GRR: John Mitchell
The Eagles’ 35-35 tie with an Argentina XV in a non-cap game in the Americas Rugby Championship was a game full of qualifiers.
It was an imperfect performance, to be sure, but considering the team had only had a week together under a new coaching staff, it could have been much worse.
In the first RuggaMatrix America show of 2016, Alex Goff, Bruce McLane, and Pat Clifton look at the appointment of John Mitchell to lead the USA Men's 15s team.
Bruce has reservations about the appointment, but all have questions about finances, and whether the promise of Pro Rugby can help spark imporved results.
Goff Rugby Report sat down with new USA 15s MNT Coach John Mitchell for an interview posted this past weekend.
We didn't use all of his comments in the original interview, so here are some additional comments from the new Eagles coach:
Goff Rugby Report Editor Alex Goff sat down with new USA 15s MNT Coach John Mitchell to discuss his hiring and his approach to coaching a team that assembles in a few short weeks.