TillLindemann
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I really think we should have gone Bryce Gibbs and Liam Fulton.
Official: Three Life Members to lead coaching succession plan
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Tiger_Fanatic3
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tigre
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I think you'll be correct.
This was in a DT article about the three amigos taking over.
Farah will be appointed an assistant for the next two years but has ambition to transition into a football management role.
stryker 69
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Well that’s easy to answer.
The club is currently staring down its worst season in 23 years which is really saying something as we’ve had 20 failed seasons out of those 23.
Instead of working through it and coming out the otherside stronger and more battle hardened from the experience we have sacked our coach 18 months early, with no replacement organised, publically courted possible contenders only to have them equally publically reject us, ignored far more suitable replacements who have coached in the NRL very recently and signed a bloke in his 70’s (who was responsible for sacking the incumbent coach) and who hasn’t coached NRL in a decade and was responsible for at least 7 of those failed years. To compound this baffling decision, this coach, surely out of touch with the modern game, not only has to get up to speed with how the game is played these days, but also has to babysit and train a total greenhorn to take over from him.
This greenhorn, who is the most ‘of the cuff’ and anti structured player in recent memory, has twice been driven out of the club as a player and finished playing football last year. He has a 2 year crash course in front of him to not only learn how to coach professional athletes, but to also learn how to become the head coach of the organisation.
These two will be joined by a third guy (also once driven out of this club), responsible for helping kill off the careers of at least two former coaches and if rumours are to believed, joined the greenhorn in mobilising the dressing room against the old fella a decade ago which started an 11 year stretch of failure to play finals footy, which remains current.
These three men, who have previously worked together for a decade and have a seasonal success rate of only 30% are now tasked with the monumental assignment of turning around a club that is arguably still on the decline and people are questioning why there exists division amongst the supporter base for these developments? you really have got to laugh…
ElleryHanley
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I am not sure how I feel...it could be a masterstroke and turn the club around. Sheenys is a proven great mentor. Benji has matured. It 'may' work.
It could also fail, spectacularly and almost prove to be the final nail in the coffin for the club.
Massive gamble. I genuinely don't know which way it will go.
Fingers crossed.
It could also fail, spectacularly and almost prove to be the final nail in the coffin for the club.
Massive gamble. I genuinely don't know which way it will go.
Fingers crossed.
tigre
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They all say that. Never watching again. I'm done. Then they're in front of the TV when the next game kicks off.
mikey
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Like any fluff, it smells like a fart.
How many times have we seen crud like this from most associated with the Tigers?
stryker 69
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You are right, the gamble is astronomical and failure will kill this club off. Don’t get me wrong, I’d love to see it succeed but fair dinkum this is not the correct time to take such a risk.
tig_prmz
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I feel Sheen's, Benji and Farah are more likely to sell more hats and put more bums on the seat. And in the end, isn't financial viability what it's all about?
Long Term Fan
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I am happy to give them a chance given we as fans have been waiting 12 years for a semi final appearance which they have all been involved with.
Hope they prove me and everybody wrong.
Hope they prove me and everybody wrong.
This is a good thread on the evidence of Stockholm Sydndrome f
Can’t believe that a few feel excited about this development and rationalising it will succeed .
In what world is it seen as a good thing to commit 5 years yes 5 years to someone as coach who has never coached before . Especially someone who has left the club twice and played elsewhere - first time parading his new club jumper . plus what mentoring was done for brooks when he did come back . Brooks best
year where he won dally m when both Farah and Benji where not associated with the club
Can’t believe that a few feel excited about this development and rationalising it will succeed .
In what world is it seen as a good thing to commit 5 years yes 5 years to someone as coach who has never coached before . Especially someone who has left the club twice and played elsewhere - first time parading his new club jumper . plus what mentoring was done for brooks when he did come back . Brooks best
year where he won dally m when both Farah and Benji where not associated with the club
GNR4LIFE
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Theres nothing at all to suggest it could be a masterstroke outside of this being a movie, and the movie of course ending in glory. This is real life though, and they are in a position where they have been resorted to putting PR ahead of everything else.
G'day jadtiger
I reckon Sheens was reading Our Forum one day when he noticed a few on here, me included, suggesting the Walker Bros could be a good way to go....something completely different to what we have been dishing up for toooo long now, something exciting like the 2005 era.
So he put one and one together being Benji and Robbie, and came up with Our own unique version of The Walker Bros.
So....if this scintillating combination succeeds I reckon the intelligent ones 🤓 on here with the foresight to recognise this.... should be congratulated 🥰 🤣 🤣
The Takeover !
weststigerman
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Who needs a defence coach anyway?
GNR4LIFE
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It’s one thing to bring Benji and Robbie back to the club for feel good stories as players after they left on sour terms the first time. It’s beyond anything you can imagine appointing one as a future coach when they have only been retired a year and has no coaching experience.
Winning more games than losing them brings the same or even better financial viability and i know which every supporter would prefer.
Lets hope i am wrong on it being a poor decision on the coaching front
Who's Mark Flanagan and what will he do?
