Multiple Likes @batboyYou can use the old "We're into his 4th year" Excuse all you like....
His whole tenure, He's had key Roster positions and large portion of the Salary cap tied up in
overpaid - underperforming players that weren't signed on his watch...
It's the most overlooked Fact on this forum!!
Can someone tell me the collective on field value we received last year from the contracts of
Josh Reynolds, Russell Packer and Moses Mbye?
If you haven't seen the Boost in the way we've been playing of late?
- It's more effort in a team than I've seen in well over 10 years - I'd almost say 15.
A lot of the time you don't get the results you deserve... And that's been us.
We've troubled most of the sides we've played - At full strength, With our squad - We'd have done much better than anyone would've picked - Including us.
Most here would argue our 2 best players are Adam Doueihi and Jackson Hastings - Both signed by Madge and very big supporters of the coach.
The 2 biggest signings we've signed in more than 10 years come next year - Both signed by Madge, And have have history being coached by him.
That has to count for something....
I'm not super sold on Madge - I just don't think he's doing as bad a job as has ever been made out.
Realistically, There's only 3 Coaches in the NRL that I would have over him - And all 3 are no chance.
This downward spiral we've been in has been coming since the last couple years of Sheens, We started overpaying players that didn't perform, And paying overpaid players to play elsewhere at the same time.... For well over a decade.
We dug ourselves into this hole forever - It's going to take longer than 3 years to dig us out.
(Especially when your cap is half filled with poor signings)
Madge is a worker - And a winner.... And it's working - The culture at Wests Tigers of turning up our toes as soon as it gets hard has been in our DNA since we won the comp....
We've tried everything else, It hasn't worked - Surely you can see this working....
Not as quickly as we would like, But what he's doing is working....
This is the first fruits of the Rebuild that we needed not just as a roster, but as a Club.
We have been garbage for 15 years,
The attitude is here and now for the controlled upgrade in New players and the controlled Blooding of juniors coming through