Re: Terry Matterson : Mon Sep 12, 2011 9:07 am  

Seriously a quality bloke and I would like to think the legacy of some of the things that happened in his era in charge will continue - All the best in whatever he does, all the best to him and his family.

Re: Terry Matterson : Mon Sep 12, 2011 9:14 am  

Has Terry got a new role at Cowboys?

Re: Terry Matterson : Mon Sep 12, 2011 10:35 am  

yellow_t-shirt wrote:

Has Terry got a new role at Cowboys?

So it appears - nothing formal confirmed as yet.

Re: Terry Matterson : Mon Sep 12, 2011 10:48 am  

Great up in townsville next year!

Re: Terry Matterson : Mon Sep 12, 2011 11:52 am  

wildwoman wrote:

the shot of him in the sheds said it all, moving

Agreed..like the players, he looked totally spent and the relish with which he later announced he was going back to Oz was therefore understandable/excusable. Speaking of his post match interview on SKY did he inadvertantly let his traditionally corporate mask slip when he alluded to the lack of facilities at the club or was it a parting shot along the lines of "if/when you judge my achievement bear in mind I've had one hand tied behind my back"

In any event, for the sake of his health, family and career I'm glad he's leaving at this point and he can rightly claim the club his better for his presence over the past six years. I hope he thinks he is better for the time spent here....I doubt he will face any sterner challenges and strongly suspect he will really come good in a less financially constrained environment.

Good luck and bon voyage Terry.

Re: Terry Matterson : Mon Sep 12, 2011 12:37 pm  

smoking monkey wrote:

Agreed..like the players, he looked totally spent and the relish with which he later announced he was going back to Oz was therefore understandable/excusable. Speaking of his post match interview on SKY did he inadvertantly let his traditionally corporate mask slip when he alluded to the lack of facilities at the club or was it a parting shot along the lines of "if/when you judge my achievement bear in mind I've had one hand tied behind my back"

In any event, for the sake of his health, family and career I'm glad he's leaving at this point and he can rightly claim the club his better for his presence over the past six years. I hope he thinks he is better for the time spent here....I doubt he will face any sterner challenges and strongly suspect he will really come good in a less financially constrained environment.

Good luck and bon voyage Terry.

ditto

Re: Terry Matterson : Mon Sep 12, 2011 2:25 pm  

smoking monkey wrote:

Speaking of his post match interview on SKY did he inadvertantly let his traditionally corporate mask slip when he alluded to the lack of facilities at the club or was it a parting shot along the lines of "if/when you judge my achievement bear in mind I've had one hand tied behind my back"

None of us doubt the sincerity of TM's statement about available resources and facilities at Cas.

I guess we will never know, however much depends on how the Cas job and these factors, were sold to TM. Perhaps he was promised a full SL support system and facilities would be available to back up his efforts (Which never materialised)....or maybe he was told....take a look around because this is what you've got available to work with. I guess we may never know.

In year 1, it will be very much the same for IM I suspect. Let's face it in 2012, are Cas going to suddenly pull out masses of additional resources and facilities for IM to work with either? Until the new stadium is complete, perhaps that's just the way it is at Cas!

Re: Terry Matterson : Mon Sep 12, 2011 2:33 pm  

I don't think, passions aside anyone underestimates the constraints we operate under and regardless of who's fault or any magic wands people think should be waved to fix it; Given any of these criteria looking at where we started from after relagation.
If you had offered us and Terry probably back on his sign-on day: 2 successful franchise applications, at the end of the 2011 season being pipped to the 8 on the last day, a CC semi, mixing it up and the summit for a 3rd of the season and playing the number of local and english players we have this year at the ages they are, I would have taken it there and then.

So, we stayed loyal to Terry when things weren't going well, he stayed loyal to us when other people enquired about him - in my world one of the highest accolades you can bestow on someone is to call them a propper bloke - Terry Matterson is a proper bloke.

Re: Terry Matterson : Mon Sep 12, 2011 4:46 pm  

good luck terry to you and your family.thank you for all your hard work yove done over the years yove had with us at cas tigers .you will be greatly missed by all us fans .your leaveing the club in a better state than when you took over.come back and see us some time.

Re: Terry Matterson : Mon Sep 12, 2011 6:58 pm  

Agree with the above sentiments, he stayed loyal to us when many would have walked away.

I likeable bloke, I wish him well