Wests Tigers Coaches

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Lately I've seriously wondered if Pascoe and the board have a management plan/business model to keep things exactly as they are. Face it, WT is making lots of money and by my understanding is well off financially . Not every club can say that, even ones that are performing well on the paddock.

For years now, the WT football team is always mid-bottom table mediocre. Not wooden spooners but not contenders either. Battlers, underdogs. And yet still, people support the team in their droves, hoping for a better tomorrow. Everybody loves an underdog. That compares favourably with teams like the chooks that do well from year to year on the paddock but have a small supporter base.

I reckon Pascoes business model is based not on winning but maintaining an ongoing underdog status. Keep the supporters on the hook, hoping to win next year, next year, next year. Go Wests Tigers!
 
The paranoia of some Wests Tigers officials is running at record levels as they ramp up their pursuit of Panthers assistant coach Cameron Ciraldo in the rather large shadows cast by Ivan Cleary and Phil Gould.

Ciraldo will meet his agent, George Mimis, this week to discuss his next move, if any.

Ciraldo values the opinions of Cleary and Gould highly: Cleary is his boss and Gould is his old boss.
It’s been well documented that Cleary did not leave the Tigers on good terms. The club was blindsided when Cleary departed in 2018 to go back to Penrith.

In particular, Cleary had a major falling out with Tigers chief executive Justin Pascoe. The pair had been friends from their time together at Penrith.

Cleary is one of Ciraldo’s best mates and someone he will talk to about his decision. He doesn’t need to ask Cleary about the state of the Tigers: Ciraldo spent about six hours talking to club bosses on Monday. Everything – from salary caps to staff – was covered. But they didn’t talk about money.
Cleary is not the kind of person to criticise the Tigers if Ciraldo was to seek his opinion. Cleary is prepared to be a sounding board for Ciraldo, should he ask, speaking in broad terms about coaching and making the jump to head coach – but he won’t tell him what to do. Cleary knows Ciraldo is his own man.

Cleary and Ciraldo also share the same agent, Mimis, adding to the belief that Cleary will not interfere if Ciraldo decides to leave.

Tigers officials are also concerned about Gould – because he is in the market for a coach at the Bulldogs and they know his relationship with Ciraldo, given their time together at Penrith where Gould was GM of football.

The Tigers are angry about Gould’s comments on 100% Footy on Channel Nine where he said six players could leave the Tigers if Michael Maguire was sacked. So far, one has – Luciano Leilua. But it will be interesting to track the dealings and feelings of Jackson Hastings and Adam Doueihi.

Gould has been very public in his view that Ciraldo should stay at the Panthers. He may be talking himself out of a coach, but he is also saying – without saying it – that the Tigers are not the club for Ciraldo.

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Lately I've seriously wondered if Pascoe and the board have a management plan/business model to keep things exactly as they are. Face it, WT is making lots of money and by my understanding is well off financially . Not every club can say that, even ones that are performing well on the paddock.

For years now, the WT football team is always mid-bottom table mediocre. Not wooden spooners but not contenders either. Battlers, underdogs. And yet still, people support the team in their droves, hoping for a better tomorrow. Everybody loves an underdog. That compares favourably with teams like the chooks that do well from year to year on the paddock but have a small supporter base.

I reckon Pascoes business model is based not on winning but maintaining an ongoing underdog status. Keep the supporters on the hook, hoping to win next year, next year, next year. Go Wests Tigers!
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A lot of people pick a team as kids and stick with them. Loyalty. Don’t credit that combover, he’s done nothing.
 
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The paranoia of some Wests Tigers officials is running at record levels as they ramp up their pursuit of Panthers assistant coach Cameron Ciraldo in the rather large shadows cast by Ivan Cleary and Phil Gould.

Ciraldo will meet his agent, George Mimis, this week to discuss his next move, if any.

Ciraldo values the opinions of Cleary and Gould highly: Cleary is his boss and Gould is his old boss.
It’s been well documented that Cleary did not leave the Tigers on good terms. The club was blindsided when Cleary departed in 2018 to go back to Penrith.

In particular, Cleary had a major falling out with Tigers chief executive Justin Pascoe. The pair had been friends from their time together at Penrith.

Cleary is one of Ciraldo’s best mates and someone he will talk to about his decision. He doesn’t need to ask Cleary about the state of the Tigers: Ciraldo spent about six hours talking to club bosses on Monday. Everything – from salary caps to staff – was covered. But they didn’t talk about money.
Cleary is not the kind of person to criticise the Tigers if Ciraldo was to seek his opinion. Cleary is prepared to be a sounding board for Ciraldo, should he ask, speaking in broad terms about coaching and making the jump to head coach – but he won’t tell him what to do. Cleary knows Ciraldo is his own man.

Cleary and Ciraldo also share the same agent, Mimis, adding to the belief that Cleary will not interfere if Ciraldo decides to leave.

Tigers officials are also concerned about Gould – because he is in the market for a coach at the Bulldogs and they know his relationship with Ciraldo, given their time together at Penrith where Gould was GM of football.

The Tigers are angry about Gould’s comments on 100% Footy on Channel Nine where he said six players could leave the Tigers if Michael Maguire was sacked. So far, one has – Luciano Leilua. But it will be interesting to track the dealings and feelings of Jackson Hastings and Adam Doueihi.

Gould has been very public in his view that Ciraldo should stay at the Panthers. He may be talking himself out of a coach, but he is also saying – without saying it – that the Tigers are not the club for Ciraldo.

www.smh.com.au

Rabbitohs to send SOS to Sam Burgess as Bennett’s Dolphins loom

Expect Russell Crowe to lead the charge as South Sydney seek to keep the club favourite at Redfern.
www.smh.com.au www.smh.com.au
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Another journalist (smh this time) recycling information that is known. At the end of the day, Ciraldo will have plenty of people with their own agendas (Cleary/Gould etc) telling him it is the wrong club/job for him. The real question is, does he back himself to be the right coach to take us forward. That is all that matters in this decision.

You would like to think that some people are up for a challenge and not just wait for an easy option. Payten took over the Cowboys who were ordinary, but had a good crop of juniors coming through. Perfect example of a coach taking a risk and reaping the benefit.

We have done all we can, offered a big contract, have tried to sell him on the positives out of the club.

Your move Ciraldo. Make a name for yourself!
 
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