Is Potter the best of the rest?

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Best of the rest? ... Potter was unveiled as Tigers coach on Wednesday. Source: Brett Costello / News Limited

Is Mick Potter a good fit for Wests Tigers, or simply the best of the leftovers - or possibly both?

Potter was unveiled as the Tigers' new coach on Wednesday after the club parted with long-time leader Tim Sheens last month.

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With many of rugby league's top-tier coaches already tied to deals, the Tigers had a limited pool from which they could choose, leading to some suggestions that Potter may not be a good fit for a club that is alleged to have a strong culture of 'player power'.

CEO Stephen Humphreys rubbished claims the club's new coach was a cut-price option, and slammed talk suggesting Potter's deal was heavily incentive-based and had a five-figure base salary.

"I can clarify that's total rubbish," Humphreys told AAP on Wednesday.

"It's obviously inappropriate to talk about someone's salary package but I can say that Mick's remuneration package is in line with someone of his experience at this level.

"It's a normal 'vanilla' (plain) type of deal."

Veteran rugby league journalist Greg Prichard believes Potter is the best man the Tigers could get, given the limited budget at their disposal.

"I think out of the people that they had in the running for the job, he was the best choice, so effectively he was their first choice," Prichard said on Fox Sports News.

"They're hamstrung by the amount of money they can't spend - that's the main fact in all this.

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"He's supposed to be on around $250,000 a year, which would make him the lowest-paid coach in the competition I would imagine, because (Cronulla Sharks coach) Shane Flanagan's probably got a rise."

"When you're paying that sort of money, you're not going to get a Bellamy, a Hasler, a Bennett or even the next rung down."

Prichard said Potter's first port of call would be to ensure the players know where they stand with him.

"There are no guarantees that he's going to be the answer, but I think he's a good fit, at least to start with, because he's a straight shooter," Prichard said.

"He's going to make it clear that he's the boss and the players are not the boss, and he'll get on with it from there.

"They (the players) will buy in to what he wants to do, it's whether his plan is good enough.

"They'll back him to start with. If it fails, it will either be because Mick Potter can't coach, or the players didn't stick at it long enough."