Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

Lestronge said:
You don’t reckon 2 former head coaches as assistants isn’t reducing the load ? .
When you look at a lot of the teams staff there’s heaps of ex nrl players form not that long ago taking up assistant roles .
There’s not too many “served their time , and earnt a spot “ assistant coaches .
Guys like , Boyd corner , Ben Teo , heighno ,cayless , etc . As most people say , as a head coach the role has changed to man managing , and all the off field stuff .
The actual X and O is Morris and Hodgo . And I think they’re doing thier job.
My biggest stuff ups from Benji . Deciding to go for the softly softly approach last year . Which he acknowledges and looks to have fixed .
And going all in on a rat like Galvin . If caused soo much friction , and drama over the lat 2 years , for him to bad mouth him on his way out … I mean …. The second one is like the mate who’s dating a chick who’s cheating on him . It’s hard to not say I told you so … but you just feel bad for the guy , and how much effort he put in .
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I love Benji, and I want him to succeed. But I just can’t help but think he’s got himself in too deep sometimes.
 
GNR4LIFE said:
Didn’t like the coach. Like a handful of others that left. It’s becoming an elephant that’s getting hard to ignore.
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I'm sure you're aware there are a number of reasons which the Tigers have struggled with for years

Yes the coach would be part of the problem but more so, his assistants.

And the playing roster?

And clubs future outlook?
 
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upthetigers said:
When it comes to MH issues you don't just flick a switch and become a different person. It's an ongoing battle. Angus Chrichton took time away from the game and it's possible the Tigers feel Taylan is not ready yet to get back into the NRL grind. I trust Richo and Benji on this. I've been in a psych ward and it took me a couple years to get back into the right mindset.
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Youre a bit of legend for sharing that experience. Respect.

I couldnt say with any certainty that myself or anyone i know wouldnt end up there given a set of circumstances.

The mind is a very complex beast.
 
GNR4LIFE said:
I love Benji, and I want him to succeed. But I just can’t help but think he’s got himself in too deep sometimes.
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Maybe …. But for many of us the best time to learn to swim is when you feel like you’re going to sink .
Is this Benji the finished product ? God no ! We just need him to be good enough to get these guys moving forward so he can learn , so in 3-5 years time we are benefitting from these hard times .
I look at the Raiders and I think they’ve really ridden the Ricky ride the whole way through , down the bottom - up the top etc. before him they had coaches , but it was burdened by mediocrity . They found thier guy “who just gets the raiders” , and have been stable since .
I don’t care if we win every year , because I really don’t think we are ever going to be that club . But 3-5 year window … regress to 9-12 for a year or 2 then surge again . That team … we definitely can be that team .
But we need a stabilising force someone who when you think tigers you think ….. that person . I’m hoping it’s Benji . Not because it’s Benji Marshall but because I think he really is starting to come out the other side . This week will be a good indicator into whether Galvin really was that fox in the hen house , or whether the guys have hit the mid season wall , and a return to the toothless tigers.
 
GNR4LIFE said:
Combined with the Magpies, I’ve supported this club since I was 10, and gone through emotions you couldn’t even imagine. I’ve earned the right to say what I want about this club, as has anyone else who has invested so much emotion and energy into it.
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Did you it sit at the league's club hill in the late 80s early 90s

I remember the first game at Campbelltown

And buying the first try scorers raffle tickets
 
Odessa said:
Did you it sit at the league's club hill in the late 80s early 90s

I remember the first game at Campbelltown

And buying the first try scorers raffle tickets
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Late 80’s was before my time. Mid 90’s on the hill with the drunks. In the days before phones and the only way you’d know scores at other grounds is when the announcer would come over the speaker. And any time a top of the ladder team was getting beat you’d get the massive cheer. And the helicopter would land on the field at full time, getting the video for the news that night.
 
Chunk said:
I'm sure you're aware there are a number of reasons which the Tigers have struggled with for years

Yes the coach would be part of the problem but more so, his assistants.

And the playing roster?

And clubs future outlook?
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All correct C, for at least the last decade it’s been the Chairman, the Board, the CEO, the Head Coach, the Assistant Coaches, the Home Grounds, the Shipping Containers, the Player Recruitment, the Juniors, the Jersey,
the Ball boys, the Water Runner etc etc etc.

When does it all come together in a cohesive and competitive force ??
IE, the future outlook ? I really hate to say this but maybe never !!!!
Perhaps a mid table position with just enough wins to keep us interested, but never quite enough to be competitive.
There just always seems to be another mountain, doesn’t there!
 
TheClaws said:
That is my understanding as well, named sponsors are not able to provide "arms length" 3rd party deals to players. Anything they would pay a player would come straight off the salary cap. I know Galvin likes playing golf...laundy may be a really bad golf player that likes to back himself with a wager or two against some of the players who might have signed for love not money.
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The Uncle Nick strategy
 
Odessa said:
Did you it sit at the league's club hill in the late 80s early 90s

I remember the first game at Campbelltown

And buying the first try scorers raffle tickets
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Did you go to LO when it was a cricket oval, when the Keith Barnes stand was the change rooms, drink at Wimpys Well, cut through the mental asylum to get back to the mighty Balmain Leagues Club.
The answer is no, just like I didn’t experience anything you e mentioned at Death Valley.
That’s part of the problem, we are trying to take 2 very different cultures with 2 very different types of people and pull them together. And does it really work, no !
 
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