The Benji thing is a massive contradiction for me. I have said it before but Sheens killed him the moment he tried to change a free flowing 6 into an organising 7. I remember people defending this because so called experts like druggo johns and brain dead Fittler at one time were singing his praises as a halfback. Me, the ignorant fan who knows nothing, always believed Sheens murdered a player who was potentially one of the best.
Next the ego of Marshall took over. Prior to when Marshall decided to leave I genuinely think it would have been hard for Benji to hand back control to a player like Brooks. I had visions of Brooks watching in horror as Benji called for the ball on the last and put in his trademark shocking kick or threw that ball into row 7.
I actually think Benji might have had an insight into what could have been in the Dragons game when he was not the general. The Rabbits game merely highlighted how bad he is as a 7 compared to how good he could have been playing outside one.
To upgrade his money as a 7 would have been a disaster for the club, more years of failure. A shame we couldn't have upgraded Brooks and kept him as a 6 - as long as he allowed Brooks to be the general.
Anyway, Benji's ego probably did the club a favour, walking away from an upgrade his form didn't warrant has allowed us to retain a kid who has more halfback ability at this early stage of his career than Marshall ever had. But a lot of it was never benjis fault. He should never have played that position to begin with.
