Brian O'Driscoll feels that a possible lack of ruthlessness might have contributed to Matt O'Connor's Leinster departure.
Highlighting that the departing head coach was an "unbelievably popular guy" among the playing staff, Off The Ball's guest presenter mused that a lack of "badness" may not have helped.
"I had such a brilliant night with him at Geordan Murphy's wedding last year where he literally would have lads in stitches. Maybe to a degree that was his fall down in that he doesn't probably have an awful lot of badness in him and his way of telling someone off might be from taking the piss out of them and sometimes the point can be lost a little bit in that way," said Brian.
"Matt O'Connor and Richard Cockerill in Leicester, where he came from, they played 'good cop, bad cop' and technically Matt's a very good coach, but I just don't know whether that lambasting part is in his personality and in the end that could have been his fall-down."
Brian also feels an iron self-belief will be a huge asset for whoever replaces O'Connor in the long-term.
"I think that person has to have a lot of self-confidence and understanding in their methodology on how they want the game to be played because that's half the battle," he said.
But he also feels Leinster do not have the same calibre of player in comparison to the peak years.
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