Benji's coaching skills

Tucker said:
I did.
I love Benji as a player and as a human being.
I don’t as a coach and it looks like it will end roughly for him. Some is his fault and some isn’t. He’ll pay for all of it though unfortunately.
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You are both correct in your summation. For me personally that interview with Luai and Api last week in lieu of the Moses/Galvin debacle was an exposition that the boys club is not dead within the club and the atrocity of the social media messages was a travesty and injustice to the fabric of what was supposed to be a new era. Which players of other clubs do this? Isn't not professional nor is it condusive to team harmony. If you are going to talk the talk then walk the walk. Benji should have handled the players better like he did himself. The bigger problem is why does the future of our club want out? Benji had Sheens as a mentor - an experienced coach and that's the difference with Galvin - he does not. But it's no excuse for Galvin. Let's hope Bula does not go the same way. Moses has to be banned also again for bringing the game into disrepute.
 
Ok serious question as it may end up being just like the Farah v Taylor situation that Galvin and Benji won’t be at the club in 26.
If not Benji then who. All the apprentice new age coaches like Fitzgibbon, Ciraldo and Ryles have been appointed. Who is the next crop?
 
Needaname said:
Ok serious question as it may end up being just like the Farah v Taylor situation that Galvin and Benji won’t be at the club in 26.
If not Benji then who. All the apprentice new age coaches like Fitzgibbon, Ciraldo and Ryles have been appointed. Who is the next crop?
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Maybe Richardson would like to team up with Burgess again.
 
Just on Benji's coaching yesterday, I thought he was lucky we got away with how he left the team during the Turuva sinbinning. Losing the right winger was a significant disruption to our defence while parra lost a middle forward. Luckily we dominated possession in that time and Seyfath and Toa did a great job. Personally I would have put Api back on in the halves for one of our middles and AD at centre
 
king_sirro said:
Just on Benji's coaching yesterday, I thought he was lucky we got away with how he left the team during the Turuva sinbinning. Losing the right winger was a significant disruption to our defence while parra lost a middle forward. Luckily we dominated possession in that time and Seyfath and Toa did a great job. Personally I would have put Api back on in the halves for one of our middles and AD at centre
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Funny how Parra covered that gap in the forwards pretty well despite being a middle down. Anyone notice how much Ilongi defends in the line? I don’t think our halves did.
 
Tucker said:
I did.
I love Benji as a player and as a human being.
I don’t as a coach and it looks like it will end roughly for him. Some is his fault and some isn’t. He’ll pay for all of it though unfortunately.
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Easier to replace one coach than 5 or 6 players. Up until this garbage with Galvin started there was massive improvement with the squad. I'm not writing them off yet, it was a bad loss in terms of the guys not revving up, they just seemed to start full of nerves and no confidence yesterday. I think Benji and the squad mismanaged the way they tried to separate themselves from the drama and I think it showed, whether they were mentally fried or emotionally drained I'm not sure, but it showed it had an effect on them. We had Douhi at 7 that really was pretty poor. We had Naden who looked really scratchy after his injury, our punch off the bench disappeared once Hunt pulled out, we really missed Skeltons carries yesterday. Turuvas brain explosion didn't help though shows he cares. Both teams copped bad calls, but imo the ones we copped were much worse than Parra, it was a bad week for the club I think the guys would just be relieved that last week is passed them. We need to get our troops back and learn how to manage the situation better, cause it's not going anywhere, the speculation will only get worse the longer it goes. We're finally being forced to fix an issue that has been ingrained in the joint for over a decade. Our mental toughness, we need to become mentally stronger, the more this continues the better we will get at blocking the noise and over time we will become much more mentally resilient, which is what we've needed for ages.
 
Kelce68 said:
Last week everyone was praising Benji's class during a mentally draining week for the club and fans.

They lost a game against Parramatta who had all the ball (especially early), all the calls and got the bounce nearly every time.

Last week, they nearly (and should've) shut out Newcastle.

Over the weekend, Melbourne got proper spanked (at near full strength minus Grant mind you) against a Dolphins team that we beat convincingly and who had started the season 0-4.

Not every loss is a cause to throw the toys out of the cot.
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For the most part I agree with the sentiment (even if I disagree a little with the reasoning given). This one loss shouldn't be used to determine his coaching abilities.
I've been critical of him as a coach this far for multiple reasons that aren't worth rehashing. But Monday was a very small sample to try to form a whole opinion from. Reality none of us know if he can or can't coach, not being in the inner circle.

I do remain hopeful he can improve as a coach with more and more experience. Though I question if having mates around him is the right way to do so. Did he hire mates because he trust them to give him feedback he may not want to hear or did he hire mates as he knows they will support him no matter what? Both are needed in support staff but the former is more important than the latter.

Whether he can coach or not may be up for debate but it appears he currently has the support of the playing group. So, as of this moment we shouldn't be moving him on in any case.
If he continues to get poor results we can review his position closer towards the end of the season.
 
liltiger said:
Easier to replace one coach than 5 or 6 players. Up until this garbage with Galvin started there was massive improvement with the squad. I'm not writing them off yet, it was a bad loss in terms of the guys not revving up, they just seemed to start full of nerves and no confidence yesterday. I think Benji and the squad mismanaged the way they tried to separate themselves from the drama and I think it showed, whether they were mentally fried or emotionally drained I'm not sure, but it showed it had an effect on them. We had Douhi at 7 that really was pretty poor. We had Naden who looked really scratchy after his injury, our punch off the bench disappeared once Hunt pulled out, we really missed Skeltons carries yesterday. Turuvas brain explosion didn't help though shows he cares. Both teams copped bad calls, but imo the ones we copped were much worse than Parra, it was a bad week for the club I think the guys would just be relieved that last week is passed them. We need to get our troops back and learn how to manage the situation better, cause it's not going anywhere, the speculation will only get worse the longer it goes. We're finally being forced to fix an issue that has been ingrained in the joint for over a decade. Our mental toughness, we need to become mentally stronger, the more this continues the better we will get at blocking the noise and over time we will become much more mentally resilient, which is what we've needed for ages.
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Mate if we’re not mentally resilient by now after all the years of crap aimed at us in the media, then we never will be.
 
I agree with @gregjm87 yesterday and.last week was something outta the box and quite extraordinary.

That in itself is a learning curve those - some involved in the nrl need to deal with...some get a rails run.

However hes a work in progress still has lots to learn, bench selections..the halves mess, lots of extremely costly moments thats cost us 6 comp points....fullback defense etc

Theres a great improvement on the last few years and its been great to see....ill back him while ever the team is playeing with ticker and a never give up attitude but hes got lots to work on
 
Winston Churchill said:
Everything Ive seen from Benji as a coach has highlighted how weak he is as a leader. Its all just 'chur bro'.

He was never a leader on the field, he was the golden child of the team, petulant kid that ran to Rugby when Potter tried to send him to bed without dinner, media jobs fallen on his lap, daddy Sheens got him his current job and he never ever ever gives 2 shits about the results in press conferences.

The guy is weak. He fails every single week to put a rocket up his team during a game. God know what he says before kick off, cause whatever he is or isnt saying he can never deliver a team on game day fired up and ready to play.

He needs to go. His respect earned for a flick pass in 2005 was 20 years ago, his respect as a coach is zero.
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Why don't you just subscribe to the Tele and go support the Roosters Sir Winston?? Benji doesn't fail every week. You might as well hand back Terrell May and Luai and go back to a diet of BJ Leilua and a one legged Josh Reynolds at this club without the figurehead we need.

His best work takes place in press conferences which is what we actually need at the club right now. There is a smear campaign on against our club.

This isn't 2017 anymore. We've gone through what we needed to as a club reforming our Board, our Facilities, and also sticking to a football program no-matter what. All with good, experienced and trustworthy people at the helm of the JV. There is a thing called loyalty to ones club, and I know where I stand in 2025 and beyond.
 
TIGERS said:
Why don't you just subscribe to the Tele and go support the Roosters Sir Winston?? Benji doesn't fail every week. You might as well hand back Terrell May and Luai and go back to a diet of BJ Leilua and a one legged Josh Reynolds at this club without the figurehead we need.

His best work takes place in press conferences which is what we actually need at the club right now. There is a smear campaign on against our club.

This isn't 2017 anymore. We've gone through what we needed to as a club reforming our Board, our Facilities, and also sticking to a football program no-matter what. All with good, experienced and trustworthy people at the helm of the JV. There is a thing called loyalty to ones club, and I know where I stand in 2025 and beyond.
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His winning record was 50% as a Player (That's not good considering he was a generational talent)
and is even worse as a coach...
the guy makes a valid point.
 
batboy said:
His winning record was 50% as a Player (That's not good considering he was a generational talent)
and is even worse as a coach...
the guy makes a valid point.
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As of April 2025, Mitchell Moses has played 225 NRL Premiership games, winning 112 of them, resulting in a win percentage of approximately 49.78%. Moses win percentage is almost identical, he has no premierships yet he's the best halfback in the game. Settle down.
 
TIGERS said:
As of April 2025, Mitchell Moses has played 225 NRL Premiership games, winning 112 of them, resulting in a win percentage of approximately 49.78%. Moses win percentage is almost identical, he has no premierships yet he's the best halfback in the game. Settle down.
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Add to that Benji’s win percentage was well above 50% in most seasons that weren’t wrecked by his injuries.
 
TIGERS said:
As of April 2025, Mitchell Moses has played 225 NRL Premiership games, winning 112 of them, resulting in a win percentage of approximately 49.78%. Moses win percentage is almost identical, he has no premierships yet he's the best halfback in the game. Settle down.
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A future eels coach?
 
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