Hastings - Reasons for leaving

[sleeve]

What silly revisionism.

Hastings played halves for 13 matches and missed 3 suspended, the latter being his own dumb fault. 3 matches at lock.

He was not shifted to lock until Round 18 and at that time not only was Doueihi returning (established star player pre-Hastings) but we were 3 W 10 L with Hastings as half. It's exceptionally justified to make team changes at this time. We win 1 of the 3 matches with Hastings at lock.

I struggle to understand how we "preferred to play lesser players" when he played most of the season in the halves.

Hastings didn't get results. We won 4 games all season and came last. Never come last before. Not even Luke Brooks had been part of a wooden spoon Tigers team before. Hastings achieves it in his first season back.

There are all these Hastings fanboys who get their back up because Hastings tried hard, wore his heart on his sleeve and was good at social media. But we sucked as a team and he was supposed to be one of our leaders.

You have no concept of whether or not Tigers fought to keep Brooks (hard or otherwise). There is every chance we just couldn't offload Brooks for the right price or that opponents were only willing to take him cheap if Tigers footed the bill.

You bring up line engagements, but unfortunately that's just an argument against Hastings. He was COMFORTABLY out-pointed by Brooks in line break assists and try assists. Average fantasy points for Hastings was 45.1 and Brooks 42.9.

And so if Brooks is indeed rubbish, let's all agree he is, I am not sure what it really says about Hastings when he touches the ball a million times, engages the line more than anyone in the comp and only comes away with 11 attack assists and 0 tries the entire season (Brooks ended up with 22 attack assists and 2 tries, in 1 appearance more than Hastings).

No argument that Hastings tried hard all year, but Tigers came stone last and nobody in our roster is beyond being traded to ensure we don't come 16th again.

Just so sensible, well said'.

 

[Telltails]

Just so sensible, well said'.

What silly revisionism.

Hastings played halves for 13 matches and missed 3 suspended, the latter being his own dumb fault. 3 matches at lock.

He was not shifted to lock until Round 18 and at that time not only was Doueihi returning (established star player pre-Hastings) but we were 3 W 10 L with Hastings as half. It's exceptionally justified to make team changes at this time. We win 1 of the 3 matches with Hastings at lock.

I struggle to understand how we "preferred to play lesser players" when he played most of the season in the halves.

Hastings didn't get results. We won 4 games all season and came last. Never come last before. Not even Luke Brooks had been part of a wooden spoon Tigers team before. Hastings achieves it in his first season back.

There are all these Hastings fanboys who get their back up because Hastings tried hard, wore his heart on his sleeve and was good at social media. But we sucked as a team and he was supposed to be one of our leaders.

You have no concept of whether or not Tigers fought to keep Brooks (hard or otherwise). There is every chance we just couldn't offload Brooks for the right price or that opponents were only willing to take him cheap if Tigers footed the bill.

You bring up line engagements, but unfortunately that's just an argument against Hastings. He was COMFORTABLY out-pointed by Brooks in line break assists and try assists. Average fantasy points for Hastings was 45.1 and Brooks 42.9.

And so if Brooks is indeed rubbish, let's all agree he is, I am not sure what it really says about Hastings when he touches the ball a million times, engages the line more than anyone in the comp and only comes away with 11 attack assists and 0 tries the entire season (Brooks ended up with 22 attack assists and 2 tries, in 1 appearance more than Hastings).

No argument that Hastings tried hard all year, but Tigers came stone last and nobody in our roster is beyond being traded to ensure we don't come 16th again.

Luke Brooks not up for sale/traded according to our coach after also

What silly revisionism.

Hastings played halves for 13 matches and missed 3 suspended, the latter being his own dumb fault. 3 matches at lock.

He was not shifted to lock until Round 18 and at that time not only was Doueihi returning (established star player pre-Hastings) but we were 3 W 10 L with Hastings as half. It's exceptionally justified to make team changes at this time. We win 1 of the 3 matches with Hastings at lock.

I struggle to understand how we "preferred to play lesser players" when he played most of the season in the halves.

Hastings didn't get results. We won 4 games all season and came last. Never come last before. Not even Luke Brooks had been part of a wooden spoon Tigers team before. Hastings achieves it in his first season back.

There are all these Hastings fanboys who get their back up because Hastings tried hard, wore his heart on his sleeve and was good at social media. But we sucked as a team and he was supposed to be one of our leaders.

You have no concept of whether or not Tigers fought to keep Brooks (hard or otherwise). There is every chance we just couldn't offload Brooks for the right price or that opponents were only willing to take him cheap if Tigers footed the bill.

You bring up line engagements, but unfortunately that's just an argument against Hastings. He was COMFORTABLY out-pointed by Brooks in line break assists and try assists. Average fantasy points for Hastings was 45.1 and Brooks 42.9.

And so if Brooks is indeed rubbish, let's all agree he is, I am not sure what it really says about Hastings when he touches the ball a million times, engages the line more than anyone in the comp and only comes away with 11 attack assists and 0 tries the entire season (Brooks ended up with 22 attack assists and 2 tries, in 1 appearance more than Hastings).

No argument that Hastings tried hard all year, but Tigers came stone last and nobody in our roster is beyond being traded to ensure we don't come 16th again.

There is one player that the coach has been very vocal about who is not prepared to let go anywhere...

 

[Todd Packer]

From day 1 I always found something odd about Hastings. His nice guy, team first spiel to the media always seemed very rehearsed. I trust a track record more than words. Would be shocked if he sees out his 3 years at the knights

Hastings is Eddie Haskell.

 

[getagrip]

I'm not sold on this but time will tell. Brooks has been our half for years and we've never had any success. Brooks is fast.

But not between the ears.

 

[jirskyr]

Luke Brooks not up for sale/traded according to our coach after also
There is one player that the coach has been very vocal about who is not prepared to let go anywhere...

That doesn't mean Tigers weren't considering it behind the scenes.

Sheens is never going to come out and say Luke Brooks is for sale - that would be the final undermining of the confidence of the player, and then it makes it hard to actually complete the sale when the other clubs know you want rid of him.

 

[Telltails]

That doesn't mean Tigers weren't considering it behind the scenes.

Sheens is never going to come out and say Luke Brooks is for sale - that would be the final undermining of the confidence of the player, and then it makes it hard to actually complete the sale when the other clubs know you want rid of him.

Sheens had the perfect opportunity to get rid of Brooks if he wanted to - instead Hastings was told he would not be playing in the halves and they are chasing (another half ) his best mate for crazy money - maybe that will help with his confidence. No player in the club has had more faith shown in him than Luke Brooks. Hope he has the people around him on and off the field to bring the team some level of success - if not it will still be more about him for all the wrong reasons.

 

[batboy]

We win 1 of the 3 matches with Hastings at lock.

You be well within your rights to argue that is in fact 2/3 games won at Lock.

 

[Tucker]

What silly revisionism.

Hastings played halves for 13 matches and missed 3 suspended, the latter being his own dumb fault. 3 matches at lock.

He was not shifted to lock until Round 18 and at that time not only was Doueihi returning (established star player pre-Hastings) but we were 3 W 10 L with Hastings as half. It's exceptionally justified to make team changes at this time. We win 1 of the 3 matches with Hastings at lock.

I struggle to understand how we "preferred to play lesser players" when he played most of the season in the halves.

Hastings didn't get results. We won 4 games all season and came last. Never come last before. Not even Luke Brooks had been part of a wooden spoon Tigers team before. Hastings achieves it in his first season back.

There are all these Hastings fanboys who get their back up because Hastings tried hard, wore his heart on his sleeve and was good at social media. But we sucked as a team and he was supposed to be one of our leaders.

You have no concept of whether or not Tigers fought to keep Brooks (hard or otherwise). There is every chance we just couldn't offload Brooks for the right price or that opponents were only willing to take him cheap if Tigers footed the bill.

You bring up line engagements, but unfortunately that's just an argument against Hastings. He was COMFORTABLY out-pointed by Brooks in line break assists and try assists. Average fantasy points for Hastings was 45.1 and Brooks 42.9.

And so if Brooks is indeed rubbish, let's all agree he is, I am not sure what it really says about Hastings when he touches the ball a million times, engages the line more than anyone in the comp and only comes away with 11 attack assists and 0 tries the entire season (Brooks ended up with 22 attack assists and 2 tries, in 1 appearance more than Hastings).

No argument that Hastings tried hard all year, but Tigers came stone last and nobody in our roster is beyond being traded to ensure we don't come 16th again.

Never said he was our saviour.
Yes we only won 3 games with him as our halfback out of 11 starts.
We also won only the 1 game without him there from 12 starts.
You can skew the stats till the cows come home. Truth is the side were hamstrung by injuries this year and had ongoing drama with coaching. We beat 2 top 4 sides and a cellar dweller with Jackson as our half. We also beat a side outside the top 8 without him there. We had a very poor year, but were more likely to win when he played halback.
Line engagement is not a negative for him. He was busting his arse without much support. A lot of the Brooks try and line break assists came when he was out wider. Hastings and others like Laurie were just as responsible, through creating the space for Luke to pass to the winger for the try. Stats never tell the full story.

 

[Coastie_Tiger]

We treated Hastings pretty poorly.
Good luck to him at the Knights, they need a good year.
As for us....we'll have some decent forward battles and win some games.

How was he? supposedly bought as a 13 from the get go, was thrown into the halves due to Doueihi coming back from an acl. Then is told we want him to revert back to the position he was purchased for and he throws his toys out of the pram.
I fell hook line and sinker for Hastings lip service, but thats all it was lip service he talks a good game but behind the scenes executes a different one. Im not privy to the inner working of the club and how he conducted himself privately but if its anything like his carry-on on social media we are best rid of him. Then you have all the stories of his younger days at the roosters and sea eagles maybe theres still a tinge of that immaturity left with him.

 

[cktiger]

What silly revisionism.

Hastings played halves for 13 matches and missed 3 suspended, the latter being his own dumb fault. 3 matches at lock.

He was not shifted to lock until Round 18 and at that time not only was Doueihi returning (established star player pre-Hastings) but we were 3 W 10 L with Hastings as half. It's exceptionally justified to make team changes at this time. We win 1 of the 3 matches with Hastings at lock.

I struggle to understand how we "preferred to play lesser players" when he played most of the season in the halves.

Hastings didn't get results. We won 4 games all season and came last. Never come last before. Not even Luke Brooks had been part of a wooden spoon Tigers team before. Hastings achieves it in his first season back.

There are all these Hastings fanboys who get their back up because Hastings tried hard, wore his heart on his sleeve and was good at social media. But we sucked as a team and he was supposed to be one of our leaders.

You have no concept of whether or not Tigers fought to keep Brooks (hard or otherwise). There is every chance we just couldn't offload Brooks for the right price or that opponents were only willing to take him cheap if Tigers footed the bill.

You bring up line engagements, but unfortunately that's just an argument against Hastings. He was COMFORTABLY out-pointed by Brooks in line break assists and try assists. Average fantasy points for Hastings was 45.1 and Brooks 42.9.

And so if Brooks is indeed rubbish, let's all agree he is, I am not sure what it really says about Hastings when he touches the ball a million times, engages the line more than anyone in the comp and only comes away with 11 attack assists and 0 tries the entire season (Brooks ended up with 22 attack assists and 2 tries, in 1 appearance more than Hastings).

No argument that Hastings tried hard all year, but Tigers came stone last and nobody in our roster is beyond being traded to ensure we don't come 16th again.

Except Brooks ... obviously.

 

[Tucker]

Nope - We were more likely to win with him at Lock.
He just explained that to you.
1/3 With him there - Was actually 2/3 without the Robbery.

Nope we were more likely to win with him at 7 as I just explained to you.

 

[Tigerwould]

Even though we came last Hastings was one of best players in 2022.
The 2023 team is looking completely different from the coaching side and also with the amount of new personnel the will slot straight into the starting side.
From the player swap Klemmer/ Hastings. If I had to choose one for season 2023 it would be Klemmer. Moving forward the WTs have reshaped the team its clear they needed to sort the pack out first. To give however plays 6 & 7 half a chance.

 

[happy_tiger]

Can we all agree on this as fact

Neither Brooks ....Douehi or Hastings are going to lead us to a premiership...either assisted or as a team ...they all need replacing and upgrading

John's...Lewis or Sterling couldn't partner those three to a premiership

They all need replacing ..it doesn't matter what order it happens for Christ sake

FACT ...end rant ...drop mic

 

[Demps]

Can we all agree on this as fact

Neither Brooks ....Douehi or Hastings are going to lead us to a premiership...either assisted or as a team ...they all need replacing and upgrading

John's...Lewis or Sterling couldn't partner those three to a premiership

They all need replacing ..it doesn't matter what order it happens for Christ sake

FACT ...end rant ...drop mic

🙌

 

[Winston Churchill]

Can we all agree on this as fact

Neither Brooks ....Douehi or Hastings are going to lead us to a premiership...either assisted or as a team ...they all need replacing and upgrading

John's...Lewis or Sterling couldn't partner those three to a premiership

They all need replacing ..it doesn't matter what order it happens for Christ sake

FACT ...end rant ...drop mic

Preach

 

[Tucker]

I'm no mathematician,
But 3/11 - Isn't as high as 1/3, And certainly isn't as high as 2/3.

Explain your invalid opinion all you like - The results in the games he played,
Don't support your theory.

Bang on some more though...

He played halfback 11 times for 3 wins = every 3.67 games we won
Others played halfback 12 times for 1 win = every 12 games we won
We were far more likely to win when he was at halfback.
You cannot compare his games at lock as the sample size is too small to be accurate, but since you two brought it up, he was clearly sharing halfback duties from lock and had an impact on that win as well as a halfback.

Your opinion is not only invalid, its dripping in insincerity.
Also....what is 2/3? are you counting the Cowboys game as a win? Are you deluded? Sorry to break it to you....

 

[Winston Churchill]

He played halfback 11 times for 3 wins = every 3.67 games we won
Others played halfback 12 times for 1 win = every 12 games we won
We were far more likely to win when he was at halfback.
You cannot compare his games at lock as the sample size is too small to be accurate, but since you two brought it up, he was clearly sharing halfback duties from lock and had an impact on that win as well as a halfback.

Your opinion is not only invalid, its dripping in insincerity.
Also....what is 2/3? are you counting the Cowboys game as a win? Are you deluded? Sorry to break it to you....

Curb stomped.

 

[batboy]

He played halfback 11 times for 3 wins = every 3.67 games we won
Others played halfback 12 times for 1 win = every 12 games we won
We were far more likely to win when he was at halfback.
You cannot compare his games at lock as the sample size is too small to be accurate, but since you two brought it up, he was clearly sharing halfback duties from lock and had an impact on that win as well as a halfback.

Your opinion is not only invalid, its dripping in insincerity.
Also....what is 2/3? are you counting the Cowboys game as a win? Are you deluded? Sorry to break it to you....

You don't bring up the games he played at Lock - Because the stats don't favour your narrative.
You can ignore them all you like.
He won 1/3 at lock - 1 win every 3.000000000 games
That's not delusion pal - That's maths... Google Check it if you like.

Should have won 2, But the team was certainly played better in all 3...
I'll wait for your evidence that shows we not only didn't win more when he was at 13,
But also "More Likely" (Your words) or closer to winning with him at 13.

You don't have any....

 

[twentyforty]

Can we all agree on this as fact

Neither Brooks ....Douehi or Hastings are going to lead us to a premiership...either assisted or as a team ...they all need replacing and upgrading

John's...Lewis or Sterling couldn't partner those three to a premiership

They all need replacing ..it doesn't matter what order it happens for Christ sake

FACT ...end rant ...drop mic

I was getting a headache from all the stats, and just as we were edging toward theorising E=mc2, you bounced the ball in the right direction. 😂 legend!

 

[Tucker]

Yeah man, we need a back up 1/2

We've let 2 walk so I'm interested to see what the plan is.