GNR4LIFE
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I’ve been saying this for years.
Benji 2025
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WesternSuburbsBoy
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Adel Hage, Wests Tigers Life Podcast.
hammertime
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We can't put all this on Benji. He has an ex-first-grade coach in JoMo alongside him.
Is there a world where Benji would be happy to have another ex-First Grade coach on the books? Maybe that's the path.
Is there a world where Benji would be happy to have another ex-First Grade coach on the books? Maybe that's the path.
GNR4LIFE
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If you put a 5 year old behind the wheel of a car and it causes a 10 car pile up, you don’t blame it on the 5 year old.
gallagher
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What if you put an adult who's never driven a car behind behind the wheel? They should be smart enough not to do it.
Should....
Betterdays22
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We should sign Hass and Cleary while we are at it
Batmans Parents
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Was more than willing to give Benji this season and next (provided there isn’t a collapse) but if he is going full Sheenius by picking Naden on the bench, he can piss off because it’s inexcusable. Especially when he has TDS and Mason (prior to this week) playing reserves.
Batmans Parents
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Also his decision to bring Heighnington in as an assistant was nothing more than a job for the boys.
BA who had ten years at parra and did very little until he lost the playing group. And you think he’s the coach for the tigers I disagree
GNR4LIFE
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I wouldn’t call making a GF, very little.
oldschooltiger
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I wouldnt be surprised if we got Willie Peters next year if we dont have a strong 2nd half of the season.
One out of ten i suppose that’s almost exceptable. Still not a premiership. If he had it parra wouldn’t have showed him the door i don’t see to many other clubs lining up for him
GNR4LIFE
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I’m not defending his record, however he would be a significant upgrade on Benji.
He’s the best that’s available at the moment. I’m not calling for Benji to be sacked (yet) but there are a lot of poor coaches that are available should we decide to move on. BA has a 5-5 record of making the finals, that’s better than majority of the coaches who are available. BA might not be the greatest coach in history, but he’s miles above who is out there.
Don’t think we can go someone who’s not been a head coach again. The job has to go to someone who’s been a NRL head coach before, way too much risk to hire someone who’s not been one yet.
He’s an upgrade on at least 99% of the coaches who are waiting for a job.
crazycat
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Well, not really.
Benji is kicking Madge's arse and hopefully the McGuire lovers can move on in this forum. Likewise Knights, Titans etc Benji is doing better.
Manly though is doing surprisingly well. I had been waiting for Siebold to fluff it and I don't believe he knows what to do. That said you have experienced hands around in Dymock, which may be helping Siebold not make colossal blunders. Plus DCE is still the peak Halfback of the comp, you don't have to do much coaching with DCE managing the team...
Siebold has been proving me wrong, I do believe he is a phoney but the results Manly have are speaking for themselves. No DCE and a more average halfback, I strongly expect Manly to slide... particularly if Turbo gets another inevitable injury.
The competition has tightened. It's not just Bellamy and Bennett, it's Webster, Ricky and Fitzy. Payton is still pushing his side to it's limits and Benji isn't at that top tier coaching level.
What's more I don't see benji learning a lot from his mistakes. Siebold at least has minders at Manly to keep him from messing up too hard. We really needed an experienced coach to guide Benji and improve on the areas where the Tigers are their weakest.
We don't have that! We have a friendship group of Morris/Hodgson/Heighington who are not going to be able to show Benji where to improve. We need an old hat.
BAGNF05
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Richo has said it too. The club can’t expect HBG to keep tipping in truckloads of cash, the club needs to become financially viable in its own right.
