What looks better on the back page of The Daily Telegraph?
'Wayne Bennett Takes Knights To Next Level' or 'Wayne Bennett Breaks Souths 40 Year Premiership Drought'
What will carry more respect and prestige, turning a miserable rag tag bunch of no hopers who have made the Top 8 once in the past 20 years with one of the games richest histories and leading them to glory or giving Newcastle a third premiership in 14 years?
What is a more impressive transformation, turning Chris 'Turnstile' Sandow into a top grade halfback or doing the same with Beau Henry?
These are the questions that will motivate Wayne Bennett imo, he's proved he can win premierships, if he has anything left to prove is that he is the greatest of all time.
There are very similar aspects to both Souths and St. George. A roster brimming with talent, players with great potential who just need to edge out some flaws and weak links (Sandow/Soward's defence for example), a history of underachievement (or as some liked to call the Dragons, 'chokers'), a premiership drought and a large fan base. There is the recipe for a sh*tload of hype, which although he 'shys away from the spotlight' Wayne Bennett generates and I think loves to generate.
You could also turn that last paragraph back around to say if he wanted a true challenge he'd come to foreign territory in Newcastle, but Bennett has a winning formula. The Dragons play to a template, they win premierships. Wayne Bennett coaches to a formula, he wins premierships.