Coach Benji 👑

[rex2ce]

this is absolutely correct. Richo was giving him everything he wanted so there was no excuse when he couldn’t get the results. It was a win win situation- either Marshall was successful or he wasn’t and there were no excuses for it.

Shows you how devoid of reason and nuance HBG is. Leak a story about Marshall being sacked, players front HBG, HBG cave and give Benji an extension he didn’t even think he deserved and now we’re yet again in the shit 🤣. I mean how embarrassing are we

Home game, very little orange in the jersey lol

 

[hank37w]

this is absolutely correct. Richo was giving him everything he wanted so there was no excuse when he couldn’t get the results. It was a win win situation- either Marshall was successful or he wasn’t and there were no excuses for it.

Shows you how devoid of reason and nuance HBG is. Leak a story about Marshall being sacked, players front HBG, HBG cave and give Benji an extension he didn’t even think he deserved and now we’re yet again in the shit 🤣. I mean how embarrassing are we

Welcome to the shit show. 💩

 

[shiretiger]

I'm sorry Benji but if you are proud of that effort it is time for a new coach.

 

[user118245]

Does benji’s “express yourself” style of footy lead to these stupid prop touches in the opponents 20. Cause if we can’t blame his philosophy then we can only blame the man

 

[TheEnz]

I am not defending Benji but I think he deserves 2027 with hopefully a full strength side of KPP, Averillo, Latu, Javon, Taylan May etc. The squad are obviously playing with what should be season ending injuries Bula, Api.

The reality is we will never go a full season with our first grade squad healthy, other teams seem to be able to handle having 2 or 3 depth players in firsts whereas we go to water immediately. My feeling is that we have struggled more with players playing injured and this has exacerbated the issue. We need a couple of decent quality first graders that have some skill in multiple positions, Averillo is a start and so is Brailey who I feel could cover hooker, lock and backrow in a pinch (assuming he is done), however we need a few more.

 

[hank37w]

That upsets me as I remain a fan of Benji as a player and as a man.
I just cannot see how this ends well for him.
There are a few players currently who are not filling me with confidence that they are committed here. I think 2027 is going to be a very tough year.

We can thank St.George for their slow start and some bad luck that they have had in losing some games that thy actually deserved to win, I've said it before and I'll say it again, they will go okay next season.

St.George do not deserve to get the spoon, we are the ones that should be getting the award this season and we will be red hot favourites for the prize next season unless something miraculous occurs.

Maybe that miracle will be the Bears but I wouldn't count on it, Dolphins didn't save us that embarrassment in 2023.

 

[magpies forever]

I don't know. I want to give Benji the benefit of the doubt and hope he gets better but it's a professional sport and results count. I think he has next year before things happen. I only hope if things happen and he is to be punted end of next year the replacement is already lined up and ready to go. No delay waiting for applications, interviews and appointment. AND, any new coach has to be good at the current NRL playing rules and style, they might have been a good coach in a different playing era but not now.

PS oh wouldn't it be nice to get rid of 6 agains and give defending team a chance to reset. Value defence as much as attack. What's better blow out games or good grinding games?

 

[twentyforty]

Home game, very little orange in the jersey lol

We obviously couldn’t book LO for API’s 250th game.

 

[clontarfkid]

Which Coach could replace Benji

Cheika...Arthurs
But Id start tomorrow with the attacking coach Hodgo,who has been a failure everywhere in both codes
Our sole attacking strategy is for a back to run sideways..avoid contact at all times..and predictably turn it back inside to a slow straight running forward.
Then kick on the 5th
Benji as a player never relied on structure..and it shows

 

[Pringle Gold]

Cheika...Arthurs

Arthur is the best candidate. I’d also say that Ben Gardiner would be a good choice.

 

[clontarfkid]

Arthur is the best candidate. I’d also say that Ben Gardiner would be a good choice.

Depends how locked to Bears he is.Ditto Arthur
Benjis contract is full payout if sacked,so Id start with assistants

 

[fainty]

I don’t feel like Benji is gonna get the flick. I know a contract doesn’t mean anything, and yeah HBG can pay him out but I don’t think they will, atleast not for another year anyway. So where does that out us? As everyone has stated he needs help! I think his right hand man needs to be experienced, that is either Arthur or Flannogan. The only issue I have with flank is he is a Moses employee and Moses hates us. So that means we go with Arthur. By all reports Arthur wants to coach nrl again, so if Benji fails again next year it’s probably an easy transition for then Arthur to take over. I really want Benji to work! We all love him….but his coaching is struggling. That’s what you get with someone inexperienced. Then you need to look at some other assistants attack/defence. There’s a few out there. I don’t want them to have anything with the club. Go get some outsiders, winners, surely Benji has good relationships outside of the ‘05 season?! Head of football needs a loo at too. Then potentially a halves coach. Benji was a heads up, instinct half. Get someone who can manage a game. Reynolds, Keary, Joey, Cronk, Cherry Evans, these type of halves. Get them working with latu. Give him the 7, Javon the 6, Doueihi you are 13 or go to Perth. If we can’t do any of this then seriously blow the shit up! Bring in relegation, gives us diehard supporters a year or two of relief so we don’t have to go through this week to week year in year. Do something!