The Tigers are literally the worst club in the world to judge a coach on.
Take Ivan Cleary for example... never made the finals with the Tigers ... leave them and wins 4 straight.
and Cleary's record pre-Tigers isn't anywhere near as good as Maguires pre-Tigers career.
We're more similar to the Rabbits than Tigers in terms of talent pathways, club size and expectations, so let's hope he can produce something similar but better. His teams do tend to trend downwards but at least for now, on exposed evidence of literally one game, signs are promising.
I was looking into his coaching awhile back and the thing that gets forgotten about with his time at the tigers is Covid.
His first year there he got them to 9th... previously their meme position, but good lord would they love to be back there again. Beyond covid they were horrendous, but the game completely changed at that point.
I think if I were to criticise him for anything during that period it might be that he didn't pick up on the trends of Vlando ball quick enough and adapt them...