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“The CEOs don’t get sacked – the coach does (if an NRL club fails to get results),” Tallis fired on Triple M’s Sunday Sin Bin show.
“All these guys ... what are they called, football managers or directors of football, it’s a made-up title.
“It’s absolutely made up.
“Basically, the football manager should be a lackey for the head coach unless you are Phil Gould (Bulldogs football boss).
“These guys (other NRL football chiefs) all think they are Phil Gould.
“Let me tell you, Phil Gould’s role (at Canterbury) was made for Phil Gould, there aren’t too many people like him who can go to an organisation and be the boss.”
“Ben Ikin went for the CEO’s role and he missed it, that job is the boss,” Tallis said.
“The role for Benny, if I’m Benny Ikin, is, ‘Kevvie what do you need me to do? Hey mate, do you need anything else?’
“That should be it, that should be his job description.
“There are joint decisions these days (at NRL clubs) because if the coach has too much power, you can see how clubs get the salary cap out.
“Does Kevvie run the team? Does Kevvie talk about the players they want at the recruitment desk? Absolutely.
“But the two coaches I had, Brian Smith and Wayne Bennett, no-one is on their page. They make the decisions. They live by it.
“At the end of the day, it’s the coach gets moved on (if he fails to get results).”