4 of our senior players have weighed in to the Walters coaching debate. as reported by Fox Sports:
Skipper, Adam Reynolds, Said:
“I know what ‘Kev’ delivers as a coach. I love Kev as a coach and as a person,” he said.
“He’s been terrific for me and has let me voice my opinions as well — we bounce ideas off each other.
“His coaching has gone to another level again this year. He’s really come back with a great attitude and he’s implementing his structures and systems on the team and he’s holding us accountable at training every day.
“I think it’s a real talent to be a sort of man manager because players are really drawn to those types of people and want to play for them.
“That’s one of the great qualities that Kev has got.”
Skipper-in-waiting, Patty Carrigan, said
“There’s obviously a lot of pieces that go into footy clubs and we play a big role in that as well, whether that be on the field or off it,” he said.
“I reckon at times we haven’t made it easy for the big fella, but we’ve got to wear that burden and he wears part of that burden too as the coach.
“Kev’s the man to do it. I love Kev, I’ve got a good relationship with him and I want to win a comp here so if Kev’s in charge then Kev’s in charge and that’s the plan.”
“Coaches coach different, there’s not 17 coaches in the NRL that coach the same way and his style will suit different players better,” the 25-year-old said.
“But at the end of the day we go out there on the field and Kev can’t play for us. If we can win footy games it speaks for his coaching and it speaks for what we’re doing at the club.
“I think Kev knows better than anyone that as a player and as a coach it (pressure) comes with the territory of being here at the club and you can’t change that.
“But we have faith in what Kev is doing here. If you win footy games everyone goes quiet so I think that’s the best way we can support him.”
“I think he’s a bit of a loving character and he becomes one of the boys — it feels like he’s one of your mates at times,” he smiled.
“I personally feel like whenever your mate is in the spotlight you want to be the first one there to support him.
“I think the best way we can support Kev is to day-in, day-out try to get better as a club and when it comes to the 80 minutes on the weekend, put in a good performance.
“He’s an emotional character and at the end of the day I think he loves us all like sons. If we can only give a little bit back to him and buy into what he’s doing here then I think we can go a long way.”
Corey Oates said:
“We’re on the field every week, we’re the performers, we get paid to perform and play,” he told
foxsports.com.au.
“I’ve never criticised a coach for the way I perform or play — it’s just not the right thing to do or the right way to go about it. He isn’t out there, he can only prepare us to the best he possibly can.
“If he does his job then it’s up to us to do ours.”
Kotoni Staggs said
“With Kevvie, he takes a lot for us players,” he told
foxsports.com.au.
“What he’s been through the last year or two, I think it’s us boys as a playing group that can fix it all. If we do our job right and we win games he doesn’t talked about or he doesn’t get put under the pump.
“It’s really up to us this year to make our mark on the NRL. Our club is a big club and gets a lot of attention, but we need to shut that out and let our footy do the talking to help Kevvie out.”.
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