Make no mistake - Vickerman is the Coach of the Kings...Gaze is just the marketing and media man.

Rhys Carter is the only functioning player on the squad, the rest are a bunch of bums

When is Corletto due in?

I'm a big fan of Gaze, but really have no idea what is going on at the Tigers now or why he's going to Sydney.

The Tiger roster was a bit rushed at the start of the SEABL season but when you end up with Jones, Carter, Corletto (not here yet), Perry (for some of the season) and another import they could have been a bit optimistic. Instead they get an experimental import who doesn't appear to be up to it, lose their decent import and are just struggling to compete. Pretty embarrassing.

Give the poor guy a break! I would imagine that the Tigers didn't have much time to recruit for SEABL given the late notice that they were actually in the league for this season. You can't exactly recruit properly until you know what league you are in.

They seem to be competitive in most games until the last quarter. Maybe they just run out of legs as their bench doesn't go very deep, they really only have 6 legitimate SEABL quality players on the roster. Corletto will definitely help them out when he arrives, as will their new recruit.

I heard on the grapevine that Jones was let go due to his avoidance of attending trainings, for that I say good on them for sacking him and that lazy attitude! That lack of team commitment can spread like a cancer, Gaze did the difficult thing and let him go. I am sure that once Corletto and the new guy arrive we will see some very different results. After all, it is hard for a coach to win if he doesn't have the right players around him, so maybe lets reserve judgement of Gaze's coaching ability until then!

Expect to see former Albury/Wodonga import Cory Dixon as the replacement for Jones. Runner up in the SEABL MVP last year. Played with Corletto in England.

Will be a big upgrade over Jones.

What other league were they going to be in... Big V just like they were last season. You will not necessarily attract the same players if you are recruiting for Big V as you will for SEABL. Anybody with any knowledge can see that! There are quality players that want to play SEABL and not Big V, finding out at the last minute that you are in a higher competition of course changes what playing roster you need.

As for Gaze should have recruited correctly, who will know what headset every player is in at this point in time. Jones may have been a regular training attendee previously but for some reason isn't the ultimate team player now. I am pretty sure Gaze doesn't have a crystal ball anymore than you do!

I am not sure why you are so quick to hate on Gaze, he is a great guy who is passionate about his club. It's a shame there aren't more loyal people around like him these days. There are not too many people or even juniors around anymore that can say they have played and coached at one club for their whole career!

As for the derogatory comments from you regarding my post, thanks for letting me express my opinion without being attacked!

I am pretty sure that as a club they don't have money to splash around buying players in like most of the current successful clubs at either Big V or SEABL level. They produce an amazing quantity of Australian and State reps among their boys programme but unfortunately are victims of this success as most of these kids go chasing their dream in the USA. If they stayed around to play we would be having a very different conversation. Tigers don't seem to be bitter about this, instead they celebrate the boys success and do everything they can to help the kids have these overseas experiences and hopefully go on to a professional career.

Like it or not, clubs need money to buy players in these days!

SEABL is a tough league. I too have expected Tigers to have a couple more wins on the board by now, however still early in the season.

Probably most surprising because their junior program is so successful, maybe we all just expect them to be top of the ladder, but give them time to build and get it right I say...