Who will be Wests Tigers Coach in 2015?

[Eddie Lab]

If anyone should bring the young guys through is Sheens. He is a big part of why they are here.
I'd take on 2 years and f**k off deal. No extensions.

are you high?

it's a shame what has happened to potter. he was put in a no win situation from the start and he should be proud that he helped the tigers move from the Sheens/Benji Era to the Brooks/Moses Era. unfortunately he will have to be sacked(along with Kidwell and Payten) as the players aren't putting in for him and it's time for a fresh start.

 

[FootynRacing]

Wasn't our new board meeting yesterday to discuss our 2015 coach ? it's 9:54am here in Sydney, that would have to be the longest time our board room conversations havent been leaked to the media right ??? Onwards and upwards from here ha ha

 

[ucantseeme]

I saw Luke Brooks interviewed on FoxSports after the epic win over the Sharks. He was asked, with the uncertainty surrounding Potter, would he be happy if Potter was coach in 2015. He replied about it being the boards decision. I had some hope that Potter would be given a fair go but after seeing that I am now 100% sure Potter is gone. I thought it was highly likely but now am sure.

 

[madunit]

I saw Luke Brooks interviewed on FoxSports after the epic win over the Sharks. He was asked, with the uncertainty surrounding Potter, would he be happy if Potter was coach in 2015. He replied about it being the boards decision. I had some hope that Potter would be given a fair go but after seeing that I am now 100% sure Potter is gone. I thought it was highly likely but now am sure.

His comment also fully supports what Farah has been saying for months, that the players want no involvement with who coaches the side.

 

[Shanghai Charlie]

His comment also fully supports what Farah has been saying for months, that the players want no involvement with who coaches the side.

Key players were interviewed by Brian Smith and they had a say about Potter and his sacking.
Farah, Benji and others had a big say in Sheens' last days and his sacking.

For a guy that doesnt want any involvement with who coaches the side he sure seems to have a lot of......um....eerrr....involvement.

 

[Eddie.]

I supported Potter plenty of times however the damage is done. We re-sign him the same sH!t storm will re surface if we lose two on the trot. The place needs a broom put through it from admin to coaches to players.

Potter did some good things, however he also had some shocking team selections. I think he is almost to nice a bloke at times. We need some one to come in and a light a fire under these players backsides.

Griffin's record does not exactly inspire me however he did make some tough calls at Broncos. As long as it is not Kidwell or Payten I can live with the call, I would prefer someone with coaching experience in the NRL that is a known task master. Candidates like that might be hard to find.

 

[Old Time Tiger]

Ch 7 news this morning mentioned Nathan Brown as coach

 

[madunit]

Key players were interviewed by Brian Smith and they had a say about Potter and his sacking.
Farah, Benji and others had a big say in Sheens' last days and his sacking.

For a guy that doesnt want any involvement with who coaches the side he sure seems to have a lot of......um....eerrr....involvement.

Players were not asked if they wanted Potter sacked in the review. To suggest as much is stupid.

Farah was last to be asked & he wanted no involvement in decisions about the coach.

Its very possible that if he was involved in Sheens downfall, that he may have learnt from the shitstorm that followed, hence his reluctance to be involved this time around.

 

[madunit]

People criticising Potter's selections are completely overlooking the injury toll & second tier cap constraints.

 

[Tiger05]

People criticising Potter's selections are completely overlooking the injury toll & second tier cap constraints.

Not completely. Anasta over Austin was always dumb. Letting Koro go was also dumb.

If it was my decision I would resign Potter for 2 years but he did make some terrible selection decisions. I accept that all coaches will as its easier to be a Monday morning quarterback than to pick the team each week but if I was the one resigning him I would tell him that he needs to win games and picking slow players in the outside backs makes that a hard proposition.

 

[madunit]

What makes you think Potter let anyone go. Perhaps storm offered him a salary we couldn't match?

The concept of Anasta over Austin was correct. It seemed to work for Brooks, who has been nowhere near as good since Anasta got injured.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing. If it's just one selection you're criticising him over, then you're trying ti justify your opinion with the most absurd reasoning you can manage because you no other criticism.

His team selections were immensely better than Sheens.

 

[madunit]

What makes you think Potter let anyone go. Perhaps storm offered him a salary we couldn't match?

The concept of Anasta over Austin was correct. It seemed to work for Brooks, who has been nowhere near as good since Anasta got injured.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing. If it's just one selection you're criticising him over, then you're trying ti justify your opinion with the most absurd reasoning you can manage because you no other criticism.

His team selections were immensely better than Sheens.

 

[hybrid_tiger]

Ch 7 news this morning mentioned Nathan Brown as coach

Great. :roll:

 

[macnaz]

What makes you think Potter let anyone go. Perhaps storm offered him a salary we couldn't match?

The concept of Anasta over Austin was correct. It seemed to work for Brooks, who has been nowhere near as good since Anasta got injured.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing. If it's just one selection you're criticising him over, then you're trying ti justify your opinion with the most absurd reasoning you can manage because you no other criticism.

His team selections were immensely better than Sheens.

The thing with Kori tho MU was he was still under contract this year ,

 

[37916319]

Given his treatment I don't think potter had a say In recruitment or retention, period.

 

[madunit]

The thing with Kori tho MU was he was still under contract this year ,

that still doesn't mean that Potter got rid of him.

When he was released we had Richards and Nofo both playing well, so he wasn't going to get a spot anyway in the side.

Given he hadn't played much footy under Sheens or Potter while here, it's likely he wasn't on big money, and Storm most likely made him an offer much better than he was getting from us and we couldn't match it (or justify matching it).

It happens.

 

[851]

People criticising Potter's selections are completely overlooking the injury toll & second tier cap constraints.

Early in the year Galloway,Lawrence,Anasta,Blair,Simona and Sirro all deserved to be dropped,we had no injury crisis,this should have happened,the players would of then respected the coach or be in reserve grade.
The latter part of the year would have been so different,so while i feel for Potter he has played a part himself,time to move on in another direction now the horse has bolted.

 

[super_coach]

Could be wrong but I got the feeling Potter had one game plan in his kit bag and their was no plan B.

You would expect over the length of the season all the basic fundamentals of the game would improve but ours stagnated. Injuries can take some of the blame, but really things like our fifth tackle options, if and when we got to the fifth tackle were poor. Our short kicking game was poor and tactically we were poor. We still seem to want to play off the cuff football with no plan or set structures, a throw back from the Sheens days.

Anyway I say we have to make a change, even if its just to give the punters something new to pin our long suffering hopes on

 

[madunit]

Early in the year Galloway,Lawrence,Anasta,Blair,Simona and Sirro all deserved to be dropped,we had no injury crisis,this should have happened,the players would of then respected the coach or be in reserve grade.
The latter part of the year would have been so different,so while i feel for Potter he has played a part himself,time to move on in another direction now the horse has bolted.

Name me all of the modern coaches who drop players regularly for poor performances.

It doesn't happen.

You know why?

Because it puts too much pressure on the second tier cap.

So you have to have a quality top 25 squad containing versatile depth players.

We barely had that.

 

[madunit]

Could be wrong but I got the feeling Potter had one game plan in his kit bag and their was no plan B.

You would expect over the length of the season all the basic fundamentals of the game would improve but ours stagnated. Injuries can take some of the blame, but really things like our fifth tackle options, if and when we got to the fifth tackle were poor. Our short kicking game was poor and tactically we were poor. We still seem to want to play off the cuff football with no plan or set structures, a throw back from the Sheens days.

Anyway I say we have to make a change, even if its just to give the punters something new to pin our long suffering hopes on

It was 1 game plan more than Sheens ever had.