McKellar may still be Wallabies 長，率いる coach, says RA
The door remains open for Dan McKellar to 追求する the Wallabies 長，率いる coaching 役割 にもかかわらず walking out on Australia in an all-important Rugby World Cup year.
That's the 判決 from Rugby Australia 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある Andy Marinos, who harbours no ill feelings に向かって McKellar for leaving his Wallabies assistant's 役割 to take the 舵輪／支配 of Leicester in the English 首相の職.
Eddie Jones had 手配中の，お尋ね者 to keep McKellar on board after 存在 パラシュート（で降下する）d in to 取って代わる Dave Rennie just eight months out from the start of the 全世界の showpiece in フラン.
"Look, it's 明白に disappointing but at the same time it's a good 適切な時期 for Dan. He's got aspirations to be a 長，率いる coach," Marinos told reporters on Friday.
"Dan was brought in from the Brumbies under Dave and with a very （疑いを）晴らす understanding that he was part of our 開発 pathway, (with) a 可能性のある as a 未来 Wallabies coach.
"I think he's just seen an 適切な時期 now to get more 長，率いる-coach experience and I'm pretty sure we'll see him 支援する on our shores in the 遠くない将来."
Marinos says McKellar, a 最高の Rugby AU 勝利者 with the Brumbies before joining the Wallabies in 2021, most certainly hasn't 燃やすd any 橋（渡しをする）s with his untimely move.
"Let's call a spade a spade, Eddie's 調印するd a long-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 契約 and Dan has aspirations to take over the 長，率いる coaching 役割 and there's a time line to that," he said.
"I think it would have been really good and 有益な, and everyone can 認める that, working と一緒に with someone like Eddie.
"But at the same time, like players, it's a very dynamic 環境 and there's the 適切な時期 to go and coach at Leicester 現在のs itsel f, where he can be the 長，率いる coach.
"We can only be the 受益者s of that.
"The important thing now is to make sure we stay connected to him while he's overseas and keep working with him and hopefully see him 支援する in Australia at the 権利 time."
