The New Zealander initially joined the Aviva Premiership club on a consultancy basis following his suspension from the Golden Lions, but he then turned down a permanent coaching position, claiming he had "unfinished business" in South Africa.
Diamond, though, insisted that the move was very much still on, especially after Mitchell was cleared of a misconduct charge at the Lions, and it appears it is now just a matter of time before it is finalised.
"John's negotiating his way out in South Africa and he's set to join us in the next 48 to 72 hours," he said.
Diamond was speaking after Sale beat Saracens 25-23 in the LV= Cup on Friday evening.
"We were poor in the first half defensively and Saracens are obviously a good side," he added. "Even though they were missing quite a few players, they know how to win games.
"It looked like the game was slipping away from us at half-time. But fair play, we injected a bit of youth and enthusiasm, and we managed to get back into the game after the break."
Comments
passtheball says...
cmarshment - no lies - JM does have unfinished business with the Lions as he said - collecting his final pay and compensation for the admin shambles that was his sacking. If he goes, and he should, then the Lions will just continue to be poorly managed as they have been for more than a decade.
Posted 15:03 17th November 2012
cmarshment says...
Pants on fire Mr Mitchell?
Posted 12:49 17th November 2012
ArmchairGeneral says...
Sale have a lot to learn about media management.
Posted 11:04 17th November 2012
passtheball says...
No surprise - who wants to stay at a place where they tried to lynch you, the players don't want you and you have to live in Joburg with less pay and probably less success. I can see JM ending up helping England.
Posted 10:14 17th November 2012
glenncat9 says...
eh?
http://superxv.com/news/super15_rugby_news.asp?id=37002
Posted 07:48 17th November 2012