Said earlier in the year that the real judge of Benji is how the team gets up when it's close to full strength. So far its been terrific.
I could go into really granular detail, but nah, I just feel like this week isn't one of those weeks for us. I just hope we perform against the Storm. That means more to me than the result.
Benji's becoming really canny at managing the perception of our club in the media. I thought inviting that young fella from the sharks game to training was a really clever move, (in many directions.) He really does have this unique ability to project this kind of authentic cornyness where others can't.
Gutsy wins against Eels, Warriors and Raiders mean we're not in freefall. But its a different coaching challenge for the next month as we've gotta maybe go through a bit of a rough patch without totally sh1tting the bed.
Our backline is just too unbalanced and inexperienced with Bula and AD out. It's going to cost us a lot of points and momentum. I'd start Skelton and Herbert on one side -- simply because -- if they're not particularly good, at least they're not getting bashed up. We can go to May and a rookie winger on the other side for finesse.
But yea now's not the time to judge coaching based strictly on results.