Mindset shift to being TIGERS

[BlackWhiteGold]

If this club is to be successful, if our NRL team is to be successful, they should start focusing on being Tigers!

Firstly, let me preface this by saying, it's got nothing to do with Balmain Tigers & Wests Magpies. It's about who we are as a club & who our players represents. We are Tigers! One of the fiercest predators on the planet, top of the food chain just below humans, one of the most popular brand marks in Australian (even world sport).

Yet our club has hardly ever acted like Tigers!

I'm not being fruity here lol hear me out please.

It is evident our NRL team is and has been perceived for a long time as soft, cannot deal with adversity, 90% of the time lose the forwards battle, are basically cannon fodder for opposition fans & media, our players look down rather than angry when they lose. I am sick of it like all of you are.

We can bring in new coaches, new players, new CEOs, even new board members, but when has our footy team actually changed in how it believes & is perceived. Maybe the first few rounds this year!

I'm calling for a mindset shift which has to be club wide & from the top down but ultimately driven on the playing & training field by the playing group.

They need to be Tigers!

They need that to embed it in their minds that they are predators, they hunt with ferocity, they hunt in packs, they chase & attack, they have arrogance of being at the top of the pack, they protect each other from attacks. If they lose, they return bigger & stronger with new tactics. Home games, we protect the jungle & make it hard for our enemies to escape alive. Away games, we ambush the opposition quickly without them seeing what's coming!

Ok it sounds silly but I'm fair dinkum, anyone who plays for the WT, works for the WT, needs to be inducted into the way of the Tiger. That includes coaches driving it into the players pre-game to hunt in packs, devour the opposition, be smart etc etc ... no more slow softly, softly starts, we fight fire with Tigers!

This is a notion that can right through the club into pathways into fan engagement into branding. We want kids loving Tigers, wanting to be Tigers, seeing the animal in us.

If a player is getting tired out on the field or passive, a team mate puts up the Tiger call and it means something. It means to lift, it means 110% effort, it means to fight for eachother.

I am sick of our NRL team being passive losers, I want our team to be Tigers! It doesn't mean winning every game, it means playing like real Tigers and we will be proud!

 

[happy_tiger]

As I said once before ....I think Tigers will become extinct in the wild before we win our next premiership

 

[Alex Seyfarth's #1 Fan]

Wrong. We should become the Western Suburbs Seyfarths. Everyone will know what you mean when you say you need to play like a Seyfarth.

 

[hugh1954]

If the name is the Incentive lets Be The RAPTORS

 

[Bellend]

If this club is to be successful, if our NRL team is to be successful, they should start focusing on being Tigers!

Firstly, let me preface this by saying, it's got nothing to do with Balmain Tigers & Wests Magpies. It's about who we are as a club & who our players represents. We are Tigers! One of the fiercest predators on the planet, top of the food chain just below humans, one of the most popular brand marks in Australian (even world sport).

Yet our club has hardly ever acted like Tigers!

I'm not being fruity here lol hear me out please.

It is evident our NRL team is and has been perceived for a long time as soft, cannot deal with adversity, 90% of the time lose the forwards battle, are basically cannon fodder for opposition fans & media, our players look down rather than angry when they lose. I am sick of it like all of you are.

We can bring in new coaches, new players, new CEOs, even new board members, but when has our footy team actually changed in how it believes & is perceived. Maybe the first few rounds this year!

I'm calling for a mindset shift which has to be club wide & from the top down but ultimately driven on the playing & training field by the playing group.

They need to be Tigers!

They need that to embed it in their minds that they are predators, they hunt with ferocity, they hunt in packs, they chase & attack, they have arrogance of being at the top of the pack, they protect each other from attacks. If they lose, they return bigger & stronger with new tactics. Home games, we protect the jungle & make it hard for our enemies to escape alive. Away games, we ambush the opposition quickly without them seeing what's coming!

Ok it sounds silly but I'm fair dinkum, anyone who plays for the WT, works for the WT, needs to be inducted into the way of the Tiger. That includes coaches driving it into the players pre-game to hunt in packs, devour the opposition, be smart etc etc ... no more slow softly, softly starts, we fight fire with Tigers!

This is a notion that can right through the club into pathways into fan engagement into branding. We want kids loving Tigers, wanting to be Tigers, seeing the animal in us.

If a player is getting tired out on the field or passive, a team mate puts up the Tiger call and it means something. It means to lift, it means 110% effort, it means to fight for eachother.

I am sick of our NRL team being passive losers, I want our team to be Tigers! It doesn't mean winning every game, it means playing like real Tigers and we will be proud!

Great Post BWG

There needs a whole reset inside and outside the club. Two best experiences i have had personally regardless of sport was once in regional Italy and English, they had market days before games, all clubs involved that day helped promote it, it raised money for their respective clubs and a club charity, great food, so many different stalls it was a brilliant setting before you went inside for the actual game, this something the Tigers could do at Campbelltown especially.

 

[Betterdays22]

I think we should be Magpies. At least we might be up and about come August-September.

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

Great Post BWG

There needs a whole reset inside and outside the club. Two best experiences i have had personally regardless of sport was once in regional Italy and English, they had market days before games, all clubs involved that day helped promote it, it raised money for their respective clubs and a club charity, great food, so many different stalls it was a brilliant setting before you went inside for the actual game, this something the Tigers could do at Campbelltown especially.

Damn right, Campbelltown, Concord & Balmain as suburbs can become jungles through branding & signage too. People coming into the areas need to know they are entering Wests Tigers territory!

 

[davey_farrell]

I think we should be Magpies. At least we might be up and about come August-September.

That is gold!!!

 

[Bellend]

Damn right, Campbelltown, Concord & Balmain as suburbs can become jungles through branding & signage too. People coming into the areas need to know they are entering Wests Tigers territory!

110%

 

[tiger_one]

That is gold!!!

Or champion @davey_farrell - at least, black and white! 😉

 

[innsaneink]

If this club is to be successful, if our NRL team is to be successful, they should start focusing on being Tigers!

Firstly, let me preface this by saying, it's got nothing to do with Balmain Tigers & Wests Magpies. It's about who we are as a club & who our players represents. We are Tigers! One of the fiercest predators on the planet, top of the food chain just below humans, one of the most popular brand marks in Australian (even world sport).

Yet our club has hardly ever acted like Tigers!

I'm not being fruity here lol hear me out please.

It is evident our NRL team is and has been perceived for a long time as soft, cannot deal with adversity, 90% of the time lose the forwards battle, are basically cannon fodder for opposition fans & media, our players look down rather than angry when they lose. I am sick of it like all of you are.

We can bring in new coaches, new players, new CEOs, even new board members, but when has our footy team actually changed in how it believes & is perceived. Maybe the first few rounds this year!

I'm calling for a mindset shift which has to be club wide & from the top down but ultimately driven on the playing & training field by the playing group.

They need to be Tigers!

They need that to embed it in their minds that they are predators, they hunt with ferocity, they hunt in packs, they chase & attack, they have arrogance of being at the top of the pack, they protect each other from attacks. If they lose, they return bigger & stronger with new tactics. Home games, we protect the jungle & make it hard for our enemies to escape alive. Away games, we ambush the opposition quickly without them seeing what's coming!

Ok it sounds silly but I'm fair dinkum, anyone who plays for the WT, works for the WT, needs to be inducted into the way of the Tiger. That includes coaches driving it into the players pre-game to hunt in packs, devour the opposition, be smart etc etc ... no more slow softly, softly starts, we fight fire with Tigers!

This is a notion that can right through the club into pathways into fan engagement into branding. We want kids loving Tigers, wanting to be Tigers, seeing the animal in us.

If a player is getting tired out on the field or passive, a team mate puts up the Tiger call and it means something. It means to lift, it means 110% effort, it means to fight for eachother.

I am sick of our NRL team being passive losers, I want our team to be Tigers! It doesn't mean winning every game, it means playing like real Tigers and we will be proud!

I feel your frustration bro...think we all do

 

[Demps]

Great post @BlackWhiteGold
Love your work.

Wholeheartedly agree.
Win, lose or draw - the badge never changes.

 

[Papacito]

I don't disagree @BlackWhiteGold - culture goes a long way.

I can only really talk from companies I've worked at but culture shifts like sand in the desert. It's usually a people thing than a company thing.

You get a new CEO and management rolling in, new people, and things change quick. The shared stories vanish.

I suspect it's true for us too.

Remember Ivan Cleary's bus?

Remember Madge's halftime speeches?

Remember Richo's crocodile roll?

All those cultures vanished, with a new person bringing their own spin on things and the previous person's idea on a good culture often becomes a taboo subject.

Same with players, they all come in with their own quirks and ways of seeing things. Often replaced by a new core every few years. It makes it very hard to build a culture in the modern game.

I guess what I'm saying is that it's a good idea, but would require the club to stay committed to a coherent direction for years. I'm not sure our club has the patience to do that.

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

I don't disagree @BlackWhiteGold - culture goes a long way.

I can only really talk from companies I've worked at but culture shifts like sand in the desert. It's usually a people thing than a company thing.

You get a new CEO and management rolling in, new people, and things change quick. The shared stories vanish.

I suspect it's true for us too.

Remember Ivan Cleary's bus?

Remember Madge's halftime speeches?

Remember Richo's crocodile roll?

All those cultures vanished, with a new person bringing their own spin on things and the previous person's idea on a good culture often becomes a taboo subject.

Same with players, they all come in with their own quirks and ways of seeing things. Often replaced by a new core every few years. It makes it very hard to build a culture in the modern game.

I guess what I'm saying is that it's a good idea, but would require the club to stay committed to a coherent direction for years. I'm not sure our club has the patience to do that.

All of that is true Papa. But this is more than culture.

This needs to be an institutional non-negotiable written into the Code of Conduct. You come work or play for the Wests Tigers, you live the Tiger! You agree to perform like a Tiger! Win, lose or draw, you fight, you protect, you be aggressive! Everyone is accountable to each other to do this. If you don't live the Tiger while you're on duty, you're out!

It's kind of revolutionary in a way but we need to be different. And it's very simple, we are the Tigers, so be a f'n Tiger!

 

[Tiger Woods]

Who are who are who are we

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

Two examples on the field.

In defence, our forwards hunt in packs and always win the contact (like the Bulldogs did to us the other night even though the likes of Curran & Salmon aren't big blokes).

When we go a man down in the sin bin, we get aggressive in defence. We come up & in hard & fast and we scramble in numbers. If they want to score, they have to find a way around us.

 

[Demps]

Part of the ship,
Part of the crew.

 

[innsaneink]

That is gold!!!

I missed it at first

 

[innsaneink]

Who is our onfield leader next year?
We need an experienced, tough no nonsense type ala JWH minus the suspensions

 

[Oldman]

Which one are we ?

• Bengal Tiger: The most common tiger. It has a bright orange coat and lives mainly in India.

• Amur (Siberian) Tiger: The largest tiger in the world. It has thick fur and pale stripes to survive the cold Russian winters.

• Sumatran Tiger: The smallest living tiger. It is a great swimmer and lives only on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.

• Indochinese Tiger: A smaller, darker tiger that hides in the dense forests and mountains of Southeast Asia.

• Malayan Tiger: Found only on the Malay Peninsula, this is one of the smallest tigers.