As I’ve said before, I appreciate greatly what Eddie, Steve and Garry brought to the WTP over the years. Beyond that, I genuinely thought we were friends and enjoyed our interactions both on and off the pod.
The lay of the land changed late last season (rather surprisingly to me) with decisions made and attitudes taken that I couldn’t support.
Again, I wish them all happiness and success and appreciate what was.
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I’m also torn about what to do next. Part of me doesn’t want to “reward” the new pod by listening. But I can’t pretend the original feed doesn’t feel like it’s missing some key input and insight. That entertaining tension and balance is hard to replicate overnight.
Curious how others are feeling…
The feeling that you dont want to "reward" the new pod seems to be built on an assumption that Garry, Steve & Eddie have done something wrong or been disloyal. I dont think that that has been the case.
There are 4 people that know the truth, and three of them made a choice.
WTP was a key part of the proposed Wests Tigers TV, Joel even hosted an episode of the Collab Pod from Micdup Studios.
Even after Joel decided not to be a part of WTTV Steve and I were still fully committed to continuing with WTP. Steve actually knocked back being involved with Claws Out/ WT TV to stay solely with WTP as he wanted to stand by Joel. That's why Steve wasn't on Claws Out towards the end of last season. I was keen to split my time between both because I love what we built here.
Joel made the decision that he didn't want us involved anymore and that is his right to do so as he had final say on everything related to WTP. This wasn't communicated to us at any point and we found out via posts here. He actually told us he was folding the pod.
There are no hard feelings on my part and I still strongly believe that WTP should be involved in WTTV but that is and always was Joel decision.
None of this should be that difficult, it's fan made pods done for fun.
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I’ve been sitting on this for a few days trying to work out how I actually feel about the podcast split.
To be honest, I’m disappointed.
Part of what made this pod great wasn’t just the analysis, it was the dynamic. It was chemistry that only comes from years of riding the rollercoaster together. We’ve all lived through the mess of the last decade at the club and the podcast crew did too. The humour, the frustration, the long running jokes, it felt forged in the same fire as the fanbase.
So to see it fracture like this feels…familiar. And not in a good way.
I understand that people move on. Life changes, commitments shift, people will move on. That’s footy and that’s life. But this doesn’t feel like a natural evolution. It feels like a rift. And as Tigers fans, we’ve probably had enough of internal rifts to last a lifetime.
I’m also torn about what to do next. Part of me doesn’t want to “reward” the new pod by listening. But I can’t pretend the original feed doesn’t feel like it’s missing some key input and insight. That entertaining tension and balance is hard to replicate overnight.
What makes it harder for me personally is that I’m in Brisbane. There’s no Tigers pub culture up here where I can get into some old school face-to-face debate during and after a game. The pod and this forum have kind of filled that gap for years. It’s been my Tigers community from afar.
Right now the whole situation leaves a bit of a sour taste similar to the Holman Barnes thing. I hate that something that was a small weekly escape for me now feels tangled up in drama.
Maybe it’ll settle and I’ll harden up a bit and get over it. Two pods are better than one I guess. But for the time being I’m going to take a break and aim my couch coaching and seyfarth slurs at my wife and kids instead.
Curious how others are feeling…
No drama on my part mate, I speak to the majority of the guys on WTP regularly. I have been friends with Jordan for 15 years and get on well Josh and Zac as well. They have been strong additions to the pod.
I've enjoyed the WTP pods so far this year.
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