Neither does it follow that someone new will have the success that lord did. Nothing in sport is guaranteed, I suppose that's the point.
In the case of skalde, I don't think that he knew what he was getting into. The format, the culture, officiating, expectations - all of these things would feed into it. This is why I said that I wanted someone who ideally had coaching experience here and in Europe.
Yes Dupont won the play offs, but that tells us very little about how he'd handle a full season. I think that in sport you have to play the percentages as you see them. Todd, who has a far better view off the last year than I do, sees things in a different way to the way I have. That's fine, but let's not pretend it's a given that Dupont will be Andrew lord 2.0.