I don’t think sacking Benji will help but the recruitment of assistant coaches and s & c staff should be a priority. I was disappointed with a couple his selections for the Parra game. You could also tell that we treated the game as a novelty and Parra treated like a final and thats on Benji as well. People saying we should get Madge back, the comp goes for longer than 6 weeks so not sure how his style of coaching goes after that period. The head coach spends more time babysitting than coaching. The assistant coaches do majority of coaching so its so important we get that right. Giving a job for the boys ie Farah under Benji and Snoopy Collins during Madges reign doesn’t cut it anymore. I was hoping we picked up either Steve Antonelli (very experienced Cup coach) or Steve Murphy (Eels blue shirt) both highly regarded and respected but both are heading to Souths next year. I would like to know how many games we used the same spine, the same centre/wing combination (on either side) this year. So many factors that contributed to us getting the spoon and yes some poor team selections by Benji was one of these factors. I do agree though that if we don’t see improvement early next year he could be in trouble to hold his job. I honestly don’t think many other coaches would’ve improved us this year with the same circumstances.
