Departing Crusaders coach Todd Blackadder says it won't "gnaw away at him" that he didn't win a Super rugby title.
"No, honestly it doesn't," said the 44-year-old. "You can only give your players the opportunity."
The seven time champions finished seventh in 2015 and under Blackadder have made two finals and lost them both, to the Waratahs in 2008 and the Reds in 2011.
"You can't go out there and win those one or two moments for them. You can best prepare them, but ultimately that's all you can do.
"I don't walk away feeling like I'm absolutely gutted or hollow, I'm stronger than that."
Blackadder says the Test window was the turning point of the Crusaders' season. They were top of the table before the All Blacks took on Wales.
Once the competition resumed they lost to the Chiefs in Fiji and then the Hurricanes 35-10, before losing the quarter final to the Lions in Johannesburg.
"We've got a pretty young backline out there that probably over-achieved this year, there's a young team coming through.
"I think it will be exciting for the Crusaders going forward."
They were out of super rugby contention, and he was done as head coach. He leaves for England next week to take up a contract with Bath in Somerset.
"I'm heading straight over there and into pre-season and I'm really looking forward to the challenge."
"It's a real rugby town, like Christchurch. It felt like what it was like back in the hey-day, and I suppose that's the challenge for this organisation. How can we get people back to the stadium? How can we fill that every single week?"
As to the favourites in this weekend's Super Rugby final between the Hurricanes and the Lions?
"I think it's going to be a lot tighter than what people think, and I don’t think home ground advantage is going to play for much.
"The Hurricanes the last six weeks have been so consistent, every single week they've fronted. I think it will mean too much to them not to let this one slip through their fingers."
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