Sir Clive Woodward leaves a winning legacy behind but he is still looking for the perfect job Hired in 2006 by Moynihan and the then-chief executive Simon Clegg, his appointment signalled the BOA's ambition ahead of London 2012. From the start, however, there were questions over what exactly he would deliver. Woodward's initial plan was to work with athletes. He spent months developing a holistic method of supporting individual sportsmen and women using a network of specialists, trialling it on golfer Mel Reid. The problem was that his plan ended up in direct conflict with the work of individual governing bodies who were already delivering their own plans for their athletes, and UK Sport, which funded them. From a distance, it looked like Woodward had been used as a proxy for a BOA land-grab of UK Sport's territory, a theme that emerged as animosity grew between Moynihan and UK Sport's chair Sue Campbell. Whoever was responsible for the rift, Woodward's scheme was collateral damage. After the Beijing Games it was abandoned and, with board approval, Woodward's focus shifted to a creating a blueprint for coach development. Again, he used golf as a trial, with his own game the guinea pig. The programme failed to convince the BOA board however, and in Dec 2010 his funding was withdrawn. Despite this, Woodward remains convinced of the sporting and commercial potential of the programme and it will be among the portfolio of business interest he now pursues. Woodward decided to stay with the BOA through to London 2012, expecting perhaps that he would be made chef de mission, a position his experience justified. Instead, chief executive Andy Hunt took the role despite having no comparable experience, a move that led to tensions between the pair. Nevertheless, Woodward remained, working closely with governing bodies, liaising over their requirements for the Games, and helping shape the team ethic that proved such a triumph in London. Calling on the management techniques familiar from his time in rugby, he helped coalesce 27 different sports and 541 athletes into one team. The discipline and respect was striking, and there is no better tribute than the fact that from 541 athletes there was not a single contentious Twitter message, or one incident of inappropriate behaviour. For that he takes and deserves enormous credit. He also worked on providing the best medical and training facilities in the village, and it was here he spent the bulk of the Games, well away from the public eye occupied by Hunt. Woodward may well be back as chef de mission for the Sochi and Rio Games. As revealed by Telegraph Sport two weeks ago, Moynihan's likely successor, Sebastian Coe, is an admirer and a part-time role would suit both parties, and the sponsors so desperately needed by the BOA. With the right emphasis and leadership, he still has much to offer, but for now a coach who broke the mould once will look for other ways of doing so again.