OFFICIAL Adam Doueihi #227

supercoach said:
The recruiters could have a ten million pot of gold to spend but will struggle to entice players to a club that produces more drama than Hollywood. The other thing there is very little talent in the market place at present
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If you were a fringe NRL player but your progress is blocked I think WT would be a great place to increase your chances to get selected in first grade.
Those players that see that opportunity would be the ones most likely to have faith in their ability, skills and desire to succeed IMO.
They would see themselves as better than what we trot out each week.
 
TT 01 said:
I think with everything that has played out at the club over the last 24 months I am thinking Benji has a man management problem, he has an ego which is what made him such a great player but I feel his ego may be what makes him not a great coach
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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.
 
Vicious said:
I’ve already told you, that the playing group as a whole was not very well connected.
It could be normal and it might be the case at every NRL club, but certainly not as close as Benji has at times tried to claim.
And I’m talking before quite a few players re-signed with us, so quite obviously a bit of hope and winning games helps make it a non issue.
Losing plenty of games is where a good coach needs to be a great people manager to identify any division or player angst and find ways to minimise the issues.
I’d say this is Benji’s weakness.
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Or maybe that is exactly what he is responding to
 
GNR4LIFE said:
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.
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Do you think AD does this if on the blues bench? If he was playing for Bennett or Bellamy?

He clearly doesnt respect Benji.
 
mtd#2 said:
Do you think AD does this if on the blues bench? If he was playing for Bennett or Bellamy?

He clearly doesnt respect Benji.
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Like I said, you don’t have to even go that high. Fitzgibbon, Holbrook. Payten, Webster, Hannay. Wolfe. None of them go through this. Yet, it happens regularly with Benji.
 
My two cents, Every coach has every right to make position calls as he sees fit. You cant let the inmates run the asylum.
Benji made a fair call about the number 7, whether or not it was a good call remains to be seen.
Douehi chucked his toys out of the cot.
Ok, You dont want to play, dont play.
If there is broader dissent over the decision, deal with those players.
I cant see Bellamy or Bennett kowtowing to a precious player.
Benji made the call and now has to stand by it, double down if necessary. No more boys club.
Maybe this is the start of professionalism at WT.
 
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.
 
GNR4LIFE said:
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.
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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
 
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.
 
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