Piney and Pragnell on the radio right now.
Pragnell says he won't speak as to Jitkas' reasons for leaving, but praising Jitka for bringing in transition to the squad and the World Cup result which was NZFs main focus. Not bothered by poor win-loss ratio as they scheduled many top 20 opponents. Dodged the question a bit on whether her departure was player-driven... but there were challenges around communication style and players who weren't gelling. Did not return for Olympics to avoid disruption to the team environment.
Pragnell says he won't speak as to Jitkas' reasons for leaving, but praising Jitka for bringing in transition to the squad and the World Cup result which was NZFs main focus. Not bothered by poor win-loss ratio as they scheduled many top 20 opponents. Dodged the question a bit on whether her departure was player-driven... but there were challenges around communication style and players who weren't gelling. Did not return for Olympics to avoid disruption to the team environment.