Well I would imagine that Sheens reviewed the coaching situation as part of his head of football operations, and presented his findings to the board.
He probably talked about Madge’s record and suggested he went, sooner rather than later. This would have been in tandem with his recommendation on pathways and developing a strong pool of potential NRL players moving forward.
Of course he would have also probably raised the issue of potential coaching candidates with CC at the top of the list. Board probably voted to go hard for Ciraldo ie ( good money, 5 year deal etc,)
When that fell through only options were for us to recruit an existing or near past coach , but that was probably met with a “ more of the same “ response.
Board probably asked the question of Sheens, could he do it and that’s when he started in option B, him Benji/Robbie.
Of course that’s just my thoughts and I might be well off the mark but I don’t think Sheens was hired to coach but circumstances have lead us down that path.
So the $64 question is whether the new coaching team is going to be a better outcome than a Flanagan, Morris, Walker Bros etc.
Only time will tell.