Will the national team go back to someone like Parreira, viewed as a coach who merited talent, yet lacked a strong hand to deal with discipline?

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For a coach, the task at hand is most important.

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With so much money to be made, it becomes difficult for schools to not just hand the keys off to a coach and hope for the best.

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"PepsiCo finds itself in the position of a coach, one of whose players has left, playbook in hand, to join the opposing team before the big game, " observed the three-judge panel.

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Jets coach Claude Noel would only say Wellwood sustained a long-term injury to his hand.

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Whether it was a parent, teacher, coach, relative or church leader, we all have had someone nearby who has lent a hand in shaping our futures.

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Jenkins, who arrives in the Wales job along with Llanelli Scarlets right-hand man Nigel Davies as his attack coach, has been searching for some time for a defence coach.

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It strengthens the hand of the cautious coach, the "play on the break and hope we nick one off a set piece" brigade.

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