The first grade coach's maiden season in charge of the top grade side didn't go quite as he had hoped, so he decided run it back in 2022.

"I wanted to do it, there's something weird about me that likes that stuff," he said on taking on the top job once again.

"I just felt like last year was once again impacted by you know who (COVID) and it didn't really let me do what I envisioned."

The Tigers finished in last place in 2021, with just two wins from their 12 games before COVID brought a premature end to the season.

But Price said there were definitely things to build from.

"There was a fair bit of work to do to change a few things culturally, but I felt like we really ticked the box there and I was proud of all the guys' efforts there to come on board and I hope that leads us into a better year next season and we'll hopefully be a better club for it," he added.

"Those patches of footy, we proved that we were capable of winning games. Just to build that confidence to say we can play like that and that's the style of footy we need to play and the results show that when we play that style of footy, we can do it.

"Even during some of the tough losses, we showed patches of that. One or two quarters of that style of footy isn't good enough, especially against some of the competitors we need to do it for four. That's definitely something we can work on for next year."

As a player, Price split his time between first and second grade. While that wasn't his plan initially, it did serve to help him get a greater feel for the up and coming players.

"There were some juniors last year that will age out this year that helped us in the twos and being on the field and watching those guys helped me look at their future," Price said.

"I'll be talking to those guys about staying on board and I feel that definitely helped, although I didn't play as much twos as I liked.

"I felt like it was a good way to shape a few young fellas, and there's definitely some young fellas that won't be playing many twos games next year."

The club saw a few new recruits to the Tiger ranks last season, but it's unclear how many will be sticking around. But regardless of how they shape up on the pitch, Price is confident they can make it work.

"It's a trend that we have that we have an influx of guys who are only here on a 12 month contract from various places, so they normally head home," Price said.

"But guys always come back and I reach out to anyone that's looking to play footy, to jump on our page and like it."

Pre-season is expected to ramp up for the Tigers after Christmas.

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