Adam Doueihi #227

BlackWhiteGold said:

Wests Tigers call Adam Doueihi, Benji Marshall crisis meeting after dramatic training exit​

The Wests Tigers have called a crisis meeting between Adam Doueihi and coach Benji Marshall within the next 72-hours to thrash out their differences, after the star dramatically ruled himself out of their Raiders clash.

David Riccio

Adam Doueihi will meet with Wests Tigers coach Benji Marshall and CEO Shaun Mielekamp within the next 72-hours to thrash out their differences.

The meeting, expected by Monday afternoon at the latest, aims to bring all parties back onto the same page after Doueihi dramatically left training on Thursday and ruled himself out of the club’s game against the Raiders in Canberra on Saturday.

At this stage, neither the club wants to tear up Doueihi’s contract, nor has the 172-game player informed his management to seek a release from his contract, which runs through until 2029.

Both Marshall and Doueihi respect each other greatly and there is a genuine appetite to smoke the peace pipe and move forward for the benefit of the club.

The reason for Doueihi’s dramatic stance to stand down from playing is believed to be not solely due to Marshall deciding to shift the playmaker to the unfamiliar lock-forward position against the Raiders.

Marshall’s follow-up offer — made shortly after their heated discussion – for Doueihi to retain the halfback position against the Raiders suggests that the 29-year-old’s omission from Saturday’s game goes deeper than just a positional switch.

Mielekamp, recently-appointed as the CEO following Shane Richardson’s exit last season, is believed to be acutely aware of the reasons behind Doueihi’s shock reaction.

Another player also met with Marshall after Doueihi left his meeting with the head coach.

The 14th-placed Wests Tigers trained on Friday ahead of their important clash with the Raiders with Marshall selecting the Eels-bound Jarome Luai and rising star Javon Andrews in the halves to tackle the Raiders.

Matty Johns said on SEN radio on Friday that Luai needed to be selected for the clash with Canberra, but if the Wests Tigers couldn’t secure a victory, Marshall should begin selecting a team in the coming weeks that reflects their future.
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Benji should've stood on business and said if you want to play it's at lock... don't let him get his way.
 
Chunk said:
He should speak to all the players about this sort of stuff, especially your halfback.

Did AD have any idea that he was going to be dropped, I wonder?

It seems he didn't (Speculation)
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Did he get dropped? If anything he was told that Javon was making a debut and he wanted AD to play out of posistion to help facilitate this. Perhaps if he was a true leader he would have encouraged and helped his team mates rather than put all this extra attention on him. Maybe this is what the coach felt the team needed, maybe he should of appreciated that instead of putting himself above the coach, team mates and staff who make sacrifices each week for the betterment of the team…
 
Chunk said:
No of course I don't support AD's actions

But I hope he didn't find out on Thursday morning, like I have said a number of times, this deserves a deeper discusion between coach and halfback.
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What if Javon was running all the time in training at half and looked good. Real good. So AD got off and Benji thought 'I have this idea of AD at 13. Javon deserves a chance and we can change things around? After all we need more attack.
 
barnsta said:
I agree with what you said, but also look at Ethan strange for Canberra and Isiah for the dolphins both really young and going great. Not saying Andrews will go great but I think him and latu are the future halves
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I hope you are right, although Ethan had Jamal with him for 2 years and now that Jamal is gone Raiders are struggling with two young inexperienced halves

Katoa has been playing with Nikorima and amongst them they have 317 games of combined experience
 
BlackWhiteGold said:
If this is true, two possible reasons are a conflict with Luai or he wants more money now Luai is going (and the club has not been forthcoming).
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Isn't there like 7 rounds left?
Surely he could cop Luai a little longer.

Always feels like there's more to the story eh.
Money? Maybe. He isn't doing it tough , doing laps in his range rover.

As hes said for years, he thinks he's a half.
He just wants to be a half and stay there.
The talks of lock, backrow , etc. Offended him.
There's definitely some ego involved.

Other side is, why shouldn't he back himself.
If he knows. He knows.
If anything hes the one standing on business.
 
Blooey said:
It's honestly a little concerning that Benji gave him the option to play 7 after he refused to play where he wanted him..
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Wonder if Benji was a bit concerned over the impact on AD's mental health or whether Benji could foresee that card being used and the RLPA being brought in (especially if he is getting advice from Moses).

I recall the club was fronted by the RLPA last year over its handling of Tumeth & Matamua.
 
Tom Shines said:
I’m not interested mate… you made the point about Kent ,,. You got a bad habit of believing every word these deadbeats say …they are literally making their living off clickbait …
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Nah mate.

I led with the fanatics TV podcast, which includes choc's take on what happened to Menzies at manly in the #13 and the captaincy being taken from him. He also talks about the role of a modern day #13 and why Douhei would be good there.

I used Kent as a 2nd source, he wasnt the point.
 
Id bet money has got alot to do with it. I remember when he was handling his own contract he wasnt shy about asking for plenty at the time - and then he got injured again and his form dropped off and so did his value.
I reckon it would be killing him seeing some of the money that is being offered especially with the start up clubs. It's now or never for him if he wants to cash in and no doubt someone is getting in his ear about his worth.
 
mtd#2 said:
Nah mate.

I led with the fanatics TV podcast, which includes choc's take on what happened to Menzies at manly in the #13 and the captaincy being taken from him. He also talks about the role of a modern day #13 and why Douhei would be good there.

I used Kent as a 2nd source, he wasnt the point.
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Everyone has got an opinion mate ,,
 
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