Struggling in every grade - what's going on?

[Curaeus]

It is completely unacceptable for any team allegedly representing our club (Under 20's in this case) to have 84 points scored against them. Also not the first time this year this team has been humiliated with big losses. ISP team no better either. Might be time for Pascoe, Cleary and the Board to suggest new career options for the 2 lower grade coaches. I know coaches don't miss tackles et al but someone has to be held accountable

 

[Byron_Bay_Fan]

Are they being thrashed by Islanders twice their size? If not there is no excuse. Is it lack of effort?

 

[Pawsandclaws]

Are they being thrashed by Islanders twice their size? If not there is no excuse. Is it lack of effort?

The Sharks were huge across the park. Our players were admittedly undisciplined and gave away penalties which exacerbated the problem but the disparity in size? These players could have played NRL they were that large. The tallest player on the field was Seyfarth who is around six feet four and 100kgs but he was nowhere near the biggest.

 

[bp_tiger]

i see that the club has not put up the holden cup review, iam sure they are embarrassed to say the least.

 

[Yossarian]

We've had a long run of good NYC teams and where has it got us? I don't like losing 84-6 or whatever it was but having a good supply of juniors has probably caused more problems than benefits. Better off buying other clubs players.

 

[Tim Sheens]

There are some great responses in this thread. Thanks.

What's most alarming for me (apart from poor NRL performances) is the decline in representation from our club in junior rep sides (Kangaroos, Kiwis etc). This has to be a major red flag for all fans. Members and fans deserve better.

This document may also be of interest.

http://www.weststigers.com.au/content/dam/tigers/documents/Wests%20Tigers%20Strategic%20Plan_FINALv2.pdf

The club administration has failed and/or gone backwards on many of their three year goals.

They've had enough time to be judged. It's time for some of them to step aside. I encourage any members to make their voices heard at the end of the season.

The board and Jt have failed dismally with their goals.Jt has gone and its time for management to accept their part in the clubs failure as well.
I wont be holding my breath for it to happen

The "management" is already a lot different to what it was at around this point last year. New football manager, new recruitment manager, and new board/structure among the changes.

 

[rialto]

I'm just glad we're not letting the season 'drift'!

Me too!!

 

[pHyR3]

There are some great responses in this thread. Thanks.

What's most alarming for me (apart from poor NRL performances) is the decline in representation from our club in junior rep sides (Kangaroos, Kiwis etc). This has to be a major red flag for all fans. Members and fans deserve better.

This document may also be of interest.

http://www.weststigers.com.au/content/dam/tigers/documents/Wests%20Tigers%20Strategic%20Plan_FINALv2.pdf

The club administration has failed and/or gone backwards on many of their three year goals.

They've had enough time to be judged. It's time for some of them to step aside. I encourage any members to make their voices heard at the end of the season.

Thanks for the link. That makes for some very depressing reading. They haven't come anywhere near most of those goals and it's just not good enough. There really needs to be some changes at the end of the year.

6 goals there, i'd say we've made at least 3 of them. 18% increase in membership, crushed that. 12 local juniors (havent counted em up but we have a tonne). and i bet we have a 28% increase in merch since most off field stats have been good the last couple of year. crowd attendance hasn't finished up, but if we improve our crowds about 1-2% on last year we would have met that target too.

not too sure on social media numbers, but we've always had a pretty big presence there

in reality, we basically just failed miserably at reaching one of the targets which is making the top 4 and that's just about all anyone here cares about. if we'd made that and regressed in every other target no one would bat an eyelid

Exactly, so we've failed miserably. I couldn't care less about our social media presence or how many jerseys we sell, the fact is that we are still rooted to the bottom of the ladder and nowhere near the top 8, let alone the top 4\. The board, in my opinion, have failed miserably.

then why did you even bring up the other goals if you only cared about one of them…

i'm also not quite sure how much the board impacts our on field results. in case you don't know theyre in charge of the business side of things. the GM and coach are responsible for on field