OFFICIAL Q&A Club discussion with Shaun Mielekamp

snopez said:
@ShaunMielekamp, long time lurker, first time poster. I want to drill down on some recent staffing choices within the football department.

1: Is there currently a Head of Football or General Manager position? If not, why? We have a coach with minimal experience and respectfully, a CEO with limited history in rugby league administration. (I know you were at Penrith and Souths before the Mariners but they were not football-side roles).

2: What is Pat Richards current position and what part of his past experience made him the best candidate for the role? Did you interview anyone else for this role or was this an internal hire?

3: What is the contract status for our Assistant Coaches? Do they operate on a year-to-year status or do they sign for multiple season with potential payouts if they are removed from that position?
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1. No.
Shaun Mielekamp is the General Manager of Football for the Wests Tigers

2. Senior Manager NRL: Works closely with head coach Benji Marshall and first-team squad members.

3.
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ShaunMielekamp said:
Being apologetic and honest is not being cowardly

Is it a challenge to bring the fans together - yes?
Is it a big rift? yes
Does it impact the organisation? yes
Are the fans to blame? absolutely not

Did I choose my words wrong - probably

I agree that the causes are deep seeded and longstanding - not the fault of the fans

If we don't have the hard conversations then how are we ever going to fix them - this is an approach I am taking across the entire club at all levels. I am going to get back to working hard now and I'll jump back on again in a few weeks.
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Good luck Shaun, I hope you succeed.
I was closing in on ten years of membership for this season, I was looking forward to saying “ I’ve been a member of my club for 10 years”. But our membership team botched up the auto renewal, (seriously that is free money?), anyway, that made me think what’s the point, the club couldn’t even care enough to “take my money!”, so why should I?
So for the second time in the last 20 years I’m a non-member, and to go with that I’ve bought no merch, gone to no games and now half the time I don’t even bother watching the game. It’s in my blood so I will always have an eye on the Tigers, but how are we bringing in new fans, there is nothing about this club that a young fan wants to support, even ones born into it are resisting.

BTW, I was not offended by anything you posted, but you got a fan base that’s got open wounds.

May the footy gods be with you.

T4L
 
Hi Shaun
if we talk about united fan base we have HBG who at the start of the year the "Home" jersey was the orange one and the white the away. We then get fed this rubbish that it is not the casr and the club "chooses" which jersey they wear for each game, yet on roar store and rebel and peter wynns it is clear home jersey is orange away is white.
HBG has a fit about the orange jersey so it never gets worn. The jersey practically walks off the shelves however in HBG wisdom they decide not to play in it.

Then we get on to the club home games, tigers are set to play 7 at campbletown when redeveloped, and only 3 at LO and probably one at magic round.

The club has effectively sold itself to campbletown council to get a redevelopment done for 7 games yet Leichardt oval sells out for the three games.

1. How water tight is the agreement with the council to play 7 games at Campbelltown?

2. Can the club at any point elect to go to a scenario of
5 LO
6 Campbelltown
1 magic round

3. Is it true wests tigers jerseys next year will be getting
Magpies Heritage Jersey ?
Balmain Heritage jersey ?

4. Will the club look at Wests Tigers in all grades ?
 
Jedi_Tiger said:
Hi Shaun
if we talk about united fan base we have HBG who at the start of the year the "Home" jersey was the orange one and the white the away. We then get fed this rubbish that it is not the casr and the club "chooses" which jersey they wear for each game, yet on roar store and rebel and peter wynns it is clear home jersey is orange away is white.
HBG has a fit about the orange jersey so it never gets worn. The jersey practically walks off the shelves however in HBG wisdom they decide not to play in it.

Then we get on to the club home games, tigers are set to play 7 at campbletown when redeveloped, and only 3 at LO and probably one at magic round.

The club has effectively sold itself to campbletown council to get a redevelopment done for 7 games yet Leichardt oval sells out for the three games.

1. How water tight is the agreement with the council to play 7 games at Campbelltown?

2. Can the club at any point elect to go to a scenario of
5 LO
6 Campbelltown
1 magic round

3. Is it true wests tigers jerseys next year will be getting
Magpies Heritage Jersey ?
Balmain Heritage jersey ?

4. Will the club look at Wests Tigers in all grades ?
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Jedi I may be wrong but I thought we have the same jersey design next year with the only changes being minor ones for sponsors or a new logo etc. as the nrl makes clubs wear the same one for 2 years. We could get out of the 2025 kit because our contract with whoever ran out so we got Canterbury and could make a new kit
 
Pringle Gold said:
You quite literally said:

“One of the biggest challenges is bringing all the fans together - it's actually one of the most significant rifts i have ever seen in a club and does have an impact on the entire organisation.”

You’re just being obtuse now and cowardly. You don’t even have the conviction to stand behind your own words.
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I cant believe the mods have left any of your comments up this long
 
ShaunMielekamp said:
Being apologetic and honest is not being cowardly

Is it a challenge to bring the fans together - yes?
Is it a big rift? yes
Does it impact the organisation? yes
Are the fans to blame? absolutely not

Did I choose my words wrong - probably

I agree that the causes are deep seeded and longstanding - not the fault of the fans

If we don't have the hard conversations then how are we ever going to fix them - this is an approach I am taking across the entire club at all levels. I am going to get back to working hard now and I'll jump back on again in a few weeks.
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Need a boo emoji

This guy is weak. No surprise Tigers going backwards again under him.
 
Jedi_Tiger said:
Hi Shaun
if we talk about united fan base we have HBG who at the start of the year the "Home" jersey was the orange one and the white the away. We then get fed this rubbish that it is not the casr and the club "chooses" which jersey they wear for each game, yet on roar store and rebel and peter wynns it is clear home jersey is orange away is white.
HBG has a fit about the orange jersey so it never gets worn. The jersey practically walks off the shelves however in HBG wisdom they decide not to play in it.

Then we get on to the club home games, tigers are set to play 7 at campbletown when redeveloped, and only 3 at LO and probably one at magic round.

The club has effectively sold itself to campbletown council to get a redevelopment done for 7 games yet Leichardt oval sells out for the three games.

1. How water tight is the agreement with the council to play 7 games at Campbelltown?

2. Can the club at any point elect to go to a scenario of
5 LO
6 Campbelltown
1 magic round

3. Is it true wests tigers jerseys next year will be getting
Magpies Heritage Jersey ?
Balmain Heritage jersey ?

4. Will the club look at Wests Tigers in all grades ?
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5. Can we see Koe and Flegg all played at the same ground once in a while.
 
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