Does Sheens have the will to reinvent himself?

As the great HG Nelson would say “it’s time for the Tigers to go into the room of mirrors and have a good hard look at themselves” I’m not sure they would come out liking what they saw on reflection.

To my mind culling the NRL’s most experienced coach isn’t the smartest decision, especially at a time when emotions are running high.

I’d be asking how can we retain the best of what Sheens has to offer (in experience and unparalleled knowledge of the game) while finding a long term solution that can bring in the innovation (and perhaps inspiration) that appeared lacking in the teams on field performance throughout the year.

My feeling is that we’re clearly behind the top 4 (which is where you’ve got to finish to win the comp) in the areas of competitive advantage like sports science (our injury recovery was poor vs Manly, Storm etc) sports psychology (we mentally bottled it on many occasions - Parramatta, Souths & Newcastle games as prime examples) and technology/data analysis (identifying and isolating team weaknesses through data analytics which Storm, Manly & Dogs use to great effect)

IMHO evolution is almost always better than revolution. Despite Tim priding himself on constantly looking to innovate there is now a distinct gap between the new breed of modern coach (Hasler, Bellamy, Maguire) and Sheens.

So does Sheens have the will to once again reinvent himself into a ‘new generation’ modern coach? And are management, support staff and the players willing to evolve with him?

It’s not the first time he’s faced this choice. For the sake of the WT’s I hope he does as we’ve got the talent (both now and coming through) to be a constant Top 4 team for years to come.

If he’s not willing to change then I equally hope the Board don’t miss the opportunity to find a modern coach who can benefit/build on all the good things that Tim has done for our club over the past 10 years.