OFFICIAL Jarome Luai - #295

BAGNF05 said:
He came in and the best three players in the club immediately wanted out, one of them a future dual premiership fullback and Australian captain, his CEO promised an aggressive recruitment drive, and a destination club: shortly thereafter Shaun Johnson and Gareth Widdop laughed in his face. Welcome to Wests Tigers. He was then forced to pay stupid money to sign average players on very long term deals, just to field a competitive side. He squeezed every drop out of that side and they just missed the finals. With the writing well and truly on the wall he was offered a ticket on the Panthers dynasty train, and could see where the tigers were headed, oblivion. It took the club he left until December 2023 to do anything about their problems. Anyone really surprised he did what he did?
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His recruitment drive for 2018 was a wet fart. Corey Thompson was his best signing FFS.
 
Demps said:
Not a stretch at all.
Some papers, at the time even worded it as, mocking.

It's black and white.
His team mates even joined in.
Public humiliation.
Very unprofessional & insulting.

.. then he put the jersey on & showed his commitment.
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It was a storm in a teacup.
 
If it wasn’t for his son, he’d be on the coaching scrapheap. You can’t tell me that coaches who could have lead this Panthers team would be a dime a dozen. They had to placate the chin.
 
GNR4LIFE said:
If it wasn’t for his son, he’d be on the coaching scrapheap. You can’t tell me that coaches who could have lead this Panthers team would be a dime a dozen. They had to placate the chin.
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Now this is just pure salt.
Ivan has done well with that squad. He helped build it and then got it to fire reaching 4 GF’s in a row. Of course he can coach.
 
GNR4LIFE said:
Yeah, but you telling me he was the only one who could do it?
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He knew what was coming through. It was an opportunity that any career coach would be an idiot to pass up.

He’d also seen how much of a struggle it is to sell our club to players. His own son said piss off lol
 
balmain boy said:
It sounds like he's signed, but holding off on the announcement. So long as he has signed then that's all that matters for now
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Sounds like?
That is what all this shit is about.
Engagement, family, Christmas break, 10 days from when? Training starts new year, Richo CEO starts 2/2/24 etc. shouldn't stop him for declaring his stance, will be or wont be signing, and all this crap disappears.
 
Tiger Stripes said:
Sounds like?
That is what all this shit is about.
Engagement, family, Christmas break, 10 days from when? Training starts new year, Richo CEO starts 2/2/24 etc. shouldn't stop him for declaring his stance, will be or wont be signing, and all this crap disappears.
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Mitch Moses 2
 
BAGNF05 said:
He knew what was coming through. It was an opportunity that any career coach would be an idiot to pass up.

He’d also seen how much of a struggle it is to sell our club to players. His own son said piss off lol
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Remember the days we thought it was a given Nathan was going to be a tiger 😂
 
BAGNF05 said:
Richo said he signed GI on Xmas eve. Good operators just get it done.
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Interesting, looking back on previous reports of that signing; it was announced Greg Inglis has signed with the South Sydney club on the 12th/13th of November.
On the 19th of December the NRL blocked the move.
What did happen on Christmas Eve was the release of Beau Champion to Melbourne Storm which then led to the Offical registration of the contract.
I can’t find any date of the official South Sydney announcement.
 
BAGNF05 said:
We will see. Just glad the leaks appear to have been plugged.
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Only thing I’ll say is I’m a little disappointed that it hasn’t already been announced. The excitement level a couple weeks before Christmas was at fever pitch. I think with how much everyone got themselves pumped, if it had gone down then, it would have been considered one on the biggest moments in the club’s history and Luai the biggest signing. I think with it being dragged out the way it has, it’s taken the edge off the excitement level. It will still be a big moment, but it will be a tad anti-climactic. I’m not going to rant and complain though like some entitled diva. My excitement level is irrelevant. The club doesn’t have to run on my schedule. It will happen when it happens.
 
Needaname said:
Interesting, looking back on previous reports of that signing; it was announced Greg Inglis has signed with the South Sydney club on the 12th/13th of November.
On the 19th of December the NRL blocked the move.
What did happen on Christmas Eve was the release of Beau Champion to Melbourne Storm which then led to the Offical registration of the contract.
I can’t find any date of the official South Sydney announcement.
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On the pod he did with James Graham he said he met with GI and his parents on Christmas Eve and GI told his folks he was signing with Souths.
 
BAGNF05 said:
On the pod he did with James Graham he said he met with GI and his parents on Christmas Eve and GI told his folks he was signing with Souths.
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That was a good get as he was virtually over the line with the Broncos. He at the very least agreed to terms.
 
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