Talay & Rudan had zero connection to NZ before arriving. Italiano has been at the Nix what for now 4 seasons? He would have watched plenty of Weenix/Central League games.
Of greater importance is a knowledge of the A League itself. The other 11 teams, and half your games are in Australia. Alot of the Nix players are Australian, and new players will always be recruited from other ALM teams or NPL clubs. A NZ (or foreign) head coach with no experience of the ALM or football scene in Australia would immediately be on the back foot.
Knowledge of the NZ scene ain't that important, and other staffers like Gill, Greenacre have plenty of that.
Edit - my limited knowledge of League and the Warriors is they have only made a Grand Final with an Aussie as coach. Yet nearly all their players are Kiwis??
Of greater importance is a knowledge of the A League itself. The other 11 teams, and half your games are in Australia. Alot of the Nix players are Australian, and new players will always be recruited from other ALM teams or NPL clubs. A NZ (or foreign) head coach with no experience of the ALM or football scene in Australia would immediately be on the back foot.
Knowledge of the NZ scene ain't that important, and other staffers like Gill, Greenacre have plenty of that.
Edit - my limited knowledge of League and the Warriors is they have only made a Grand Final with an Aussie as coach. Yet nearly all their players are Kiwis??