Fade_To_Black
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Haha, all good!
Mark ONeill - new role at the Wests Tigers ..
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Harvey
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@Geo. said:
"Hey boss. Gordon Tallis told me JT can't coach"
The orange jersey/ white shorts combo was our alternative strip for 2005, we wore it on a few occasions during the season. For the semi against the Cowboys we wore the black jerseys/white shorts combo as a one off because the Cowboys away outfit included dark blue shorts and was considered to similar in look to ours. Then when we ended up meeting each other again in the GF it was decided that we should wear the orange jerseys due to complaints from the semi that our outfits looked too similar on TV.
Anyway onto buckets - top bloke and well respected. Fingers crossed he's up to it as i have a feeling it's a going to be a pretty tough gig.
Anyway onto buckets - top bloke and well respected. Fingers crossed he's up to it as i have a feeling it's a going to be a pretty tough gig.
innsaneink
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@innsaneink said:
I meant to say it was the first time for the white shorts and black jumper…remember a thread about it
innsaneink
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@Pokies said:
correct
bigsiro
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@Demps said:
Ha! Heighno's was classic!
Anyway here is a link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lhd53ET_14
Skip to 8:37 to see Mark's response. Awesome
If you look at guys who occupy this role at other clubs like Bozo and Gould, they don't have masters degrees in Business Administration, or experience as Club CEO's or the like.
They are just ex players who have maintained a high profile within the game through their coaching and media roles.
This GM of Football Operations position is not something that you need business or administrative experience in like some have suggested, it is a role where you need a keen eye for talent and a lot of football and lockeroom smarts. Ironically its a role that somelike like Tim Sheens would be perfectly suited to (just not at the Tigers).
Whether Mark is qualified, I don't know. But since he has no connection whatsoever to Pascoe, or anyone in club management that I can think of, I doubt it was a "jobs for the boys" appointment. Let's give the bloke a chance and judge him on his performance.
They are just ex players who have maintained a high profile within the game through their coaching and media roles.
This GM of Football Operations position is not something that you need business or administrative experience in like some have suggested, it is a role where you need a keen eye for talent and a lot of football and lockeroom smarts. Ironically its a role that somelike like Tim Sheens would be perfectly suited to (just not at the Tigers).
Whether Mark is qualified, I don't know. But since he has no connection whatsoever to Pascoe, or anyone in club management that I can think of, I doubt it was a "jobs for the boys" appointment. Let's give the bloke a chance and judge him on his performance.
**From the SMH**
<big>The prodigal son has returned home with a sense of deja vu.</big>
Mark O'Neill is back in Tiger Town in charge of a roster that has given him flashbacks to 2005 and that premiership-winning team.
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It's that very roster that has lured him back to the club after an eight-year stint inside NRL headquarters, unable to control his excitement about the potential of the crop of players at coach Jason Taylor's disposal.
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O'Neill has been entrusted with heading up the club's football department, but don't mistake his return as the resurfacing of the ghosts of yesteryear.
His priority? Ensuring an environment that will keep halves Mitchell Moses and Luke Brooks at the club beyond this season.
While he's been asked to unite the football department, he won't shy away from making the tough decisions and holds full accountability for the club's direction.
There has been great conjecture about the future of his former teammate Robbie Farah over the past two years, and while Farah is now settled back into life at the Tigers, O'Neill has shown his cards by declaring his personal relationships won't cloud his judgment.
"Robbie is a great bloke, and yeah we have been friends, but if anyone thinks that friendship will undermine my performance here at the Tigers in my professional role, they are mistaken," O'Neill said. "Bear in mind my charter is to act in the best interest of the Wests Tigers at all times, so if anyone was to be of a different understanding, well they are severely underestimating my capacity.
"Robbie is happy. He's been a great servant of this club and still is. For that I have nothing but glowing
reports to say about Robbie. Even in my short time here, he's been exceptional. I'm looking forward to seeing him back out on the field this week."
O'Neill has spoken with Moses and Brooks and while conversations have been positive, he believes it's the actions of the club and the culture that will determine whether they remain.
"My conversations with them have been informal at the moment, but it's pretty much been around 'What can I do to help you become the best player you possibly can?"' O'Neill said.
"I want to know how I can help them. I want to know how I can provide every opportunity for them to reach their potential. They are a special breed those two. If you sit there and watch what they do on the field, at training and what they do just as people – they are very impressive guys. It is a high priority and an importance of mine to retain them.
"If you simplified my charter, it would be to act in the best interest of the Wests Tigers at all times. I would think making sure Brooks and Moses stay would be acting in the best interest of the Wests Tigers. The whole playing group appear happy and enjoying each other's company – so we can tick that box."
O'Neill, who sought advice from Daniel Anderson (Eels), Brian Canavan (Titans) and Frank Ponissi (Storm) before taking on the job at the Tigers, is believed to have been in line for the NRL head of football position vacated by his mentor Todd Greenberg when he took up the chief executive's job.
O'Neill will play a key role in the recruitment and retention of players and coaching staff.
"I'm passionate about the organisation, but I'm more passionate about the playing roster we've got here," the former second-rower said.
"The roster we've got, it's just so exciting to come to have an opportunity to work with these guys and see what we can achieve. In many ways it's similar to when I left. There was a young playing group back in '05, and I can sit and talk about '05 forever. It was such a great time and great memories and the club's first ever premiership.
"But I think that's a bit disrespectful to the current roster and the current group we've got now because who is to say they can't achieve more than what has already been achieved in the past, no matter who the players were
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Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/wests-tigers/mark-oneill-returns-to-wests-tigers-with-flashbacks-of-2005-20160323-gnprg8.html#ixzz43im0CSTa
<big>The prodigal son has returned home with a sense of deja vu.</big>
Mark O'Neill is back in Tiger Town in charge of a roster that has given him flashbacks to 2005 and that premiership-winning team.
\
\
It's that very roster that has lured him back to the club after an eight-year stint inside NRL headquarters, unable to control his excitement about the potential of the crop of players at coach Jason Taylor's disposal.
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\
O'Neill has been entrusted with heading up the club's football department, but don't mistake his return as the resurfacing of the ghosts of yesteryear.
His priority? Ensuring an environment that will keep halves Mitchell Moses and Luke Brooks at the club beyond this season.
While he's been asked to unite the football department, he won't shy away from making the tough decisions and holds full accountability for the club's direction.
There has been great conjecture about the future of his former teammate Robbie Farah over the past two years, and while Farah is now settled back into life at the Tigers, O'Neill has shown his cards by declaring his personal relationships won't cloud his judgment.
"Robbie is a great bloke, and yeah we have been friends, but if anyone thinks that friendship will undermine my performance here at the Tigers in my professional role, they are mistaken," O'Neill said. "Bear in mind my charter is to act in the best interest of the Wests Tigers at all times, so if anyone was to be of a different understanding, well they are severely underestimating my capacity.
"Robbie is happy. He's been a great servant of this club and still is. For that I have nothing but glowing
reports to say about Robbie. Even in my short time here, he's been exceptional. I'm looking forward to seeing him back out on the field this week."
O'Neill has spoken with Moses and Brooks and while conversations have been positive, he believes it's the actions of the club and the culture that will determine whether they remain.
"My conversations with them have been informal at the moment, but it's pretty much been around 'What can I do to help you become the best player you possibly can?"' O'Neill said.
"I want to know how I can help them. I want to know how I can provide every opportunity for them to reach their potential. They are a special breed those two. If you sit there and watch what they do on the field, at training and what they do just as people – they are very impressive guys. It is a high priority and an importance of mine to retain them.
"If you simplified my charter, it would be to act in the best interest of the Wests Tigers at all times. I would think making sure Brooks and Moses stay would be acting in the best interest of the Wests Tigers. The whole playing group appear happy and enjoying each other's company – so we can tick that box."
O'Neill, who sought advice from Daniel Anderson (Eels), Brian Canavan (Titans) and Frank Ponissi (Storm) before taking on the job at the Tigers, is believed to have been in line for the NRL head of football position vacated by his mentor Todd Greenberg when he took up the chief executive's job.
O'Neill will play a key role in the recruitment and retention of players and coaching staff.
"I'm passionate about the organisation, but I'm more passionate about the playing roster we've got here," the former second-rower said.
"The roster we've got, it's just so exciting to come to have an opportunity to work with these guys and see what we can achieve. In many ways it's similar to when I left. There was a young playing group back in '05, and I can sit and talk about '05 forever. It was such a great time and great memories and the club's first ever premiership.
"But I think that's a bit disrespectful to the current roster and the current group we've got now because who is to say they can't achieve more than what has already been achieved in the past, no matter who the players were
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Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/wests-tigers/mark-oneill-returns-to-wests-tigers-with-flashbacks-of-2005-20160323-gnprg8.html#ixzz43im0CSTa
supercoach
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@Tigerdon said:
He is a brave man, jobs at club level especially ours are not know for their security, on the other hand jobs at Head office are safe as houses.
For that reason alone his heart must be 100% in the place so lets cut the Wests vs Balmain snipes. We are bloody lucky to have him
happy_tiger
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If he can fix the WT's he can fix anything
Lets see where this ends up
Lets see where this ends up
supercoach
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@happy tiger said:
Mate he is lucky he jumping on the ship now, at least there is a fair chance of success, if he had jumped on two years ago he probably would be at centre link by now. I hope it works for him and the club but we are talking Weststigers where football jobs come and go in a flash
jirskyr
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@Snake said:
Even if Balmain wanted O'Neill and got their man, it doesn't necessarily mean it's a "job for the boys". O'Neill is well-credentialed, has been with NRL HQ for some time and played more than 50% of his games for WESTS Tigers. If part of a joint-venture wants to hire someone who is appropriate for a role, then what is the problem with that? It's not as if they put Dawn Fraser in the position, or the guy who wears the Tiger Tim costume.
About "not what you know but who you know", that's an ignorant statement? Of course it's about who you know, that is almost always the way rugby league works. E.g. Dave Smith's appointment went down like a lead balloon because he was an "outsider", and now Greenberg is the man. Even David Gallop came to the CEO post via several years as a rugby league administrator and legal consultant.
Almost anyone who is anyone in league gets their via connections or a lot of $$$.
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