Wayne Bennett quitting the Knights

[nick87]

So there it is. I said at the start of Bennett's reign that he'd leave without a premiership at the knights, and so it is.

Personally i think he's done a really poor job there. Their squad is in a horrible state right now.

 

[Dogs Of War]

Bennett should take up the challenge of getting the Raiders right.

 

[Johns Magic]

So there it is. I said at the start of Bennett's reign that he'd leave without a premiership at the knights, and so it is.

I'm pretty sure that was Raider69 who said that actually

 

[nick87]

I'm pretty sure that was Raider69 who said that actually

:lol: Indeed

In all seriousness, I'll be very keen to see what happens at this next stop. This knights era bee a fiasco under his watch and it's taken a little of the shine off his reputation as a super coach.

The Broncos were set up to be a dynasty no matter who coached them. His best job in terms of achievement was probably the dragons.

 

[gregstar]

fiasco?

he took them to within a game of the biggie.

he almost polished a turd as he did with saints.

 

[Swarzey]

Never really expected a premiership. Yeah, it would have been nice but I just wanted to become competitive. I wanted a team more than anything where top 4 wasn't out of its reach. I don't know what 2014 could have been without the issues, but It's disappointing he's leaving it in such a rabble.

The only positives of his time here in my mind are helping Mullen with his confidence, signing Gagai and signing Scott. Nothing else really springs to mind, which is a shame. I expected more from the master coach.

But the Boyd shit this morning was hilarious. It was as if he was going to cry at any point :lol: Now that he's f**king off I couldn't care less.

 

[Noname36]

:lol: Indeed

In all seriousness, I'll be very keen to see what happens at this next stop. This knights era bee a fiasco under his watch and it's taken a little of the shine off his reputation as a super coach.

The Broncos were set up to be a dynasty no matter who coached them. His best job in terms of achievement was probably the dragons.

In all seriousness I think he's taken a bigger risk by leaving than he would have by staying. Even if the Knights never went well under him in the future a lot would put it down to the Knights just being shit. At the very least he would have gotten props for sticking it out when the going got tough. What happens if his new squad don't fire either? You can bet wherever he goes it will be the side most likely to succeed.

 

[insert.pause]

Raiders, Broncos and now Knights, left before his contract expired.

 

[nick87]

In all seriousness I think he's taken a bigger risk by leaving than he would have by staying. Even if the Knights never went well under him in the future a lot would put it down to the Knights just being shit. At the very least he would have gotten props for sticking it out when the going got tough. What happens if his new squad don't fire either? You can bet wherever he goes it will be the side most likely to succeed.

I agree. It's definitely ballsy because if he fails at this next stop, even more question marks will be raised about his "Supercoach" status. He he retired after the knights we'd have all pretty quickly forgotten his failures there and wrote them off as a Tinkler thing.

 

[coast_dragons]

He should go to scumnulla I doubt he could polish that giant turd.

 

[Noname36]

The only positives of his time here in my mind are helping Mullen with his confidence, signing Gagai and signing Scott. Nothing else really springs to mind, which is a shame. I expected more from the master coach.

Bennett did plenty for the club. He developed the high-performance unit which everyone at the club has attributed to the dramatic improvement in our juniors. He got us to within a game of a GF so the players in the squad now have big game experience which most didn't before. He brought with him a highly professional coaching team, equipment, facilities, etc...and so even though a lot of those staff may go with him he's showed us how professional sides are run.

I think people also forget that Bennett wasn't brought to Newcastle to win a comp. Tinkler said he brought him to install professionalism into the football side of the club and help build the junior system back up. Both of those he did. The premiership stuff all came from the media and a few overly excited fans after seeing what he did at the Dragons (who were in a much different place to us when he took over there).

 

[nick87]

Another side note... Bennett is moving on and Origin is over for the year, what f**ks has Darius Boyd got left to give?

It's going to be facinating viewing to see how he plays out the rest of this season. :lol:

 

[Swarzey]

Another side note... Bennett is moving on and Origin is over for the year, what f**ks has Darius Boyd got left to give?

It's going to be facinating viewing to see how he plays out the rest of this season. :lol:

I still expect him to be somewhat professional and continue playing like he has in recent years. However I wouldn't be surprised if he goes to a new level of merkinage and play like he did earlier in the season.

 

[Noname36]

One advantage if Stone picks up the gig is his involvement with the lower grades and potential influence on some of the talent coming through to stick with the club

Tariq Sims also has a high opinion of him from when he coached him for Fiji. Might stop us from getting Tedesco'd.

 

[nick87]

i think the deadline has passed for a good ol fashioned Tedesco'ing
Besides as i understand it, family is the main reason for Tariq's move. So you're probably pretty safe there.

 

[Hutty1986]

Another side note... Bennett is moving on and Origin is over for the year, what f**ks has Darius Boyd got left to give?

It's going to be facinating viewing to see how he plays out the rest of this season. :lol:

I'm predicting 3 walking/slow jogging hit-ups per game (zero kick returns, of course) from here on out.

 

[Ronnie Dobbs]

He went to Newcastle to win a comp. The arse fell out of the joint after he got them to their first prelim in 12 years and he's done a bad job?

NEWS FLASH - The Knights were screwed before he got there and he went all in for the trophy - then Tinkler went broke and the NRL wouldn't honor what he was getting before.

I'm sorry - but if your best season in a dozen years is a failure, then that only speaks for higher for what Bennett is - someone who wins comps. To make a prelim, then have players not getting paid 6 months later and cop the blame is hilarious.

I'd love him back at Saints.

 

[Kiwi]

Bennett runs as soon as he sees trouble on the horizon. He got out of Brisbane the moment he could see their golden years of brilliant players had ended, and he ran from Saints the moment the job was done and he knew the only way was down with the aging roster they had. Things turned to shit at the Knights so quickly (within the space of half a season) he couldn't get out before the shit hit the fan. He's never had to rebuild a club from the bottom before. He saw the prospect of doing that at Newcastle and it scared the shit outa him I reckon.

I certainly still think Bennett is a good coach, but after listening to his reason for leaving on MMM it's left a bad taste in my mouth. He pretty much said that he loved the club and the town and if the side was performing better he would have stayed on. How are the players supposed to feel listening to that? How are they supposed to get up for the rest of the season, especially Rise for Alex round when the coach has already thrown the towel in and pretty much said they're a lost cause that he doesn't know how to fix?

You could certainly look at it that way. You could also look at it as the players not responding to Bennett very well, that's not a saying either is crap, but sometimes coaches just don't fit in with certain teams. Bennett in all his years of coaching could have seen this and knows the results will always be the same because coach and team aren't gelling or on the same page, hence the I have given my all and it's not working comments. In all honesty the easiest thing Bennett could have done is seen out his contract time and then left, it took a lot to leave at this seasons end knowing, and he would have known the backlash from it.

 

[I Bleed Maroon]

The Knights fans can scapegoat Bennett all they like, but anyone who watches the Knights play knows that the squad is full of peahearts who will put the cue in the rack as soon as it looks like they're collapsing. Darius included, which is certainly Bennett's issue. The spoon this year, if they win it is entirely the fault of the playing group.

 

[Twatface Magee]