Now, you could say that the All Blacks cancelling a media conference after such an appalling performance just reeks of the sense of entitlement and arrogance that runs through the veins of the outfit in charge of rugby in this country.
The outfit that's more than happy to charge truckloads for you to go and watch the matches. More than happy for you to shell out money for all the merchandise. But when things go pear-shaped, nowhere to be seen.
Now normally, that's what I would think. And I can pretty much guarantee that after the post-match media conference on Saturday night, the All Blacks' media people would've been saying to Foster that fronting another media conference on Sunday - as scheduled, and as per normal - would be a "distraction the team doesn't need at the moment".
We saw it on Saturday night. Journalists were asking Foster about his future as All Blacks coach, and they got a telling-off. I saw it on the TV news last night.
So they would've been saying to him late Saturday night: "You saw what happened tonight Fozzie. Tomorrow will be the same. We want to protect you from all that so we're going to cancel the media conference. We're doing it for you Fozzie."
And, normally, I'd just say that it was yet another example of New Zealand Rugby's arrogance and control-freak tendencies that it's got away with for so long.
But, in my honest opinion, I suspect there's more to it than that.
I don't think they were protecting Fozzie at all, when they pulled the plug on yesterday's traditional post-match day media conference. I think they did it to protect themselves.
Because, if he was forced to front up yesterday, he could quite easily turn around somewhere down the track and accuse New Zealand Rugby of hanging him out to dry. In employment law circles, they call it constructive dismissal. And no employer wants to be dealing with that.
We know already, don't we, that it's launching some sort of investigation. It said yesterday the outcome of the test series was "unacceptable". Which is exactly the word we were all using on Saturday night, wasn't it?
In sports bars and lounges up and down the country, everyone was turning to each other afterwards and saying 'well, that was unacceptable wasn't it'. I know it was a bit more colourful than that where I was.
Scotty Morrison is saying today in a piece online that the All Blacks are completely lacking. He says, Beauden Barrett, for example, is "playing with all the joy of an accountancy conference". Which says it all in terms of the on-field performance of the All Blacks, which contrasts so starkly with The Crusaders.
When the Crusaders won their Super Rugby Pacific semifinal and final this year, it occurred to me that they play sometimes as if they're throwing a ball around at a park or on a beach. It looks effortless and, more importantly, they make it look fun.
Which is exactly how Ireland looked like on Saturday night. And it's how the All Blacks used to look. And if something doesn't change ASAP, forget about them looking like that again anytime soon - not in a fortnight in South Africa, or at the World Cup next year.
That's on the pitch. Off the pitch is a whole other story. And that's what I'm keen to look at today.
Whenever a sporting star finds themselves in some sort of strife, people start banging on about them being role models, don't they?
But why do we stop at the players themselves? What about the coaches? Because it is the coaches who set the tone for the players. They are the leaders.
And for Foster to trundle on to the bus outside the team hotel yesterday and shrug his shoulders when a reporter asked him why there was no media conference, is not role modelling as far as I'm concerned.
And I think it's appalling that he didn't front yesterday.
But if I'm right, and yesterday's media conference was cancelled more for employment law reasons and less for PR reasons, then I'm okay with it.
Because I would not want any legal technicality getting in the way of New Zealand Rugby doing the right thing, and dumping Ian Foster ASAP.
As far as I'm concerned, that's the right thing to do. And, as far as I'm concerned, cancelling that media conference yesterday was a good move, if it's all part of the plan to get someone else in charge of the All Blacks.
Someone with a record of success like no other rugby coach. Someone who can bring fun and excitement back to the All Blacks - on the field and off the field. And, preferably someone who is just a phone call and a quick flight away. I can think of someone.
