The Tigers have lastly given their followers “a little bit of hope” with a gutsy efficiency to return inside six factors of final 12 months’s grand finalists.
Tim Sheens’ aspect mounted a second half cost, led by Apisai Koroisau, scoring three second half tries to carry the rating to 22-20.
Despite dropping, NRL360 co-host Paul Kent praised Sheens’ new method and made a giant statement surrounding the membership’s teaching construction.
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During the Easter Monday conflict, assistant Benji Marshall donned the headset and was barking orders whereas Sheens sat in the back of the teaching field in an indication of issues to return.
Sheens informed the SMH on Saturday he wouldn’t stand down from his place early, with Marshall signed on as head coach in 2025.
“I think Tim Sheens is sitting back and essentially just managing things,” Kent stated on NRL360 on Monday evening.
“He’s come in under this idea he has to educate these young guys to eventually succeed him as head coach and I don’t see anything wrong with him at different points just handing over and letting them have a little bit of control
“When Tim Sheens was at the Raiders he would call in players such as Laurie Daley, Ricky Stuart and Mal Meninga and get them to help him with the game plan for that week.
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“He wanted input from them about what they are seeing and how they think they could beat whoever they were playing that week.
“And you just have to look at the players who have since come out of his system who have been good head coaches.
“He does put a lot of trust in those around him. He did it when he was back at the Raiders and now he’s doing it at the Tigers with his assistant coaches.
“The other person in the Tigers box is David Furner, his contribution would be significant and what Furner says would be significant and Sheensy, who coached him as a player, would have a lot of trust about him.”
The Daily Telegraph’s Phil Rothfield additionally believes if the Tigers produced their Round 6 show earlier within the season, they might have gained at the very least one recreation.
Sheens’ aspect presently sit 0-6, taking place in three video games thought-about “winnable” for final 12 months’s wood spooners.
“I was really happy for the Tigers to give their fans a little bit of hope, they way they competed at least,” Rothfield stated.
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“You look back at their draw to start, and if they’d played the way they did today against the Titans, the Knights and the Bulldogs, three games that were winnable, they’d be in a much better position on the ladder.”
However, now the Tigers face an uphill battle with a troublesome draw forward after the bye in Round 7.
The merger membership face Manly, Penrith, St George Illawarra and the Rabbitohs of their subsequent 4 video games which may see them fail to win earlier than the Origin interval.
However, Kent believes followers may be proud of the efficiency their aspect delivered towards the Eels.
“A lot of Tigers fans will walk away from today, happy as if they’d had a win, because they can see a bit if life back in their team,” Kent stated.
“At least they are trying in all facets of the game now, tonight they had a dig.
“And you have got to walk away tonight as a Tigers fan and think at least we are in the fight.”
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