The Wit and Wisdom of Jason Taylor

[Clifferd]

So we have a bench full of specialist second rowers. Jesus Christ lol

Biggest mystery known to man is how Milone gets selected over Chee Kam

 

[Front-Rower]

I have been against Taylor from the start, he just seemed a bad fit? but imo we just need someone to start picking on form now because as always, we never drop anyone, only replace when injured. We have nothing more to lose, our season is nearly all but over.

To me, the likes of Sironen, Brooks, Naiqama, Halatau, Rankin (though we do need a goal kicker) just don't seem to be cutting it & I cant understand why Taylor is so hesitant to change, his career is on the line.

I assume he is picking names rather than taking a punt on bringing up players who haven't got the experience.

 

[Tigerm]

I assume he is picking names rather than taking a punt on bringing up players who haven't got the experience.

Exactly, what he hasn't seemd to realise is that (name the best player ever) also started with no FG experience.

Hate calling for another coach to go again, but we do pick some ordinary coaches who are past there use by date, don't we.

NEXT.....

 

[Mario chalmers]

over summer there was some mail floating around about Taylor's contract - something about the club being able to punt him after Rd 10 2016 without having to pay him out. Is that correct?

 

[Tigerted]

If that were true Mario when you consider the difficulty of our next 4 matches then Taylor will be gone after round 10.

 

[Mario chalmers]

Exactly, what he hasn't seemd to realise is that (name the best player ever) also started with no FG experience.

Hate calling for another coach to go again, but we do pick some ordinary coaches who are past there use by date, don't we.

NEXT.....

Dont feel bad Taylor is woeful. Standout coaching performances have been
1) Playing one pass off the ruck for a full 80 mins against a Thurston-less NQ last season when we lost 8-0
2) Moving Kyle Lovett to left centre against Penrith at LO after an injury. Dean Whare scored 3 tries down that side. Gus was begging for Lovett to be hooked after the first try when we were still in the game but Lovett was still there when the hooter sounded

If there was a good coach in waiting I'd be more confident that the season could be salvaged. Cleary or Toovey are only average in my view.

 

[Mario chalmers]

Ted - With the team he selects I cant see him lasting too far past round 10. 3 hookers against Parra, 4 edge backrowers on the bench this week.

I saw that we are a chance of signing Elijah Taylor in the next few days. He's a great defender as is Joel Edwards.

If by the middle of the year we ran with
Woods
Farah
Grant
Edwards
Taylor
Sue

Bench
Lawrence
Siro
Ava
Dallas Graham/JJ felise

Edwards can control left edge defence and Taylor do the same on the right. They are both crap ball runners but no worse than other nuffies we ahve used this year.

Dallas Garahm I ahvent seen him since 2014 but he cannot be any worse than Buchanan or Lovett

 

[Tigerted]

Geez that game v Cowboys during origin was close to the worst game of the '15 season.

It was unforgivable what Taylor did to Lovett @ Leichhardt which consequntly contributed enormously to us losing that game.

Taylor certainly has made an excessive no. of diabolical decisions during his time as coach.

Of all his moronic decisions It's hard to go past telling Farah the club captain & veteran who holds all the cards due to his lucrative binding contract that he isn't wanted @ the end of season.The lack of nous & diplomacy was astounding.

 

[madunit]

Lawrence is doing some supreme f**king work defending between two poor tacklers at the moment. He is showing up a lot of backrowers in the comp.

No way I'd drop him.

Furthermore, playing two defensive only backrowers does nothing for the attack. Stick One in there but not two.

 

[Tiger05]

Lawrence in my opinion has been great. He hits hard and is running great lines at speed.

 

[BuffaloRules]

"Critics have short memories...

Don't you remember we almost beat Melbourne the week before?"

JT - too bad they don't give competition points for close losses "full of character"...

Wests Tigers coach Jason Taylor refuses to concede his head is on the chopping block even as his NRL team sit on the cusp of unwanted history.



Taylor's critics are already sharpening their knives in the wake of their 60-6 flogging at the hands of Canberra last week, their sixth consecutive defeat.



The loss re-ignited speculation about Taylor's tenure and a rift with his players, after former playmaker Braith Anasta claimed he had lost the dressing room.



Going into Thursday night's clash with South Sydney, the Tigers are looking to avoid losing seven straight for just the second time in the history of the joint venture, according to Fox Sports Stats.


They are also coming off a five-day turnaround and will be without their starting front row with Tim Grant joining influential skipper Aaron Woods on the injured list.


Taylor described criticism of his side as unwarranted and said those calling for his head had short memories.


"I think it's really clear to see from the performances that we've had so far this season have been full of character, full of great character," Taylor said.


"It was only six days prior to the Canberra game that we took the Melbourne Storm into extra time and played a really strong game.


"On the back of one performance, I find that stuff disappointing, but that comes on the back of a 60-6 loss. You've got to expect it but you move on."



The match shapes as judgment day with the Rabbitohs winning just one of their past six and big question marks about the fitness of skipper Greg Inglis.


Halfback Adam Reynolds is expected to take the field, despite suffering what was feared to be a recurrence of a broken jaw against Brisbane last week.


Despite their comprehensive 30-8 loss to Brisbane last week, Rabbitohs coach Michael Maguire said: "I think there are a lot of things that are firing.


"On the weekend we showed signs that the little things that matter in our team were shown on the ground."

https://au.sports.yahoo.com/league/a/31444521/tigers-nrl-critics-are-unwarranted-taylor/

 

[FootynRacing]

Who is actually buying the crap JT is selling ? We have been ordinary all year except the game against Manly and the first half against the Warriors. We were just lucky to get both those teams at their worst.

 

[Tiger05]

Who is actually buying the crap JT is selling ? We have been ordinary all year except the game against Manly and the first half against the Warriors. We were just lucky to get both those teams at their worst.

I just said on the other thread in relation to the salary cap that it's JT speaking crap again. It's how he handles things.

He needs to stop trying to sell us crap and start doing everything possible to win games.

 

[Tigerted]

FootynRacing I totally agree.The truth is that teams like Cronulla & parra only do what they have to do to beat us.They don't need to bring there A game against this rabble.We have had a damn good draw in 1st 8 rounds with 5 home games & apart from Cronulla & parra have played 6 of 8 games against teams that r not crash hot.Additionally we haven't had to play the 2 dominant QLD teams or the roosters who own us & would beat us with there reserves team.

I'm fed up with Taylor's constant BS.I know our squad isn't crash hot but what's also glaringly obvious is Taylor is massively out of his depth.He is a weak coach who can't command respect from the players.

 

[Ron's_Mate]

Who is actually buying the crap JT is selling ? We have been ordinary all year except the game against Manly and the first half against the Warriors. We were just lucky to get both those teams at their worst.

If we look at the 2016 season, there are only two teams that really have it together, week in week out - Broncos & Cowboys. There are five teams that are mostly good and look likely to improve and be competitive for finals - Sharks, Storm, Dogs, Eels, Raiders. Four teams that are average, or in a rebuilding phase - Manly, Dragons, Titans, Panthers. Five teams that are basket cases and will compete for the spoon - Warriors, Tigers, Knights, Roosters, Rabbitohs.
When we look at our two wins through that filter, we see that we beat one basket case club, and one patchy/rebuilding club. Hardly anything to boast about.

 

[sensesmaybenumbed]

Half the team left the sheds while Taylor was still talking before kickoff....

 

[Tiger05]

Half the team left the sheds while Taylor was still talking before kickoff....

They've been good so far. I hope Taylor has been in this improved first half. They better come out though and finish it off.

 

[sensesmaybenumbed]

To be fair, it was due to Moses being ruled out seconds before they left the sheds.

The 10 minute lapse before and after the break is ridiculous though.

 

[gordsy]

One thing I noticed that got me wondering was the use of bench. 60 minutes in and we had used up 7 interchanges. I know we had a few blokes go off hurt last night but It got me thinking is it a one off or is Taylor just clueless when it comes to this.

 

[Tigerm]

Wests Tigers coach Jason Taylor insists he never feared for his job

Pressure eases on Taylor's Tigers

A powerful opening 20 minutes ultimately set the stage for the Tigers to down a lethargic Rabbitohs team 30-22 for their first win since round two.

Wests Tigers coach Jason Taylor says he doesn't fear for his job, adamant he still has the backing of the playing group after ending a six-game losing streak against the Rabbitohs on Thursday night.

Taylor was at the forefront of criticism following his team's 60-6 capitulation against the Canberra Raiders in the nation's capital last week, with a dark cloud hanging over his future at the club.

However the former South Sydney coach, who got one up against his former club to break the drought, insists the support from the players and the board hasn't wavered throughout, which provided with the security he needed to continue with the task of transforming the struggling club.

"The pressure was on, yes," Taylor said.

"But for me the pressure wasn't on because of what people were saying or because they were calling for my head. The pressure was on because that's not good enough. That loss in Canberra was what brought the pressure on, and rightly so. But we control it. We control what you guys write and what people say about us by how we play.

"You can't do the job if you're worried about losing it. The club is so supportive and they understand that. They make me feel confident to be able to get on and do my job. That's the only way you can get a result. I'm not saying it's never going to happen, but what I am saying is right now I have that support and I can focus on doing my job. Since I started at the club, I've had nothing but support from the board. They all understand it takes time to turn around any business. It doesn't mean we're all going to have forever here, but I'm just one year and nine games into it."

There was a suggestion that Taylor "had lost the dressing room", a phrase commonly used in sport when the coach loses the support of the players.

The uncertainty surrounding the future of talented halves duo Mitchell Moses and Luke Brooks has also been linked to the coach, but Taylor says there has been no indication that his troops have gone rogue.

"The reason it didn't bother me at all is because I know it's not correct," Taylor said of talk he had lost the playing group.

"I spend time with every player every week and I know where we're at as a club and as a team. That's not to say when you lose those games consecutively that everyone is not under pressure and hurting, but you only have to spend time around the group to know that things are really positive and have remained really positive even in the consecutive losses.

"I think lots of coaches go through little periods where players aren't in love with what might be happening at the time and upset about losses and disappointments, but the good coaches can start to feel they need to change a couple of things here and there. You can't go ahead 100 miles an hour and not change things."


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He doesn't lack confidence in his own ability anyway :lol: