Chairman’s comments

[tony soprano]

Pascoe avoids scrutiny over cap mess

There is a school of thought that Wests Tigers chief executive Justin Pascoe has got off lightly when it comes to the club’s salary cap malaise.

Former coach Ivan Cleary and ex-football manager Kelly Egan have largely worn the blame for the bloated contracts that have hampered coach Michael Maguire’s ability to piece together a more competitive side.

The Tigers are trying to create space – Josh Reynolds is among the players being shopped around Super League – but it isn’t easy and the focus has fallen back on those responsible as the club prepares to meet Cleary’s Tigers on Saturday night.

Pascoe was the man in charge when the deals were done and while Cleary was charged with putting together the squad, he did it under the watchful and approving gaze of the chief executive.

Things have changed since then, a point highlighted by Lee Hagipantelis to Weekend Read.

“There is that underlying tension that exists in any recruitment between the coach and front office – does the coach get the team they want and if they don’t, how they can be held responsible and liable for results?,” Hagipantelis said.
“Fortunately for us we have a very healthy recruitment process that involves a committee that Madge (Maguire) is part of. There is a very healthy and robust process in place.”

Asked whether Maguire was under any pressure, Hagipantelis said: “Not at all. Not at all. There has been no suggestion that this has been a coaching issue.
“It has been a player issue. That is exactly what it is. Our roster this year is better than last year. We are improving our roster.

“There has been a lot of commentary. We have to take those views on board. All of us agree that we are very disappointed with the results and we need to ask ourselves why.”
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/nrl/brisbane-coach-anthony-seibold-has-taken-names-to-the-nrl-integrity-unit/news-story/8b2f168bcbdb92b9aaee1eadcaedeb6a

I know Lee is quoted but this kinda reads like it was lifted off the forum.

Why wouldnt madge be under pressure? They all should be under pressure.

Everyone in the building should be feeling it. I mean all we have to do is be in the top 50% of the teams in the comp to play finals and yet we can’t deliver year after year after year.

I agree with him it’s a player issue.

The coach is performing the players aren’t and glad they’ve been called out.


Lee done nothing but talk hot wind so far I won’t be impressed until he secures a decent signing.

That 100% has nothing to do with the chairman role, I hope he is so far removed form signings

He was trying to get in Latrell ear and failed.

 

[cochise]

Pascoe avoids scrutiny over cap mess

There is a school of thought that Wests Tigers chief executive Justin Pascoe has got off lightly when it comes to the club’s salary cap malaise.

Former coach Ivan Cleary and ex-football manager Kelly Egan have largely worn the blame for the bloated contracts that have hampered coach Michael Maguire’s ability to piece together a more competitive side.

The Tigers are trying to create space – Josh Reynolds is among the players being shopped around Super League – but it isn’t easy and the focus has fallen back on those responsible as the club prepares to meet Cleary’s Tigers on Saturday night.

Pascoe was the man in charge when the deals were done and while Cleary was charged with putting together the squad, he did it under the watchful and approving gaze of the chief executive.

Things have changed since then, a point highlighted by Lee Hagipantelis to Weekend Read.

“There is that underlying tension that exists in any recruitment between the coach and front office – does the coach get the team they want and if they don’t, how they can be held responsible and liable for results?,” Hagipantelis said.
“Fortunately for us we have a very healthy recruitment process that involves a committee that Madge (Maguire) is part of. There is a very healthy and robust process in place.”

Asked whether Maguire was under any pressure, Hagipantelis said: “Not at all. Not at all. There has been no suggestion that this has been a coaching issue.
“It has been a player issue. That is exactly what it is. Our roster this year is better than last year. We are improving our roster.

“There has been a lot of commentary. We have to take those views on board. All of us agree that we are very disappointed with the results and we need to ask ourselves why.”
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/nrl/brisbane-coach-anthony-seibold-has-taken-names-to-the-nrl-integrity-unit/news-story/8b2f168bcbdb92b9aaee1eadcaedeb6a

I know Lee is quoted but this kinda reads like it was lifted off the forum.

Why wouldnt madge be under pressure? They all should be under pressure.

Everyone in the building should be feeling it. I mean all we have to do is be in the top 50% of the teams in the comp to play finals and yet we can’t deliver year after year after year.

I agree with him it’s a player issue.

The coach is performing the players aren’t and glad they’ve been called out.


Lee done nothing but talk hot wind so far I won’t be impressed until he secures a decent signing.

That 100% has nothing to do with the chairman role, I hope he is so far removed form signings

He was trying to get in Latrell ear and failed.

Yeah he was, but why would we want him anywhere near negoiations, he is a lawyer and our chair.

 

[tony soprano]

Pascoe avoids scrutiny over cap mess

There is a school of thought that Wests Tigers chief executive Justin Pascoe has got off lightly when it comes to the club’s salary cap malaise.

Former coach Ivan Cleary and ex-football manager Kelly Egan have largely worn the blame for the bloated contracts that have hampered coach Michael Maguire’s ability to piece together a more competitive side.

The Tigers are trying to create space – Josh Reynolds is among the players being shopped around Super League – but it isn’t easy and the focus has fallen back on those responsible as the club prepares to meet Cleary’s Tigers on Saturday night.

Pascoe was the man in charge when the deals were done and while Cleary was charged with putting together the squad, he did it under the watchful and approving gaze of the chief executive.

Things have changed since then, a point highlighted by Lee Hagipantelis to Weekend Read.

“There is that underlying tension that exists in any recruitment between the coach and front office – does the coach get the team they want and if they don’t, how they can be held responsible and liable for results?,” Hagipantelis said.
“Fortunately for us we have a very healthy recruitment process that involves a committee that Madge (Maguire) is part of. There is a very healthy and robust process in place.”

Asked whether Maguire was under any pressure, Hagipantelis said: “Not at all. Not at all. There has been no suggestion that this has been a coaching issue.
“It has been a player issue. That is exactly what it is. Our roster this year is better than last year. We are improving our roster.

“There has been a lot of commentary. We have to take those views on board. All of us agree that we are very disappointed with the results and we need to ask ourselves why.”
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/nrl/brisbane-coach-anthony-seibold-has-taken-names-to-the-nrl-integrity-unit/news-story/8b2f168bcbdb92b9aaee1eadcaedeb6a

I know Lee is quoted but this kinda reads like it was lifted off the forum.

Why wouldnt madge be under pressure? They all should be under pressure.

Everyone in the building should be feeling it. I mean all we have to do is be in the top 50% of the teams in the comp to play finals and yet we can’t deliver year after year after year.

I agree with him it’s a player issue.

The coach is performing the players aren’t and glad they’ve been called out.


Lee done nothing but talk hot wind so far I won’t be impressed until he secures a decent signing.

That 100% has nothing to do with the chairman role, I hope he is so far removed form signings

He was trying to get in Latrell ear and failed.

Yeah he was, but why would we want him anywhere near negoiations, he is a lawyer and our chair.

He supposed to be our Russell Crowe where players get a sparkle in the eye when talking to him.

 

[cochise]

Pascoe avoids scrutiny over cap mess

There is a school of thought that Wests Tigers chief executive Justin Pascoe has got off lightly when it comes to the club’s salary cap malaise.

Former coach Ivan Cleary and ex-football manager Kelly Egan have largely worn the blame for the bloated contracts that have hampered coach Michael Maguire’s ability to piece together a more competitive side.

The Tigers are trying to create space – Josh Reynolds is among the players being shopped around Super League – but it isn’t easy and the focus has fallen back on those responsible as the club prepares to meet Cleary’s Tigers on Saturday night.

Pascoe was the man in charge when the deals were done and while Cleary was charged with putting together the squad, he did it under the watchful and approving gaze of the chief executive.

Things have changed since then, a point highlighted by Lee Hagipantelis to Weekend Read.

“There is that underlying tension that exists in any recruitment between the coach and front office – does the coach get the team they want and if they don’t, how they can be held responsible and liable for results?,” Hagipantelis said.
“Fortunately for us we have a very healthy recruitment process that involves a committee that Madge (Maguire) is part of. There is a very healthy and robust process in place.”

Asked whether Maguire was under any pressure, Hagipantelis said: “Not at all. Not at all. There has been no suggestion that this has been a coaching issue.
“It has been a player issue. That is exactly what it is. Our roster this year is better than last year. We are improving our roster.

“There has been a lot of commentary. We have to take those views on board. All of us agree that we are very disappointed with the results and we need to ask ourselves why.”
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/nrl/brisbane-coach-anthony-seibold-has-taken-names-to-the-nrl-integrity-unit/news-story/8b2f168bcbdb92b9aaee1eadcaedeb6a

I know Lee is quoted but this kinda reads like it was lifted off the forum.

Why wouldnt madge be under pressure? They all should be under pressure.

Everyone in the building should be feeling it. I mean all we have to do is be in the top 50% of the teams in the comp to play finals and yet we can’t deliver year after year after year.

I agree with him it’s a player issue.

The coach is performing the players aren’t and glad they’ve been called out.


Lee done nothing but talk hot wind so far I won’t be impressed until he secures a decent signing.

That 100% has nothing to do with the chairman role, I hope he is so far removed form signings

He was trying to get in Latrell ear and failed.

Yeah he was, but why would we want him anywhere near negoiations, he is a lawyer and our chair.

He supposed to be our Russell Crowe where players get a sparkle in the eye when talking to him.

Well there is your problem, one is a movie star, one is a lawyer.

 

[Harvey]

Egan was Hasler's offsider and left behind cap messes at his previous clubs.

Pressure will ramp up next year when we bottom out, break the duck and bring home our first spoon.

 

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Pascoe avoids scrutiny over cap mess

There is a school of thought that Wests Tigers chief executive Justin Pascoe has got off lightly when it comes to the club’s salary cap malaise.

Former coach Ivan Cleary and ex-football manager Kelly Egan have largely worn the blame for the bloated contracts that have hampered coach Michael Maguire’s ability to piece together a more competitive side.

The Tigers are trying to create space – Josh Reynolds is among the players being shopped around Super League – but it isn’t easy and the focus has fallen back on those responsible as the club prepares to meet Cleary’s Tigers on Saturday night.

Pascoe was the man in charge when the deals were done and while Cleary was charged with putting together the squad, he did it under the watchful and approving gaze of the chief executive.

Things have changed since then, a point highlighted by Lee Hagipantelis to Weekend Read.

“There is that underlying tension that exists in any recruitment between the coach and front office – does the coach get the team they want and if they don’t, how they can be held responsible and liable for results?,” Hagipantelis said.
“Fortunately for us we have a very healthy recruitment process that involves a committee that Madge (Maguire) is part of. There is a very healthy and robust process in place.”

Asked whether Maguire was under any pressure, Hagipantelis said: “Not at all. Not at all. There has been no suggestion that this has been a coaching issue.
“It has been a player issue. That is exactly what it is. Our roster this year is better than last year. We are improving our roster.

“There has been a lot of commentary. We have to take those views on board. All of us agree that we are very disappointed with the results and we need to ask ourselves why.”
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/nrl/brisbane-coach-anthony-seibold-has-taken-names-to-the-nrl-integrity-unit/news-story/8b2f168bcbdb92b9aaee1eadcaedeb6a

I know Lee is quoted but this kinda reads like it was lifted off the forum.

Why wouldnt madge be under pressure? They all should be under pressure.

Everyone in the building should be feeling it. I mean all we have to do is be in the top 50% of the teams in the comp to play finals and yet we can’t deliver year after year after year.

I agree with him it’s a player issue.

The coach is performing the players aren’t and glad they’ve been called out.


Lee done nothing but talk hot wind so far I won’t be impressed until he secures a decent signing.

That 100% has nothing to do with the chairman role, I hope he is so far removed form signings

He was trying to get in Latrell ear and failed.

Yeah he was, but why would we want him anywhere near negoiations, he is a lawyer and our chair.

He supposed to be our Russell Crowe where players get a sparkle in the eye when talking to him.

They get a sparkle in the eye and a bulge in their pants (from the undeclared cash in their pocket). Money talks, cash payments even more so.