@sly said in [‘It’s the truth’: compelling new WT doco](/post/1440432) said:
Two things that stood out to me was Robbie Farah at the start saying”Madge needs to release the shackles a bit”. Interesting coming from this bloke, and the coaching position he has with the side atm. And against the Titans when cini dropped the ball and Simpkin dived to save a try Madge said”..........in young blokes”. I’m not a Madge fan , I think he is an old school screamer and his desperation wears thin, it’s obvious his all encompassing motivational rev ups have worn thin, and you can tell the players are thinking “not this crap again”, but I’ll give him credit, he put be on show BJ and he ripped into douihie against the titans for going missing, so on face value he seems consistent, although he should be really personally challenging a few other senior players also. What I laughed at was his inability to comprehend how the titans shifted from the kick off and scored. It’s called playing what you see Madge, very good smart football, identifying a weekness and exploiting it on the run. Laughed for about 5 minutes at his reaction.
Haven't watched either episode as while I think it's a good concept to show what coaching the WT entails, I just don't understand the purpose or objective of (making) it, considering we're a struggling team whose main focus should only be making some headway on the field.
(Plus there's a few games I simply don't wish to revisit just yet due to bringing back any personal heartbreak).
So please excuse me as my following remarks are mostly based off what I've read in this thread.
Agree with many that not much this year has shown that we're as competitive and driven as we'd all like us to be, but my question is could the filming of the documentary also have left players feeling perturbed and overwrought?
I understand the cameras were there during each game and we got a fly-on-the-wall type of observation of Madge in the coaching box. But what about the player pressures of having every action viewed under a microscope - I believe they already face enough heavy scrutiny and it's not just as an NRL player but as a WT player with a weight of expectations.
Reading the frequent mention of Madge's motivational talks (and how inspiring he sounds) and the criticism of the lack of leadership, communication and encouragement amongst the playing group has got me wondering why we're still so unresponsive and withdrawn in our reactions.
I've noticed from tonight's comments that he made reference of replacing the underperformers with the KOE players, and knowing that we persisted with them for most weeks, why isn't this also brought into the equation when discussing team effort, motivation and accountability?
I feel like our team selections have been critical to our poor performances.
Just from what I've read on here it appears it's painted Madge in a positive light yet has made the majority of the team look the complete opposite.
Couldn’t agree more Lauren. The only reason I can think of that the club would do this is for money off the back of a year when Covid would have impacted pretty hard.
I feel like it’s a massive distraction at a club that needs to be all in on winning 50% of their games (which isn’t even a lofty target).
It’s gimmicky, it’s cringe-worthy and it’s making fans re-live the crap year all over.
Cheers JP
I don’t think it’s a money thing, I think Pascoe thought the Tigers were going to be a lot better than they are