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WESTS Tigers coach Tim Sheens admits there are factions at the club pushing for his sacking, but he is committed to seeing out the last two years of his contract.
In his first extensive interview since calls for his head, Sheens hosed down talk of a move to the Warriors.
"All I've ever heard is Craig Bellamy and I were the sort of coach they were looking at, but we're both on contract," Sheens said. "I've not spoken to the Warriors about it and I've certainly not made an appointment with them.
"I know there are factions here at the Tigers that would be happy to see me go.
"They're not necessarily close to the club, but they are factions on the fringe. Look, you can never satisfy everyone. The main areas for concern are your players and the club management.
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"From my perspective, I've had no issues with either, or certainly none that anyone's telling me about anyway.
"It's like players going to different clubs, coaches get linked the same."
When the Tigers bombed out of finals contention with back-to-back losses to the Roosters and Storm, the blowtorch was immediately applied to Sheens.
The Sunday Telegraph understands senior players met with chairman David Trodden to discuss where the season went wrong.
Sheens and his support staff featured heavily in the conversations, but Trodden and chief executive Stephen Humphreys have since assured the coach that his contract is safe.
"I don't like leaving a job undone. I know we've won one premiership here, but I'd certainly like to have a crack at another one and we've got a really talented group of kids coming through," Sheens said.
"It's a big story to turn around and just say, 'well, now I'm going to walk out on that'."
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/tim-sheens-determined-to-see-out-his-contract-with-wests-tigers/story-e6frexnr-1226474787326
In his first extensive interview since calls for his head, Sheens hosed down talk of a move to the Warriors.
"All I've ever heard is Craig Bellamy and I were the sort of coach they were looking at, but we're both on contract," Sheens said. "I've not spoken to the Warriors about it and I've certainly not made an appointment with them.
"I know there are factions here at the Tigers that would be happy to see me go.
"They're not necessarily close to the club, but they are factions on the fringe. Look, you can never satisfy everyone. The main areas for concern are your players and the club management.
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"From my perspective, I've had no issues with either, or certainly none that anyone's telling me about anyway.
"It's like players going to different clubs, coaches get linked the same."
When the Tigers bombed out of finals contention with back-to-back losses to the Roosters and Storm, the blowtorch was immediately applied to Sheens.
The Sunday Telegraph understands senior players met with chairman David Trodden to discuss where the season went wrong.
Sheens and his support staff featured heavily in the conversations, but Trodden and chief executive Stephen Humphreys have since assured the coach that his contract is safe.
"I don't like leaving a job undone. I know we've won one premiership here, but I'd certainly like to have a crack at another one and we've got a really talented group of kids coming through," Sheens said.
"It's a big story to turn around and just say, 'well, now I'm going to walk out on that'."
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/tim-sheens-determined-to-see-out-his-contract-with-wests-tigers/story-e6frexnr-1226474787326
