Leinster head coach Leo Cullen says his role will remain the same no matter who the club finds as a replacement for Stuart Lancaster.
The former England boss will depart the four-time European champions at the end of the season for Racing 92.
Lancaster joined the club back in 2016 and has been widely credited for having a massive impact on the Leinster training environment.
Cullen, who today signed a new two-year contract with the club, had stepped back from his hands-on role on the training pitch when Lancaster arrived and told RTÉ Sport that his own day-to-day duties won't change much when the new person comes in.
"I’ve had a few different conversations with people based on x, w, and z, what would that look like for some people," the 45-year-old said.
"But my role is not going to change drastically, no. We’ll look to add to the group for sure.
"We are always looking but it’s important to get the right person as well.
"We have a good strong group of coaches in the building, that’s also exciting.
"Everyone wants to progress, everyone wants to add to their experience. Around this time last year, Felipe [Contepomi, attack coach] was approached to go back to Argentina, with Andrew Goodman coming in.
"Early in the season we are trying to work out what does all this look like in terms of the dynamic of the group.
"Sean O’Brien [contact skills coach] comes in, Hugh Hogan [skills coach] had gone off to Scarlets the year before. Denis Leamy [defence] had come in and then gone back to Munster, there’s all those dynamics of the group in the background.
"The main thing is we’ve got a good group here but we’ll definitely look to add, yeah, for sure."
Having Contepomi, Hogan, Leamy and Lancaster move on, as well as CEO Mick Dawson stepping down after over two hugely influential decades in the role, Cullen said, were contributing factors in the length of the deal.
Last February he had penned a 12-month extension.
"There were a few different factors," said Cullen, whose side face Edinburgh away in the BKT URC on Saturday (5.05pm).
"That [the shorter contract] was probably more on my part in the past, in my personal situation.
"It’s always a trickier proposition in the World Cup cycle and there’s a few announcements at the start of the season that we are all aware of.
"As the season goes on you are sort of watching it all unfold. We finished last season very disappointed [to be beaten in the Champions Cup final and URC semi-final].
"As the season has unfolded, with Mick moving on, [new CEO] Shane Nolan [below] started so that’s that period of uncertainty to what that’s going to look like.
"Lots of us were looking around to see how it unfolded, the relationship with Shane and I was going to be important to move forward, for starters.
"I was honoured to be asked and for the continuity of the group that’s probably how I would justify it in my own head [to sign for two years].
"You’re having these conversations in the background over the course of the last number of months.
"Off the back of last season, it was about working our way through to that Christmas period with the CEO announcements and seeing how that piece of the jigsaw falls into place.
"Shane is going to have his own ideas about how he is going to move the club forward, in conjunction with the IRFU and what the union wants.
"It’s not as straightforward; the model works but there’s various stakeholders and everyone has to have their say."
Ireland and Leinster winger James Lowe welcomed the news. Speaking at the launch of the Tackle Your Feelings podcast, he told RTÉ Sport: "Leo’s role has always been enormous. The time that he puts in, his whole life is dedicated to rugby.
"He went straight from playing into a management role, he’s been there ever since.
"The club has been on the up since then. He’s a very good people person, he’s the first man in and the last man out. You’ll pop in on a Sunday to do a bike [session] and the light is on up in his office.
"His whole life is dedicated to the club and we’re very fortunate that he can sign on and that he has signed on for another two years in what could possibly be a bit of a shake-up with Stu leaving, who does quite a bit of the coaching.
"It’s awesome that he recommitted, and we steady the ship with Leo."
Meanwhile, the club confirmed that lock Joe McCarthy has had ankle surgery and will be out for up to two months.
