Sack Adam O'Brien

[Spot On]

Titans players now playing for a spot next year. The difference in motivation is huge.

I know people hate the Saifitis but when they are motivated there aren't many better props in the game. They aren't the workhorse Haas type but they are big and forceful enough to land on their knees and elbows every hit up and get us a quick play the ball. Even Gus loves them. I'd love to see them play week in week out with some motivation. Probably won't happen here.

Yeah, they can carry the ball ok at times, Yosh.






That is it.



Not good enough.

 

[mozza91]

Titans sack their coach and are already looking 10x better against the Broncos at Suncorp...

HINT HINT WESTS

They should sack their coach every week.

 

[alexwilliams_66692007]

As someone mentioned earlier, bit of luck hopefully Roosters keep sucking and sack Robinson before the year is out and we couod make a play for him

 

[Jono078]

Is there cause for concern with Robinson though? He's had unlimited resources and the Roosters attack has sucked for a few years now.

 

[perverse]

Is there cause for concern with Robinson though? He's had unlimited resources and the Roosters attack has sucked for a few years now.

I'm gonna say something controversial, but Tedesco is a big part of that imo. Individually hard to deal with/tackle, but often poison to a backline movement. It's harder to hide it now that his individual effectiveness is waning with age.

 

[Mr_Knightside]

As someone mentioned earlier, bit of luck hopefully Roosters keep sucking and sack Robinson before the year is out and we couod make a play for him

There is absolutely no chance the Roosters are sacking Robinson just now. There aren’t even any good coaches on the market to take over if they did. He would have to finish the season poorly then miss the 8 again next year for that to even be considered imo.

If it did happen of course then we need to go all in for him.

 

[aqua_duck]

There is absolutely no chance the Roosters are sacking Robinson just now. There aren’t even any good coaches on the market to take over if they did. He would have to finish the season poorly then miss the 8 again next year for that to even be considered imo.

If it did happen of course then we need to go all in for him.

Yep Robbo has more than enough runs on the board to withstand a couple of lean years, 3 (actual) premierships in 10 years and a 63% winning percentage buys an extraordinary amount of good faith and rightly so, on the other hand AOB’s record should ensure a long tenure as an assistant coach before even being considered for another head coaching role

 

[aqua_duck]

Lol

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The way AOB talked up our attack you’d think we were an attacking juggernaut not 15th in point per game

 

[HarVeeGee]

The knights make up such a small part of the overall business at wests and as long as the group remains highly profitable then Phil is safe. In terms of the registered clubs industry Phil is one of the longest tenured and highly regarded CEOs in the industry who has been at the helm for the biggest growth periods and expansion of the wests group, he’s not going to be sacked because the a very small part of the business isn’t winning football games (despite remaining profitable).

The Knights before Wests:
- Financial basket case which had to be bailed out by the NRL
- Real prospect of the club being moved to Ipswich
- 3 consecutive wooden spoons and 3 trips to the finals in the 11 seasons between Joey retiring and the Wests acquisition

Knights now:
- Club turns a profit
- Centre of Excellence
- Two trips to the finals in their 5 seasons of ownership so far
- Catapulted the club to the forefront of the emerging women’s game, winning a premiership at second time of asking

If you asked the Wests board, they’d give Phil at worst a strong pass mark so far, and they’d pat themselves on the back for saving the club.

 

[Spot On]

Well, Ponga just threw his support behind ‘Adsy’ and the coaching staff when speaking just now on the M Johns Show.

 

[Woody90]

Well, Ponga just threw his support behind ‘Adsy’ and the coaching staff when speaking just now on the M Johns Show.

I wouldn’t read into that. It’s not like Ponga’s gonna talk shit about the coaches on TV. He’s grown up a lot since his strawberry milkshake days.

 

[aqua_duck]

The Knights before Wests:
- Financial basket case which had to be bailed out by the NRL
- Real prospect of the club being moved to Ipswich
- 3 consecutive wooden spoons and 3 trips to the finals in the 11 seasons between Joey retiring and the Wests acquisition

Knights now:
- Club turns a profit
- Centre of Excellence
- Two trips to the finals in their 5 seasons of ownership so far
- Catapulted the club to the forefront of the emerging women’s game, winning a premiership at second time of asking

If you asked the Wests board, they’d give Phil at worst a strong pass mark so far, and they’d pat themselves on the back for saving the club.

Exactly, Phil and Wests group have delivered off the field in all the metrics and KPIs you could reasonably grade them on as a business as opposed to a football operation. The thought that Gardner is under any kind of pressure especially given what he’s done for the group in the registered clubs space is simply laughable

 

[Spot On]

I wouldn’t read into that. It’s not like Ponga’s gonna talk shit about the coaches on TV. He’s grown up a lot since his strawberry milkshake days.

He said that the current coaching set up is the best he has experienced at Newy in his time there. Said they have given the players everything they need to win on the field. Loves “Adsy’ and said he drives the standards at the club everyday. Turns up and set the standard no matter what is happening in his private life ie what he has gone through losing his mother this year during the season.

He was open with his response. He chose to go into more detail.

 

[mozza91]

He sounded genuine so I don’t think there’s much truth to the ‘lost the playing group’ rumours that come up any time a team is losing.

On Ponga he’s really matured the last couple of years. He speaks quite well and seems to have faith (albeit probably misplaced) in the coaching staff.

 

[perverse]

Why would he lose the playing group? Let's them have a good bludge, get wrecked on the piss every weekend and tanks all the criticism of our performances. I'd support my boss too if they were that good to me.

Just because the bunch of piss-takers like the guy, doesn't mean he's the right bloke to make them play well. If they like him so much, maybe run out there and have a crack every week?

Loves “Adsy’ and said he drives the standards at the club everyday.

... some pretty bloody low standards if our performances are anything to go by.

 

[Knight Tales]

If Madge gets the gig I hope he gets the chance to do it his way with who he wants. It seems like towards the end of his Souths and Tigers positions that he was limited in what he could do. His intensity is admirable but with the modern player it may not equate.

 

[macavity]

If Madge gets the gig I hope he gets the chance to do it his way with who he wants. It seems like towards the end of his Souths and Tigers positions that he was limited in what he could do. His intensity is admirable but with the modern player it may not equate.

If Madge gets the gig we have dead set given up on changing our narrative. More of the same wont fix this.

 

[Mr_Knightside]

If Madge gets the gig we have dead set given up on changing our narrative. More of the same wont fix this.

Yeah I like his attitude and passion but tactically and from a recruiting perspective I’m not sure if he’s our guy.

 

[alexwilliams_66692007]

I noticed Hastings posted this on his Instagram story yesterday. Some good points from Eddie Jones on coaching

 

[Yosh]

I reckon we should just close every other thread because nothing else matters because AOB is a massive black hole dragging us down to oblivion.