This weekend's maiden clash with Celtic Crusaders will be the 100th competitive game in charge of Cas for coach Terry Matterson. I decided to take a look back at the career of the Tigers' longest serving coach since Stuart Raper departed almost 8 years ago.

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Interesting stuff Stu, thanks for that.

Also congratulations to Terry on his 100th game in charge. There've been good times and tough times but I think Terry deserves praise for the way he's persevered in his role and always appeared to have the club's best interests at heart. It's nice to see Cas playing the classy rugby the club is traditionally renowned for in Super League and he's been a massive part in achieving that after some barran years.

I've never really had a problem with Tez, whenever the bad times have been he's had his reasons behind them. Think he's very under rated as a coach

cracking post stu.gotta admit when we first got him i was very much a 'who is he? Person and didnt instill me with great confidence but cant knock the bloke with job so far.we got relegated in06 without finishin bottom of a league we were expected to be holding up.straight back up the year after.built a team which played some of the most attractive rugby league i ever seen at cas last year despite finishin bottom and so far so great for this season.well done terry i salute you and continue the great work.

To join the admiration society - it's a good read that.

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For what my opinion is worth (not a lot I know) I think he's a players coach; and has trouble with people who don't take their fitness, bodies and training seriously, becuase as a player he always did - which might explain a few personality clashes!

just out of curiosity what is his win/ lose ratio ?

should be in his favour

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Top stuff Terry

Always been a fan!

same here think he is the right man for the job.

I admire a man who walks roung Wetherby on a winters night in 3/4 trousers and flip flops!

I would have liked to have seen the "Big Man" Woodsy in charge of our team(just to see how he would have perfomed in Super League), but hats off to Terry, well done and keep up the good work.

TOP STUFF ? Been looking at tm coaching record at cas. 2006 9 wins, 2008 7 wins, and the 28 wins in 2007 was in div 1. all in all a very POOR record

who asked you???

with the players he had to work with he has done well! will be better again next year!

ALWAYS NEXT YEAR

Yeah - crap record: that's why he was seriously being talked about as a Man of Steel candidate ( as a coach!) in his first
season. 2@.

how many games did he win in his first season

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he has never really cut it in super league. his rotation against saints was absolutely laughable. too petulent to be a really good coach, imho.

9 wins, 1 draw.

The highest total achieved by a relegated team (not even built by him!)

I think he is one of the most overrated coaches in SL. I'm not counting His NL record because that hardly a judge of his talents seen as he had the biggest budget and a number of SL standard players in his squad.

So lets look at his SL record.

Played 65, Won 24, Drawn 2 which is a strike rate of 35%. Which is about 9 or 10 wins a season, which is about a 10th place finish on average.

When you come up in 06 and 08 I don't buy all this crap about having nothing to play with and the players were not available. Just look at some of the players Kear managed to sign from the lower grades in that period. Something that Matterson isn't capable of doing, he just doesn't posses the know how. Look at the some of the signing last season were terrible, hence the reason you were woodern spooners.

Some of the comments he comes out with are just laughable. Complaining after the Huddersfield game that 15 penalties were not enough ( or even a 3 to 1 penalty ratio). Then just before playing Wakey game proclaiming to be the Harlem Globetrotters of Rugby League!



You just couldn't script a comedy like that. If our coach come out with crap like that It would make me cringe.

You really have no idea do you.

In 06, the squad wasn't his. He effectively coached a side created by the BOD.

In 08, we didn't sign more players because we a) didn't have the salary cap and b) because we were given youngsters such as Owen and Westerman a chance to play SL. There was no need for going out and buying just anyone.

Wish the Wakey fans would either just grow up and get on with their own club or at least get the correct facts before spouting complete tripe.

2008, was his squad. 7 wins i do believe. your telling me thats good?

It's totally shocking mr stantrin!

they were , but they won at your hole

For a promoted team bedding in youngsters, that is fairly decent. We've certainly punched above our weight; if you look at our form towards the end of the season we would have been in play-off contention.

The first half of the season let us down, and that is because we were adjusting, much like Salford this season.

And lost on the other occasion, and at the Jungle and not forgetting the Millennium Mauling