You know what? If Maguire had not been the tigers coach and was available I reckon a lot of us would think he is exactly the type of coach the club needs.
Throughout the whole process, I maintained he was the man for the job and willed the club to stick with him. I was hoping like hell that he'd get the chance to coach the team with Api & Papi (that sounds so cool 🤣) and the kids he's brought up and start to get some reward for all the pain and hard work he put in to establish a squad that would become winners.
Under extremely trying circumstances.
Sacking him mid season was the worst thing the club could have done.
As many have said here, the club now not only has a reputation for ineptitude, but for being the NRLs biggest coaching career killer.
If I were to use my job analogically, I would be managing a group of people where the lead was one of those people you think "how the hell did they get this (incredibly high paying) job?!", two of my best workers simply didn't care because they had other jobs lined up, trainees are busting their butts but just not experienced enough to get things done on time and the rest are just not up to standard!
And because we miss deadlines and there are mistakes the buck stops with me. Even though I did everything I possibly could to help my team out and say we need more experienced people, I get sacked.
This whole situation reminds me of years ago when the mining industry (WA) had a huge downturn; The company I worked for simply looked at the numbers, let me and the other senior go and kept two juniors. You know what happened? They couldn't get anything done and the company is now dust in the wind.
Is that even a saying? I think it's an old song... 🤣
Anyway, it is what it is and I'm tigers for life. Through thin and thinner...