“We haven’t had a score put on us until last night,” Sheens told the
Herald following the Tigers’ 44-18 loss to the South Sydney Rabbitohs.
“The score last night hurt us after leading at half-time. I know the boys are disappointed. Madge is disappointed. I’m not prepared to make a comment 24 hours later about what we’re going to do or not do.
“There’s always ongoing speculation. I won’t make specific comments on the coach. It is a moment for us to stop and catch our breath and then put forward a recommendation after that. There’s a board meeting next month.
“The questions will come with that about where we are going and what we are doing moving forward. There’ll have to be some recommendations. The bye gives us a chance to stop and reassess without the emotion of it all. This isn’t all aimed at one person, it’s about the club generally.”
“It is the halfway mark and we will be having a look at things,” Sheens said. “With no game on there is plenty of time and less pressure to look at everything including our recruitment, our kids - who are being chased by a million clubs - and what we do with guys like Adam Doueihi and Jackson Hastings.”
“It’s not the defining moment but it’s a chance for us a catch our breath and have a look at things. There’s no doubt with Madge being under the pump last year, those sorts of things have been discussed. There’s no major decisions being made at this stage.”
Wests Tigers director of football Tim Sheens has confirmed the club will make a recommendation to the board about the future of the club at an upcoming board meeting.
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But Sheens stressed the focus would be across the whole club, including player recruitment for next season, injuries, junior retention and long-term negotiations.
"This is the stuff we are talking about, not a witch hunt," Sheens told AAP.
"Of course coaching will be looked at. As in where we are going for the rest of the season, what's our issues with recruitment and injuries.
"Coaching isn't specifically the coach, it's about coaching generally.
"It's about who we are keeping, who we are not.
"We're also talking about ongoing recruitment from the end of next year with Jackson Hastings, Adam Doueihi and Daine Laurie."
"At the end of the day Madge is buying for next year, so we have to sit down and talk about who we keep," Sheens said.
"There are players off contract. (James) Tamou, (Jock) Madden, (Tommy) Talau.
"There are hookers we have to sort out with Api (Koroisau) coming."
Wests Tigers football boss Tim Sheens insists under-pressure coach Michael Maguire won't be subjected to a witch hunt ahead of meetings around the battling club's football department.Saturday night's capitulation to South Sydney has left the Tigers at 3-9 heading into the Origin period, a...
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