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There was a brilliant article in the West Australian today - I will attempt to paraphrase the bits that stood out - again why this is not posted on the Web is beyond me.
Dave Hughes the West's Rugby Reporter is in Wellington and obviously got a very frank interview with Mitch.
Mitchell reckons that the Quokkagate and LeftBank incident injured the Forces chances at finals in a big way - there was far to many off- field distractions this year.
Personally he found the entire season to be his most difficult season as a coach because of all the controversies.
Mitch and Greg Harris are gonna do a major review of Season 2008 and identify what needs to change
Mitchell said "People need to control their attitudes in certain areas. We have to st higher standards and understand what it takes to succeed in high-performance sport. We need to improve on and off the field.
Mitchells Shopping List for Season 2009:
Tighthead Prop
Hooker
Loose forward
Scrum Half
Outside Back.
He wants to review the second row and look at succession planning in the Locks.
Mitchell also reckoned that improved depth was the key to success next year if they had similar injury crisis to this year.