Mick Cleary, in his blog for The Daily Telegraph, believes that Ian McGeechan's future at Wasps has no bearing on his job with the Lions.
"News that Ian McGeechan is being moved aside at Wasps will come as a surprise to those relishing the thought of him leading the Lions into battle into South Africa. There could be no man better suited to the task.
"Why, then, the turn of events at Wasps ?
"Club rugby is an entirely different set-up. It's a time-consuming, relentless slog. There is no respite, no down time. There is little doubt that Wasps made a pig's ear of their arrangements with regard to McGeechan and Shaun Edwards being on duty with the Lions and Wales respectively.
"The notion that everyone could do all jobs without any knock-out impact was plain daft. It's not possible. The previous Wasps board agreed to those terms of reference, grateful in parlous times for the club that a few hundred thousand pounds worth of salary was being picked up elsewhere. McGeechan's wages over this season have been picked up entirely by the Lions. But there was a price to pay for that."
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