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I don't think he has a particularly big ego. This is not John Mitchell. Actually he was the technical adviser to the Blues in 2003 - when they won the title as it happens I'm reading his book at the moment and I'm up to the 2003 part of it. From the book, it doesn't come across that he liked only being an assistant. Possibly because of his long stretch at Wales and head of the Lions then going into a position to be subordinate to a guy he coached in Foxy. However now he probably is in a more comfortable place after pretty much acheiving everything and he might be willing to help out his beloved Auckland team The new bloke (has it been announced who it is?) could take it one of two ways. Either he is put out by it and is resentful, or he could use it as an opportunity to learn from a coach that has a brilliant win/loss ratio and pick his brain to not only enhance his teams performance, but his own development as a coach Hasn't Ted been less than flattering about Kirwin and depression? Could be a very interesting combination! This is completely untrue. Henry himself admits to suffering from depression. In an interview where he's talking about it, he refers to it as something along the lines of, 'John Kirwan would call it depression'. I think IS took it as Henry demeaning Kirwan and depression..even though Henry is actually talking about he suffered from it. To me, Henry was referring more to the fact that the issue of depression, especially for men, was very publicly raised and highlighted by Kirwan in a series of TV adverts.