Adam Doueihi #227

[innsaneink]

He is still doing laps of Concord in the Range Rover

"Aim at the windows lad"

 

[tig_prmz]

Inside ugly Tigers ‘mess’ as stars fume over Benji’s call that sparked bombshell Doueihi feud

Inside ugly Tigers ‘mess’ as stars fume over Benji’s call that sparked bombshell Doueihi feud

www.foxsports.com.au

 

[tig_prmz]

I understand that maybe Douehi was unhappy with a lot of things, even other players may have been unhappy, so maybe Douehi thought he was standing up for himself and other players.

BUT

This is the wrong way to do it.
This is an immature, juvenile and reactionary way to take a stand.

 

[Speed2burn]

For all we hear about how players want to play for him, he sure has a long list of players walking out. I get what AD did was a dick move, but you wonder how a more accomplished coach would have handled it. And I’m not even going to go the cliche of Bellamy or Bennett. Even Fitzgibbon. Mid level coaches don’t go through all of this drama. It’s bottom of the barrel stuff. Shows how little your players respect you.

I think fixing the tigers is always going to be messy. There is also a long list of coaches who have had player dramas, Benji isn’t the only coach to have this problem

If Tigers come out this weekend and cause an upset, or atleast put up a very good fight and come close it won’t look good for Doueihi

 

[NT_Tiger]

Douehi is quoted as saying; “I love being out there with the boys,” and “I want to help turn our season around again. It’s a good opportunity to go down to Canberra this week. They’re on the back of a few wins so we’ll go there with an ambush mentality.”
To me those words ring hollow. He wants to do all that on his terms, not the teams terms, because the coach makes those team decisions. The fact is, as he has demonstrated, he'd rather pull the rug out from under the team if he doesn't get his way. Heart on sleeve or hero mentality?
To me, its a low act. Im not impressed.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

I can see other players backing AD.

 

[Alex Seyfarth's #1 Fan]

Metcalf left because he only wanted to play 7 not 6 with Boyd

Xerri had a tantrum because he wanted to play on the left side of the field

If you go back further, DCE once refused to train until he got a contract extension. Gave the entire Manly squad the shits.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

If you go back further, DCE once refused to train until he got a contract extension. Gave the entire Manly squad the shits.

It’s a regular thing with us though.

 

[Alex Seyfarth's #1 Fan]

It’s a regular thing with us though.

Ryan Matterson did it although the circumstances were a bit different.

 

[Papacito]

Douehi hangs with the May brothers and Seyfarth.

From memory Terrell May is part of the leadership group? Yikes

 

[hank37w]

Who’s his agent these days?

Secret Agent 007.

My mistake, he's not the 7 anymore.

 

[Siberian Kitten]

Isaac Moses has already played the mental health card twice with Mitch Moses and Galvin. Three times would be too much of a cliché, so now it's just straight up rebellion. People are guessing that Douehie will go to Dogs or Bears.

 

[tig_prmz]

It’s a regular thing with us though.

Youre right, you can only have certain amount of bad break ups but this is the case among all clubs, all sports everywhere.

You are dealing with high performing, testosterone filled athletes who are emotional and have tendencies to take risks.

We are particularly bad at it because as much as the salary cap is good at evening out the competition, it also inflates our players values. Our club simply doesn't have the support required for elite athletes.

Every player has a different issue. Bateman didn't like Benji as a person, Brooks was sick of losing, Matterson felt overworked and underpaid, Teddy wanted to chase personal excellence, Mitch felt his ego was hurt.

If you want to be a professional club, you need so much support staff that our club doesn't provide.

It's not a blame at one party or another, just an unfortunate truth of our existence.

 

[Tcat]

The senior playing group can be angry all they want, but have any of them thought that Benji is more pissed off at their lack of talent and heart. My heart doesn't bleed for any player in our team other than Api. That guy never gives up.

 

[RonDingo]

If you are the 7 and cant put on a single point against a struggling Bulldogs team and the coach brings in Javon to assist with attack man up and take it on the chin and work harder.
Also learn how to pass to your outside men instead of being a glory hunting ball hog.
What an entitled little sook.

 

[Odessa]

What would you and your mates talk about otherwise ?

Just a guess but it would not be

String theory

We had a great conversation about beer coasters one day

 

[Chunk]

Is this how a player would have reacted to Bennett in this situation?

You seem very pro-player in this.

Forget about AD's poor behaviour for a second, that's clear.

However, I was wondering why did it happen on the Thursday, two days before the game?

Why wouldn't these discussions take place at the start of the week? Or even weeks a go?

Did AD find out, all of a sudden?

Just wondering how this was managed?

 

[Tom Shines]

From memory Terrell May is part of the leadership group? Yikes

Terrell May has clauses in his contract about Benji remaining the head coach ..

He must be campaigning for him to go so he can be free to move on

It’s confusing

 

[Speed2burn]

If you are the 7 and cant put on a single point against a struggling Bulldogs team and the coach brings in Javon to assist with attack man up and take it on the chin and work harder.
Also learn how to pass to your outside men instead of being a glory hunting ball hog.
What an entitled little sook.

Pretty spot on

 

[Bob]

Forget about AD's poor behaviour for a second, that's clear.

However, I was wondering why did it happen on the Thursday, two days before the game?

Why wouldn't these discussions take place at the start of the week? Or even weeks a go?

Did AD find out, all of a sudden?

Just wondering how this was managed?

It was expected that AD would be out due to suspension. He was named at 22 whilst he fought the charge at the judiciary.

He was cleared and expected to be slotted into the 7.

Benji had already named Javon in the 7 and he trained there all week. Benji obviously wanted to give him debut, so told AD he would play lock.

AD didn’t want to play lock.

Reading between the lines he has chosen to sit this week out, rather than play lock. Javon will have his debut and AD will return next week.

imagine how Javon is feeling!!