Tigers board to undertake post-season review

[851]

"These boys put in each and every week. I have no doubt about their efforts and commitment and pride for the jumper but it hasn’t translated with results on the field and it’s just not good enough.

Translation.
"Our coach is poor and he is goooooooooone.

I fully expect to see a comment at the end say we are on the right track.

That's not who we are, another classic Madge post game presser analogy

 

[Snake]

Not good enough': Tigers board to undertake post-season review
Ed Chisholm 51 mins ago
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Scrutiny on the likes of Michael Maguire and Luke Brooks is set to intensify over the off-season with the Tigers board to conduct a full-scale review on the end of another disappointing year for the club.

The Tigers' finals drought will go on into a 10th straight year following a year that started with plenty of pre-season promises and ended with not much to show for it.

A recruitment drive that was headlined by former Panthers skipper James Tamou wasn't enough to improve results for the embattled club, which sits in 13th place heading into Sunday's final round clash with the Bulldogs.

Maguire remains contracted until the end of 2023 but that hasn't curbed the scrutiny around his position, while star halfback Luke Brooks' future also remains clouded with reports during the season suggesting the Tigers wouldn't hesitate entertaining offers from rival clubs for his services.

Tigers chairman Lee Hagipantelis confirmed on SEN that the club's board owed it to fans to demand answers after another year of agony.

While he didn't comment on the futures of Maguire and Brooks, the pair will undoubtedly be placed under the spotlight when the review is undertaken.

"It's been a disappointing year," Hagipantelis said.

"I've made it publically known that we will all sit down at the end of the year and undertake a deep review of the year that's passed and ask a lot of difficult questions but more importantly demand difficult answers.

"These boys put in each and every week. I have no doubt about their efforts and commitment and pride for the jumper but it hasn't translated with results on the field and it's just not good enough.

"We're just going to have to sit down at the end of this year and work out what we need to do."

Tigers powerbrokers have been outspoken in their past with their trust in Maguire as the man to lead the club out of this rut but patience is undoubtedly beginning to wear thin.

Defensively this season the Tigers are conceding an average of 29.3 points per game, their worst defensive record since Maguire arrived at the helm three seasons ago.

Recruitment is another issue that continues to plague the club, with Dale Finucan and Tevita Pangai Junior the latest big names the Tigers have expressed interest in yet failed to land.

Their new arrivals for next season so far include star Super League duo Jackson Hastings and Oliver Gildart, both sound acquisitions but not ones you'd pin hopes on to immediately turn results around.

"We owe it to our fans and members - there are 400,000 people who identify themselves and fans and members of the Wests Tigers and we owe it to them. They are the stakeholders," Hagipantelis added.

"They have now been through 10 long years desperate for a team of which they can be proud and a team that will actually achieve sustained success."

I understand its been a bad year but lets not forget the roster we have had this year is a bottom of the ladder roster weather we like it or not. I call it a development year and we have given a lot of young kids a go and will be better for the experience. I still believe we lack some key signings and now that we have off loaded packer, Mybe, Reynolds, etc.. we need to use some of this free money to upgrade the top tier young ones like Stefo, Laurie plus buy a few external players to help them.
I for one think Madge needs to stay as he has gone through all the hard parts of a total rebuild and deserves the shot to enjoy the success moving forward.

It would be good to actually see a team that looked coached .. this is not that bad a roster they could be coached to have at least some attitude and respect for themselves .. Maguires done time to move on !

 

[851]

You only get rid of a Coach if you have someone better. Next please. As for Brooks, he will look good in a Cowboys jumper.

Maybe they already have someone better lined up?

Wouldn't be hard

 

[Snake]

This article is all about the coming Membership drive .
Make your voice heard this is your chance ! As Quoted nothing is changing regardless of the review!

 

[innsaneink]

Too.bad we only have season ticket holders and not real members who
caN hold the board accountable

 

[clontarfkid]

Madge definitely has to go based on
!)results-speak for themselves.9th to 11th to 13th..worse predicted next season.Defence and attack abysmal
2Our total inability to attract talent to the club with Madge at the helm
3)almost every quality/high $$ player weve recruited to the club in recent years has gone backwards...demoted to the bench or worse..with very few exceptions.. Joffra/Mbye/Tamou/Joey L/Jet/Reynolds/Packer have all been categoric disasters under Madges management.Sure they may not have been optimal recruits,but he was part of that process for many of them and hes extracted very little from any of them.Hes the antithesis of Bellamy who makes ordinary players into stars..Madge does the opposite and turns big names into duds!!
4)Development of juniors,with the exception of Stefano and Laurie(who both wld have flourished under any coach)has been abysmal...I see the same mistakes from the same young players every week.Weve got a very successful junior structure that Madge has simply underoptimised
5)Most important of all...the players arent playing for each other ...or the team ...under Madge.Most damming of all.
Unless Im a really bad judge,heavy hitters like Lee and Harry are astute operators to whom the above is totally transparent...and totally intolerable
Passion doesnt compensate for ability
Sorry Madge

 

[Tiger Woods]

The board should just read this forum
We have all the answers to their problems right here

 

[GCfan]

These end of season reviews happen at every club every year. Sheens involvement in this season's review will make this year's review a little different. Love to see the boys make finals but this ongoing Telegraph crap about the time since Wests Tigers last finals game is just ridiculous. We did at least win the comp in 05. Two of the NRL's pets the Titans and the Warriors have spent plenty since joining the competition and won precisely nothing.

And we’ve never won the spoon either so that’s something I guess

 

[tigerap]

A lot of the comments here while well meaning, are fairly uninformed.

The role of the board isn't to run the footy club.

The board exist to keep us financially viable as a club, abiding by laws, build a vision and strategy and employ a CEO to turn the vision into reality and run things.

An annual review is pretty spot on.

Whether the review is any good is another issue.

That should be the Boards agenda...but rarely is(anywhere)...don't kid yourself the Board of most Organizations have a say in how things are run!

 

[GCfan]

"These boys put in each and every week. I have no doubt about their efforts and commitment and pride for the jumper but it hasn’t translated with results on the field and it’s just not good enough.

Translation.
"Our coach is poor and he is goooooooooone.

I fully expect to see a comment at the end say we are on the right track.

That's not who we are, another classic Madge post game presser analogy

Too true. Perhaps he should start saying “that’s not who we want to be”

 

[Geo]

A lot of the comments here while well meaning, are fairly uninformed.

The role of the board isn't to run the footy club.

****The board exist to keep us financially viable as a club, abiding by laws, build a vision and strategy and employ a CEO to turn the vision into reality and run things.****

An annual review is pretty spot on.

Whether the review is any good is another issue.

Does that include Board Members contacting Media organisations to give their 50 cents on football matters..

Because that is what members of this board do.. That needs a review....

 

[WT2K]

Oh this bloke again. Have an independent review of the board first, thanks. Muppet.

 

[dazza65]

Sheens will be doing it. Or at least I hope so.

Can you image a review run by our current board of insurance and real estate agents....sheeeesh.

I don't even know if Sheens should be conducting the review. He's been out of the NRL for a decade, and his football department and facilities were well below standard the last time he was here. He's going to see the Centre of Excellence and the number of personnel in the football department and think that it's far better than what it looks like externally.

it needs to be completely independent. someone like Shane Richardson might be a decent shout, although he might side with Madge when he could be an issue.

I agree, to an extent - id still take Sheens over anyone on the board. He may have been out of the NRL for a decade but his experience and knowledge of the game and what it takes to be successful really cant be argued against I would have thought.

 

[FinestTigers]

The problem is neither Madge or Brooks they are both very capable, dedicated and passionate as they can be about their team. (but,Brooks would be better suited in another position),

The problem is the effort by some of the players, and it's enough even if it were just the one player the opposition quickly expose the weakness of that player, in a recent game **Ronaldo** thaught he was playing against kids scoring tries at will and he would have gotten 5 or 6 if he didn't get that unlucky injury.


Madge currently does not have the players to replace those players who are only **pretending** to tackle. We see this every game.

**Mr Lee H**, in terms of population, we are a far bigger population than the Sharks Region
It is (innerwest+liverpool council+macarthur region) = 1.1 million v 210,000 sutherland shire.

And in the past, despite the sharks having far bigger club crisis than we did, we are we still a far weaker team than the Sharks. Why? Not only why but why has this been going on for so long?
No, it's not Madge or Brooks, start asking those other important questions while your having your meetings lunch and **Caviar**.
.
**Questions like**, When will this population of over 1 million people watch games at one homeground? Preferably a new one somewhere in the centre of this vast WT territory? 5years? 10years? Never?.

 

[Krammy]

After being in constant discussions about where the blame may lie as to why we have had such a terrible year, I am happy to let the review sort it out. If Madge gets punted, or put into a different role, so be it. If he is retained, then I will support him. If half a dozen players get told they are welcome to look elsewhere, so be it. If board members, assistant coaches are asked to move on - the same. I hope this review drills down deeply. I will totally support whatever and whoever comes from the review, as long as they leave no stone unturned. I am just relieved the review is being done. Hey - we might even become united supporters in 2022!

 

[Merlot]

united supporters lol,life would be dull

 

[Elderslie_Tiger]

not the board please. someone independent. they wouldn't know how to run a lemonade stand. and as for Lee saying "These boys put in each and every week. I have no doubt about their efforts and commitment and pride for the jumper..." outlines he hasn't been watching many games

Knowing our Management Mob they will probably start the review in late January with the result that outcomes such as change of coach, importing of new players etc, etc cannot realisitc take place until late 2022.

This current Wests Tigers Management Mob is completely useless.

The review should have been started after the Sharks game when our chances of miraculously making the 8 disappeared and the results posted after our last game the longer it takes to start the less likelihood of any change happening.

 

[Guest]

united supporters lol,life would be dull

Imagine how dull the Melbourne forum must be with all that winning.
Winning is boring without years of pain.

 

[Wounded_magpie]

Is there any context to this?

The context is a season where the club has gone backwards.
Just like the previous season and the season before.
3 years of no visible signs of coaching and the board's had enough.

Rightio

With respect I disagree.
I thought there were several positives / green shoots .
The performances of both our Flegg and KOE squads were impressive .
For several members of our FG team , it was either their debut season or only had limited experience . They will all be better after having a season under their belts.
And I think the opening of our COE may improve our image to new recruits.

 

[Merlot]

united supporters lol,life would be dull

Imagine how dull the Melbourne forum must be with all that winning.
Winning is boring without years of pain.

dream a little dream over the rainbow