The return of the Prodigal


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By Wildwillie
August 5 2012

Leeds Carnegie have made what could turn out to be the best signing that the club has made for many years when they announced that Sir Ian McGeechan will be joining the club as Executive Chairman. Geech, for those of you who are too young to remember, is a former player back in the Headingley RFC days......

Sir Ian was born in Headingley and went to Allerton Grange school. He made his debut for Headingley in 1964 and was capped for Scotland in 1972. He toured with the Lions in 1974 and 1977 collecting 32 Scotland and 8 Lions caps. His subsequent career in coaching is well known - Scotland, Northampton and Wasps have all enjoyed his leadership.British & Irish Lions coach Ian McGeechan arrives at Heathrow Airport, London.

 

There has been a constant, if somewhat forlorn, hope amongst Leeds supporters that the prodigal son would return home one day. well tthat day has arrived.

Commenting on his appointment on the official club website  Sir Ian said   "If we can achieve sustainable success here at Leeds Carnegie it will be up there with all my other achievements in my career. There is an incredible opportunity here and when I spoke to Gary Hetherington and Chris Gibson I was excited to be a part of it.

This is my club and I do not think I would have taken up this type of role with any other club. My first job will be to listen to people and get to know the club and for them to get to know me but I am very exciting about the future here at Leeds Carnegie" .

Leeds fans will be heartened by those words. The structure of the club has changed since last season, seemingly for the better. Geech has wheelbarrows full of experience. If he can impart just a fraction of that to the coaches and players then we can look forward to happy Sundays next season.

The return of the Prodigal
Posted by: TykesRugby.co.uk (IP Logged)
Date: 05/08/2012 09:16

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2012:08:14:19:51:15 by Wildwillie .

Re: The return of the Prodigal
Posted by: bunj1967 (IP Logged)
Date: 05/08/2012 23:09

The futures bright the futures Leeds WW
Good post

Re: The return of the Prodigal
Posted by: prawn cocktail (IP Logged)
Date: 13/08/2012 17:30

I thought that LC was a full-time job, but no, apparently. Moonlighting

Re: The return of the Prodigal
Posted by: Rocky (IP Logged)
Date: 13/08/2012 17:46

Nope, Ian McGeechan said that this role was a part time job which would allow him time to do other things (aka Lions).

Re: The return of the Prodigal
Posted by: bspa2 (IP Logged)
Date: 14/08/2012 09:16

It is not the number of hours that matters but the quality of the contribution. That is why in the business world experienced non-execs can add a lot of value very quickly. It should be no different at LC.

Re: The return of the Prodigal
Posted by: Rocky (IP Logged)
Date: 14/08/2012 11:58

A key point is that we make the most of his skills and that the club take his opinions on board. The club do have a habit of believing they know better, witness some of the defensive responses in the fan forum minutes.

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