Mate I guess it’s a gamble...do you go for the bird in the hand or two in the bush. Maguire is ready to go and Bennett might need a year to get himselve to Concord. We can’t afford to go backwards, I would take the guy who is ready to start preseason in three weeks
Seibs is on about 250k at Souths with broncos maybe ready to pay that out and have a building year with seibs. Seibs comes with goodwill atm. Broncs can probably let go of Bennett easily- especially if he seeks release to take wt.
Cicada is an interim coach, disposable over at the riff. Everyone knows that. Cleary can get on the bus over there, nobody has told the truth about his sacking previously. I don’t know what it is.
Souths maybe not so eager to keep seibs as a transition coach with an ailing side and fringe recruits. His reluctance to sign this year despite repeated attempts meant we have been looking at alternatives anyway. Could be contractual issues if the new coach is sl or nrl.
Madge, well he just couldn’t lift a fatigued Souths side, he had three long years and they played worse every year, so he was unceremoniously dumped -much to relief of Souths members and fans. We got one extra marquee and a couple of melbourne jnrs and suddenly jump to third place.
If there was any sign or signal at all that Madge could lift an ailing side, I’d sign him, but he’s not quite there yet. I mean nz is a fair squad to work with and he tweaked the win so good on him. Hes a very good coach.
But wt I think is a squad that needs very careful attention upstairs. They can destroy just about any side on their day, but getting them all to lift at once is the coaching equivalent of brain surgery or rocket science and I don’t think Madge is quite proven....yet.
And nz, these are highly motivated players, playing at home with the eyes of a nation upon them. So they had all kinds of motivation and they worked incredibly hard.
So in my view anyway, Bennett is a lion of the den with a proven track record. His players risk their careers and contracts for him. That might be the key to lift wt as well as the talent that will follow. He brings sponsers and respect. No one has really respected the wt for many years and the time is now. Bennett rocks up and all of the pessimism and doubt is overcome by a tidal wave of optimism and belief. Happens at every club he graces...as does success.
I could be wrong, just my thoughts atm.
