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James Hooper has blasted the Tigers’ front office for the club’s dire current situation, while Paul Kent has told Michael Maguire he needs to “take a flamethrower” to his roster.
The Tigers are facing up to one of the most embarrassing losses in their history.
The Tigers are reeling after a 66-16 defeat to the Melbourne Storm on Saturday.
The perennial strugglers have failed to attract big names and are now staring at another year without finals football.
Maguire arrived at the club in 2019 turfing out some top-line talent to bring his own players in.
That hasn’t worked, however, with Kent telling Fox League’s NRL360 that Maguire hadn’t suited the players to suit his strategy.
“They’ve got to take a flamethrower to the roster, that’s what they’ve got to do,” Kent said.
“The concern for me for Michael Maguire is if you go back to his South Sydney team, would he have recruited Joey Leilua? Probably not. James Roberts? Probably not.
“He’s got to recruit players to the club that are true to the way he wants to play football and not be pressured into thinking he needs a quick fix.
“I like James Tamou but I’m talking about the other players that have been brought there, I don’t think Madge would’ve taken them at Souths.”
Maguire walked out of the sheds at halftime with his side 40-0 down, putting the onus on the players to fix their own mess.
While Maguire has built his reputation on being a defensive coach, Kent suggested it was not the system he was employing and more the desire of his players that saw them thumped at the hands of Melbourne.
“Nothing he could’ve said would’ve turned it around. When it’s 40-0, they needed to find from within,” Kent added.
“If you’re down 40-0 it’s not game plan or stats, it’s effort.
“They clearly don’t have it in them.
“Watch the game and watch how passive they are defensively – commitment to the tackle, not structure or coaching. It’s about what you’ve got in the chest.
“They go passively into the tackle where they protect their head, arm tackles, there’s no shoulder in the tackle.
“It was embarrassing. For first-grade players to be on $500,000 and more… to turn out that! Please. If they’ve got an ounce of go in them, they’d sort themselves out.”
Fox League’s James Hooper hinted at broader issues, however, saying it wasn’t just defence or the roster which should come in for scrutiny.
Hooper turned his attention on Tigers CEO Justin Pascoe as one of the main sources of the club’s continual poor performances.
“If you’re going to be fair dinkum it’s bigger than what Madge can say at halftime,” he said.
“The issues at the Tigers are far broader than anything Madge can say. Let’s go back to the old Jack Gibson line that winning starts in the front office.
“Justin Pascoe has been the CEO since 2016. In the last five years, he sacked Robbie Farah the club’s star player at enormous cost.
“He then sacked Jason Taylor the head coach six months later – the coach who got rid of Farah.
“Then he decided to hire Ivan Cleary and we all know how that ended up.
“Under Ivan they sign Russell Packer, Josh Reynolds, Moses Mbye and Ben Matulino and they’re only just coming out of that mess now.
“I blogged on foxsports.com.au today and the overwhelming view from all Tigers fans was that the management had been awful and they’ve cultivated an environment of failure which led to that performance on the Sunshine Coast.”
‘Cultivated an environment of failure’: Tigers’ ‘awful’ front office slammed for club’s position
www.foxsports.com.au
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