Rolston will finish the season in Buffalo, and is a candidate to take over the coaching job on a full-time basis.

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"Paul has done a great job coaching his guys on the investment side of things, and there is a lot more competition for these deals now, " he adds.

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He was interviewed for the job on a Monday and took his first coaching session the same evening.

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On the other hand, as Maroe points out, spending a couple of thousand dollars on coaching to land a six-figure job may be well worth the investment.

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By 1996, he was on his way back to Ireland to take up the job of coaching four-counties whipping boys Connacht.

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And Gatland, who has been linked with the job of coaching the Lions, refused to rule out playing some sort of role on next year's tour of South Africa.

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The 48-year-old, who resigned from his day job as a civil engineer to join Leicester, has Tigers stalwarts Neil Back and Richard Cockerill on the coaching staff to help him adjust.

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Although becoming Wales coach is a role he would like to take on one day, Turner says it is too early in his coaching career to think about the national job.

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"The Wales coaching job was an opportunity too good to turn down for Warren, who had aspirations to continue on as an international coach, " said Bowen.

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