OFFICIAL Q&A Club discussion with Shaun Mielekamp

Ermo said:
What happened to the Orange jersey @ShaunMielekamp
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I have to head offline now and sorry there are hundreds more questions for me to get through. I might never get to them all but it wont be from a lack of trying.
In regards to "what happened to the Orange jersey"?
Nothing happened we are still listed to wear it plenty more times this season. What I can say it that we will improve our communication to members on what the jersey plan is and what they will expect next season. We were not clear on the vocabulary on home/away main/alternate etc.
As we head into next year we will be clear on how many games and which games each jersey will be worn. This is one area we will improve on.

I'll try and jump back online early next week. thanks again everyone
 
ShaunMielekamp said:
I appreciate the feedback - We will keep working and building here to deliver the best match day we can. C-town next year will have a huge emphasis on this. My motherhood statement is that we need to turn match days into events and events into festivals.
As far as never tear us apart it did show some promise for a while, these initiatives only ever work long term when they align with on field success. I did have to take a breath myself with never tear us apart because not only was Port using this but the Newcastle Jets as well. the team here were passionate to give it a go and I will always back passionate staff to have a crack at something new.
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Thanks a lot for your reply and coming on the forum. This gesture and effort is greatly appreciate. Again, best of luck.
 
New year - same results. Never seems to change. Been supporting Magpies and Tigers since the mid 70s. Dad been following them since the 1940s and grandfather since the 1920s. Apart from a few unicorn years, we are the same every year. An underfunded and low achieving team. The team has always lacked true leaders on the field, and strong, aligned leadership off the field. There is no unrelenting drive to be the best, we seem just happy to participate and jag the odd win. Off-field we need alignment from the board to the administration and coaches. We dont have it, and with HBG, I doubt we ever will. On field, we have no resilience and no one driving the standards and resilience and mental side of the game. SM - I honestly wish you all the best but you have an uphill battle. It is not good for the fans to suffer every week. We deserve better, and as the CEO, you need to deliver. I am sick of the talk, I just want results delivered consistently week after week. I dont think I will see it in my lifetime. Failure is ingrained deep at this club. So deep I dont know if it will ever come out. SM - your challenge it to prove me wrong. Incremental improvement will never be enough. Work out a way to be #1. The roosters can have 6 SOO players, why cant we. Dont say salary cap constraints. If they can do it, why cant we. They dont accept anything other than being premiership contenders every year. Our club needs to do the same.
 
ShaunMielekamp said:
This is where we need to put as much resource as we can for the long term - it is a big ocean but I am passionate about building this for the long term
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Thanks mate, appreciate the response.

I hope you can eventually divulge more information about how much $$ were given to our Pathways teams, especially compared to other teams. And if we can increase the quality of coaches, trainers/ physios, or what the plans are to upskill the current ones.
 
Thank you for joining our community and answering our questions @ShaunMielekamp greatly appreciated. I have a generic question about player contracts.

Can you please elaborate what are the different types of player contracts there are at the Wests Tigers?

It is common knowledge we have Top 30 contracts, Development contracts (max of 6), NRL Train & Trial contracts (pre-season & full-season) & NSW Cup contracts. But what is below this?

We hear about 'Pathways' contracts and see many Instagram posts by agents of a young client (even as young as 15/16) signed to the WT for 27-29 as an example.

I guess how are pathways contracts with WT categorised and approx how many youngsters receive them each year? (I understand these would be separate from making say a Balmain or Wests SG Ball squad as an example).
 
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