Greenacre was made head coach of the academy just a few weeks ago.
The fact that he's not over with the team in Australia might be down to quite a few things, including his role in the academy, but he potentially didn't want to spend another season away from his family.
I was just looking through the press release when he was given the role and they said that the academy has grown from 2-3 staff a few years ago to 20, so appointing people like Rory into coaching roles in the academy aren't sidelining Greenacre but is a response to the fact that Greenacre is spread too thin as he's still an assistant in the first team, and also the fact that the academy is growing.
The fact that he's not over with the team in Australia might be down to quite a few things, including his role in the academy, but he potentially didn't want to spend another season away from his family.
I was just looking through the press release when he was given the role and they said that the academy has grown from 2-3 staff a few years ago to 20, so appointing people like Rory into coaching roles in the academy aren't sidelining Greenacre but is a response to the fact that Greenacre is spread too thin as he's still an assistant in the first team, and also the fact that the academy is growing.
Nix home page has Greenie very much sidelined.
Not listed as first teamer at all and only U21 coach under other coaches. Sounds like being sidelined to me.
Rory has a different role in the club entirely so not taking Greenie's role (not sure how some have drawn that conclusion). Also with most AW games in the middle East for the time being, being based in the UK would be more useful to NZF then in Wellington, especially with NZs Covid travel restrictions.
https://wellingtonphoenix.com/our-staff
https://wellingtonphoenix.com/academy-staff