I probably agree with this, but I also think that we would have had a similar season to what we had last year and if the results were tracking the same as the last three years, we would have been consistently inconsistent, still showing attitude issues, finishing somewhere 6-8 and out in the first week of the finals.
What we also would not have had is the beginning of the restructure that we need. It would have been more of the same. We would still have Nikorima as half back, there would be no hope of WB removing Boyd.
Put simply, we could not risk having Bennett in charge for one more year and in the ear of players we were trying to re-sign. Somebody else posted recently that WB is all about WB, and he is. In making that observation there is absolutely nothing wrong with that, that is human nature. But what he is looking for is that last premiership before he pulls up stumps.
The problem with that in my view is that he is more focused on the short term rather than planning long term for the future. This was the same approach that he took at Newcastle with fairly disastrous results. Whetherr he was under pressure to produce a quick result at Newcastle from Tinkler, I do not know, but believe is likely.
I think you might be on the money again that Seibold might be the right coach at the wrong time. I am still prepared to give him some time to see what will arise from the steps that he is taking. I never held great expectations about this year whilst he had the millstone of our spine around his neck. In saying that, it has been worse than what I expected, but I am still hopeful of seeing some bounce back after Origin is finished.
