Titans foundation assistant coach Trevor Gillmeister axed

[Bayside Titan]

NRL
Gold Coast Titans foundation assistant coach Trevor Gillmeister axed in new coach Neil Henry’s club shake-up
TRAVIS MEYN
GOLD COAST BULLETIN
SEPTEMBER 15, 2014 11:27AM

Gold Coast Titans Assistant Coach Trevor Gillmeister has been let go.
FOUNDATION assistant coach Trevor Gillmeister sensed the axe hovering over his head after he became the first pawn to fall in Neil Henry’s systemic shake-up of the Gold Coast Titans.

Gillmeister’s eight-year association with the Titans is over with the club to have an entirely new coaching staff next season to the inaugural crew which assembled under John Cartwright in 2007.

Henry told Gillmeister late last week his services would not be required next season.

It means Henry will now be on the hunt for two assistants with his former right-hand man at North Queensland, Terry Matterson, considered to be one of the candidates.

Gillmeister said he felt his tenure was over after Cartwright recently resigned from his post.

“I could sense it in the last month,” he said.

“The last three or four weeks since Carty’s gone.

“I’ve seen a lot of changes. Especially in the last six months or so.

“Maybe some for the better and some not so.

“That’s football. You go through cycles. I had a ball and really enjoyed it.

“I’ve got to thank Carty for giving me the opportunity to work with him. We’re great mates.”

Cartwright coached the club from its first season with Gillmeister and Steve Murphy assisting him.

Murphy made a successful move to Parramatta to assist Brad Arthur this season after Henry arrived on the Gold Coast as an assistant to Cartwright.

Gillmeister was a popular figure in the Gold Coast’s dressing rooms.

The 50-year-old is an old school footballer who made a name for himself as a defensive specialist.

He played 22 Origins for Queensland and was nicknamed “Axe” for his punishing tackles.

Gillmeister has been an assistant to Mal Meninga during Queensland’s recent Origin success and said he was hoping to stay in the game.

“People have been asking me what I’m doing next year and saying ‘come work for us’,” he said.

“I’d like to stay involved in footy. I’ll play it by ear and see what happens.

“I’ve never been one to dwell on things too much. Some things happen for a reason.

“Hopefully I can still give Mal a hand with the Queensland side. That’s been great.”

The make-up of Henry’s football department for 2015 and beyond is still unknown with the club’s board to receive further recommendations when it meets on Wednesday.

Titans CEO Graham Annesley didn’t want to comment on Gillmeister specifically but said change was inevitable with a new coach coming in.

“It’s inevitable when there’s a change of head coach there’ll be changes in the football personnel,” he said.

“I don’t want to talk about individuals because they’re entitled to their privacy unless they want to talk about it.”

Gillmeister’s immediate attention will turn to the 1,368km walk from Townsville to Brisbane he will start later this month.

Gillmeister is raising money for the Asbestos Related Disease Support Society Queensland, a charity close to his heart after his father, Ron, died from mesothelioma five years ago.

[gotitans101_]

Can he take Martin Lang with him please.

[Bayside Titan]

I believe that we will see more articles like this one. Gilly has been a great servant to the club and I wish him well. For the club to turn over a new chapter changes like these have to happen as much as some changes may not please all people.

I believe that there will be a few personal changes that some people will no doubt be unhappy with.

[karnage]

This is a positive move.

Gilly is a legend of the game and provided a real cement link to QLD which was so lacking in many of our other appointments.

[DavidBouveng]

i think this is a great move to show a clean start. i love Gilly and hope he finds something else great to do, but i did notice the slight hint of sour grapes when he mentions hes seen changes, some good, some not. Thats a little bit of the dinosaur in him resisting change in my opinion. Most changes that end up costing you your job are going to seem bad, so i dont blame him.

[TITAN PETE]

The 2nd best thing the club has done this season now just get rid of the head wobbler

[Mr Stupid]

A tackling coach maybe but I've seen no evidence in our structure that suggested we had a 'defensive specialist' in our midst.

[Smakked]

This is a good thing. He is old school and the game has changed alot in the way it is played these days.

[karnage]

The 2nd best thing the club has done this season now just get rid of the head wobbler

Head wobbler?? You've lost me there.

[DIEHARD]

Thanks for the memories Axe.

Be interesting to see who Henry brings in.

[TITAN PETE]

Head wobbler?? You've lost me there.

He was a very average front rower & his dad was a very good coach

[Titanic]

Tackling coach and defensive tactician are two very different animals.

[Bayside Titan]

Beside Mattherson does anybody know of any other names being thrown up at all to come on board?

[DIEHARD]

listen to ‘Trevor Gillmeister on his future after The Titans’ on Audioboo

Trevor Gillmeister on his future after The Titans

[karnage]

He was a very average front rower & his dad was a very good coach

lol