You are totally off the mark, you don't even realise, I am not much of a JT fan overall. It's the principle I stick up for, the principle of hiring a coach and giving the bloke a proper go before you judge him.
I am totally fine that he is gone.
All your subtext about what footballers mean by the things they do or do not say in a 10 minute interview, the coded and careful words… what a waste of time. You can continue to delve into it, to guess and predict what players mean, but again very easy to be off the mark.
Hoho T4L were you reading the SMH this arvo by any chance? A few choice quotes from your man Aaron Woods on Sunday night, I didn't hear them live, but they are on record:
"Everyone says we have really good young blokes, but we need to start living up to that hype mate," Woods said on Sunday night.
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"It doesn't matter who our coach is. **The boys love JT**, so we have to go out there and play our footy. He's not the one going out there and playing. We deserve all the crap we've been getting because it's simply not good enough. We haven't been getting beat by two or four points, we're getting flogged by 30 or 40\. It's not good enough.
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"And we've scored one try in two weeks – that was from an intercept not a set play. We've lost our mojo in our attack because I think we're trying to score off every play. We need to play a bit more direct and straighter. Our halves have to learn how to control the game. It's not just our halves – it's the nine and the one too. We have to learn how to control a game and that's why we're a bit immature as a squad."
Buddy you are sounding so stupid do you read what you write. Whats your point?? That the players loved JT that he was coach genius?? Do you live under a rock?
Wait i get it. Its Mrs Taylor lol lol lol. And your upset that JT is going to be home more now. Sorry love he is all yours the supporters and players dont want him. If your so much of a JT lover please follow him out the door.
No, my point is that Woods himself, quoted actually saying the words, out of his bearded mouth, that the players endorse JT. He used the word "love" but you can stretch that as being an endorsement. Woods being one of the players also, therefore "loving" JT.
Got nothing to do with him being a genius or not. You said Woods didn't back Taylor on telly, you actually said that Woods " pretty much said he would not re-sign if JT is going to be coach for the next 3 years". Woods did not say that, never said that. Then you said well Woods' lack of overt support/comment was damning.
But I just sourced for you that he actually did back JT, actual quotes and all, actual words, not the hidden subtext you believe you are seeing, like Jesus on a slice of toast, actual real words out of Woods' mouth.
Get it through your thick skull I do not care that Jason Taylor has been sacked, totally fine with it.
