Rumour - Steve Folkes a possible coaching contender
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happy_tiger
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If they decide on a senior coach , he would be my choice , but he won't come if Sheens is stil at the club
Absolute recipe for disaster
Can you imagine it , Benji finishes training and goes to speak to Sheens to have a whinge about Folkes Bloody ugly situation if you ask me and for Folkes it would be lose lose
Hope if Folkes comes he becomes our defensive coach and gets someone as the attacking coach
Fittler might be a good choice for that role , if Walters was interested he also would be handy
The Tigers need the Dogs of War mentality
Absolute recipe for disaster
Can you imagine it , Benji finishes training and goes to speak to Sheens to have a whinge about Folkes Bloody ugly situation if you ask me and for Folkes it would be lose lose
Hope if Folkes comes he becomes our defensive coach and gets someone as the attacking coach
Fittler might be a good choice for that role , if Walters was interested he also would be handy
The Tigers need the Dogs of War mentality
AmericanHistoryX
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@happy tiger said:
Hasler is taken.
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tigerbenji
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I thought they flicked Folkes because he trained them too hard?. While on that i thought we started the season a bit under done.
tigermaniac
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Listen WT fans, Folkes showed the club what is needed for our club to be a contender, what made the dogs tick and what it takes to win premierships. Two years running we were just off. So then the boys want him out because he's running them into the ground. Well if Folkes does coach and they don't like it, go join Sheens. Ask any athlete at the top of their sport, they all say the same, hard work, long hours and no short cuts.
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@Fraze23 said:
Yes I agree. He is a much better coach now than he was at 29\. He was set a very tough task for a guy with minimal experience to coach a team containing players who were older than him and/or former team-mates.
AmericanHistoryX
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at least with Folkes our forward pack will be BIG.
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king_sirro
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Postives for Folkes:
Our defense will improve
He has no ego….anyone who coached as long as he did and then is willing to take an assistant role behind a very young and unproven coach shows a guy who is willing to get the job done without any fuss. It isnt about him, which is great.
He would make the tough calls.
Negatives:
Football seems to follow trends, and at the moment older coaches seem to be struggling to move ahead with the game.
It was reported that Folkes wasnt a great tactician, so his assistant would have to be the man to run our attack
Our defense will improve
He has no ego….anyone who coached as long as he did and then is willing to take an assistant role behind a very young and unproven coach shows a guy who is willing to get the job done without any fuss. It isnt about him, which is great.
He would make the tough calls.
Negatives:
Football seems to follow trends, and at the moment older coaches seem to be struggling to move ahead with the game.
It was reported that Folkes wasnt a great tactician, so his assistant would have to be the man to run our attack
Tigersmurf
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I support Folkes getting the position King Sirro, but I think you may find that he is ALL ego!
AmericanHistoryX
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@Tigersmurf said:
He wasn't all ego when he took a knee from Graham Wynn in the Saints v Bulldogs grand final. Went on to finish the game. Don't ask me who won.
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TIGERS
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Steve Folkes please. He's perfect.
He joins Wests Tigers as Assistant. Suddenly we're a top 4(ish) club make finals 2 years running…
He leaves Wests Tigers.. well, erm.. ummmm...lol.
He's from the awesome Warren Ryan school of good footy coaches. He knows the players, he knows the culture, he has the authority to speak as a premiership winning coach. He developed perhaps the most feared and lethal forward pack in recent memory. He got the forwards playing so well at the doggies in 2004 he won a premiership with Brent Sherwin at Halfback. He'd get a lot out of Anasta for us too.
My gut feeling is that its gonna be Matt Parish. The more the merrier with the ex Balmain Brigade. Someone who is easy to control and sympathetic to the Orange Side of the family. Its not a healthy option in my Opinion. We've got too many ego's and big time charlies to have a rookie coach.
He joins Wests Tigers as Assistant. Suddenly we're a top 4(ish) club make finals 2 years running…
He leaves Wests Tigers.. well, erm.. ummmm...lol.
He's from the awesome Warren Ryan school of good footy coaches. He knows the players, he knows the culture, he has the authority to speak as a premiership winning coach. He developed perhaps the most feared and lethal forward pack in recent memory. He got the forwards playing so well at the doggies in 2004 he won a premiership with Brent Sherwin at Halfback. He'd get a lot out of Anasta for us too.
My gut feeling is that its gonna be Matt Parish. The more the merrier with the ex Balmain Brigade. Someone who is easy to control and sympathetic to the Orange Side of the family. Its not a healthy option in my Opinion. We've got too many ego's and big time charlies to have a rookie coach.
@tigermaniac said:
have u read my previous threads about the tigers needing to get of hino beau ashy ford sheens and Lote. Lote was the only one I was wrong on and trust me the deal was never have meant to go through. The players want folkes. So take a deep breath and enjoy the ride
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851
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@everett said:
Wouldn't think Walters would leave an assisstance coach at Storm to be an assisstant coach with us
851
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@Tigersmurf said:
I met Folkes at a ride day at Eastern Creek,he was very approachable and was willing to talk about anything,but I am leaning towards Brown or Anderson as they have no connection at all with us,but if Folkes get the gig I am still happy with that.
