:lol: GT there is so much wrong with this post I barely know where to begin. Just like your laughable claim that Mitch Rein is a good defender based purely on tackle count, you are letting surface stats tell you the whole story.
Bennett's Knights are not having a good year on the field. But the fact the club has been a shambles off the field all year long, and the traumatic loss of Alex McKinnon affords them some excuses. They did get within 80 minutes of a grand final last year.
That Sheens' record is abysmal is his fault alone, the 05 Bradbury premiership notwithstanding. His recruitment and retention decisions were poor at best, and his selections were laughable to everyone but Tigers fans.
He got the Aussie job for a reason, sure: because Stuart was sacked and no-one else wanted it. Another Bradbury. Despite the fact it is the easiest coaching job outside of the Harlem Globetrotters he still managed to lose the 2010 Tri Nations tournament (mainly due to his own stupid selection of Tuqiri on the wing instead of Boyd - Tuqiri made several crucial errors in the final).
In short he's a nightmare choice and would be akin to the Roosters hiring of Chris Anderson in 2007. A guy they only hired because they missed out on Bennett
Re: Mitch Rein. It's fact that every week he has topped the tackle count and misses less tackles than other players making 1/2 the attempts. Sure there are some deficiencies which relate to the pathetic effort of some of the other forwards not giving assistance however that has improved in the last 2 weeks. To call for Garvey to be 1st selection at hooker when he has been playing off the bench in NSW Cup is utter stupidity especially when he has next to no NRL experience and has been inconsistent in reserve grade. I'm happy for him to get a run off the bench in 1st grade but sick of the Rein bashing you do especially when your opinion is set in stone and not based on performance. If you are critical of reins defense then you need to be critical of Widdop who has missed several tackles which led directly to tries, not to mention most of the team.
In regard to Bennett, its well documented the off field drama the Knights have had in the last couple of months but it is still his job to win games and its very similar in his 3rd season with the Dragons that he only won 4 from his last 14 and we had a premiership winning team.
In regard to Sheens, he is not my 1st choice but has at least won 4 premierships, his club coaching record is at 51% which is 6% higher than Henry's even allowing for his dysmal stint at the Cowboys. His SOO games coached are 4 wins 2 losses. In regard to his recruitment etc at the Tigers I don't think you would know the intricacies of the Tigers dealings or the players themselves to comment so I won't either.
The issues we have is that the current in form coaches are not available and a lot are calling for a coach that hasn't been involved with the club which is reasonable if you want to clean out some dead wood. No one wants a rookie NRL coach so based on what this forum wants there are no coaches available except Sheens and Henry and out of the 2 I choose the one with the superior coaching record which is clearly Sheens. I will support either or any coach as long as they win games as my views change based on performance......you should try it!
