Wests Tigers Coaches

Chammass said:
Wests Tigers search for a development coach capable of turning around a decade of disappointment is staring them straight in the face after it emerged Wayne Lambkin has now applied for the top job.

Lambkin was head coach of the renowned rugby league nursery at Westfields Sports High for 20 years and only gave up that job this year at Tim Sheens’ request to take on a fulltime position as Tigers’ NSW Cup coach.

While he doesn’t have the public profile of some other contenders being pushed heavily to take over from Michael Maguire, what Lambkin does have is a phenomenal record of not only identifying but nurturing some of the game’s greatest talent over two decades.

At Westfields Lambkin coached the likes of Jarryd Hayne, Israel Folau, Krisnan Inu, Tony Williams, Issac Luke, Luke O’Donnell, Michael Greenfield, Trent Hodkinson, Matt Keating, David Klemmer, Blake Green, Manase Fainu, Tommy Talau, Jason Saab, Moses Suli, Trey Mooney, Sione Katoa, Brandon Wakeham, Stefano Utoikamanu, Jake Averillo, Josh Schuster, Taniela Paseka and Haumole Olakau’atu among many, many more.

It was also Lambkin who famously spotted Olakau’atu sitting in a car park and encouraged him to have a crack at footy.

He also coached Manly to an under 20s NYC premiership in 2017 with a team that had only won two games the previous year, while he was NSW Cup coach at the Bears when they were the feeder for the Rabbitohs en route to the 2014 NRL title.

At the Bears the likes of Luke Keary, Dylan Walker and the Burgess brothers developed on his watch.

The Tigers recently signed five of Lambkin’s former Westfields’ students to long term deals, while 13 of the undefeated Harold Matthews Cup squad also went through Westfields.

It’s a proven record that suggests Lambkin would be an ideal fit to work with Sheens to get the best out of the talent now coming through the lower grades.

“I have sat back and had a look at the situation, I know I can do the job,” Lambkin said.

“The club is looking for a development coach and I would back my experience in that department against anyone.”

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I'm most shocked I like a Crawley article
 
We get rid of Madge only to find out we will only get the unwanted coaches just like our squad. The unwanted coach who is coaching the unwanted players. I would be surprised if we made the semis in the next 4 years. And I doubt it will be the new coach who is coaching them. But we will still have Pascoe and Lee. 😫
 
oldschooltiger said:
We get rid of Madge only to find out we will only get the unwanted coaches just like our squad. The unwanted coach who is coaching the unwanted players. I would be surprised if we made the semis in the next 4 years. And I doubt it will be the new coach who is coaching them. But we will still have Pascoe and Lee. 😫
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Amateur club from top to bottom.
 
Long time lurker, just signed up, so go easy fellas 😉

I am at the point where I don't think who coaches is the biggest decision that needs to be made. We have a playing roster without any strike and a board with members that wouldn't know their asshole from a steeden. I feel that we could get Bellamy to come across and we would still struggle. We need someone with vision, patience, a good footy brain, a good eye for talent and the ability to bring a squad together...wow what a wishlist. But none of this matters if we don't have a strong squad and a board that will let him do his job, no coach is going to make much of a difference.

My thoughts are probably a little all over the place, this all gets me much more frustrated than it probably should.
 
rusted-on said:
Long time lurker, just signed up, so go easy fellas 😉

I am at the point where I don't think who coaches is the biggest decision that needs to be made. We have a playing roster without any strike and a board with members that wouldn't know their asshole from a steeden. I feel that we could get Bellamy to come across and we would still struggle. We need someone with vision, patience, a good footy brain, a good eye for talent and the ability to bring a squad together...wow what a wishlist. But none of this matters if we don't have a strong squad and a board that will let him do his job, no coach is going to make much of a difference.

My thoughts are probably a little all over the place, this all gets me much more frustrated than it probably should.
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Gold

"with members that wouldn't know their asshole from a steeden" 🤣
 
So if Morris is not interested in the job we are just becoming a joke of the game.
Deadset how hard is it to find someone that wants the job 🤦‍♂️..
As we all know the longer this takes the worse it gets for recruitment and fans but the media will love it..
 
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