We have to remain positive

[waiting]

I wanted to start a thread that had more of a positive feel about it.

Now that Terry MR Money Wallace has gone and with Jade taking over , lets give him our support. Look coaching the Tigers is (has to be) the hardest coaching gig going around in the AFL. Its only an interim appointment as he and Garry have stated publicly.

What we would like to see is a game plan not too complex and the players playing for one another. He has the support of the players and is well liked at the club. He has first rate knowledge of the Coburg list and most of the senior players have gone through the Coburg side.

Its an exciting time till season's end. We will get to see quite a few things of the makeup of the players , whether playing a more simplistic style is what they wanted, whether Terry lost the players and the young/ ringe players getting a real go.

I know i may get shot down with this comment. I believe that there are quite a few prospective coaches out there that will be looking at the Tigers and their list and thinking "the list isnt as bad". I cant recall a year that there has been such an array of coaches out there to select/interview.

Richmond have the front running on this.

We are showing prospective coaches out there that our club off the field is -

1. Stable
2. Is making money
3.Strong supporter base
4.Doesnt have that eat their own mentality anymore. We stood strong amid a barrage of publicity.
5.Two coaches in 10 years
6.The attractiveness of leading the club out of the wilderness.

I really believe , and we have too, that next year we will not be as worse as most people say or think. I actually think we will make rapid improvement and play finals next year. A big call, but i will stand by this comment.

Exciting times ahead. Lets remain positive, give Jade our support and go to the games .

The list isnt as bad. A little tinkering , a new coach who the players will respect, a simple game plan and their confidence repaired and we will climb. Believe it !

Waiting

 

[Tigerhart04]

Not bad waiting.

I tend to agree to an extent as I hope Jade has been given free rein to just go back to basics, rotate everyone on the list worth persevering with over the next 11 rounds, not play the guys who aren't going to be on the list at all next year (like what's the point?) etc etc. And I would like to see King, free of Wallacemania, given the opportunity to develop the defence into something akin to how he used to play and towel us up regularly. Royal, I would prefer to see the back of just like his mate, and the jury is still out for mine on Campbell.

To offset this though, the club still has commitments to sponsors etc and of course us members, so the need to keep the money ticking through for next year and beyond requires at the very least an showing by the playing list that they can actually play football as a cohesive committed unit. Wins/losses are to a point irrelevant, however there has to be a far more positive final 11 rounds than the previous.

As far as attracting the right coaches to apply, yeah we know the club can either see out your coaching career or finish a new one off as quick as it starts, but the old adage may still apply " any publicity is good publicity". We know it's a hard gig but why has it been that way. In the 80's poor decisions (read ego's) got in the way which nearly killed the club off, the 90's severely underfunded at the start, and was always going to be tough bar the purple patch in the mids, and this decade still severely underfunded until a couple of years ago.

Now that graph is on the up, the football department is now seen as a priority unlike previous administrations, and although perhaps the right people may still need to be found overall, it definitely gets a tick. The current list IMO with the right development and guidance can make severe inroads up the ladder, I don't think we are that far off provided this years draft is used correctly to to resolve some of our key deficiencies. We can't do much after that due to GC and West Syd possibly for a few years, so this year is vitally important. I really hope Craig, Francis etc get it right.

So to the lucky candidate who gets the gig, you have landed yourself a huge task, but provided you are astute, demand excellence from everyone around you both on and off field, cut deep if it needs to be done with little sentiment, then I think it could be one hell of a good ride. To do this you need 100% backing from the administration and I believe they understand that now better than previously.

 

[Mr Pumblechook]

I'm feeling positive, after weeks of disillusionment.

I hope Jade has been given free rein to just go back to basics, rotate everyone on the list worth persevering with over the next 11 rounds, not play the guys who aren't going to be on the list at all next year (like what's the point?) etc etc.

I reckon to a certain degree, he will have. The people that appointed him are the same people that, according to Caroline Wilson (7/6/09), have a firm direction for the club...

"The Tigers board and executive... plans to cull as savagely as is possible under the AFL system."

Rawlings will be well aware of this direction, and with everybody reading from the same page its probably safe to say his coaching and team selection will reflect this.

More specifically, I'd say the team will play to win, however team selection and player positions will reflect an eye to the future.

 

[Streak]

More specifically, I'd say the team will play to win, however team selection and player positions will reflect an eye to the future.

I hope and pray that you are right Mr P.