MELTDOWN Wayne Bennett - Moves to Souths

[1910]

Sounds more like it was "breaking news" on the Manly coach search ... not the Broncos

Wouldn’t the effect on Brisbane be they’re down a candidate for their head coaching role?

 

[Lockysillegitimatechild]

Wouldn’t the effect on Brisbane be they’re down a candidate for their head coaching role?

Its drawing a long bow to make the story about a more popular club. If a politician retires 2 years out from the elections and was a distant candidate to become prime minister you wouldnt see the headline “big news about prime minister!”

 

[Super Freak]

Noticed that Sportsbet have us at 7.00 second favorites to win the comp next year even ahead of the Storm who are at 8.00

Whilst its nice that they obviously think that we are going to have a good year in 2019 (and I hope they're right) I think they are pricing us on potential and not proven ability and that looks under what I think we should be.

I'd say they also expect Wayne to be coaching us again as well.

There are no excuses next year.

We've got the side needed to win a premiership, it's going to come down to how badly the players want it.

There are some concerns. I don't think we have the gameplan that suits our strengths and I don't like the way we go about the defensive side of things. But we'll see what happens.

 

[1910]

Its drawing a long bow to make the story about a more popular club. If a politician retires 2 years out from the elections and was a distant candidate to become prime minister you wouldnt see the headline “big news about prime minister!”

But it's not two years out, he's the current assistant so that would need to be fixed in the next month and they want a coach by the end of the year so he'd be out of it.

So if he was to get the Manly job it would have an effect on the Broncos before the end of the year.

 

[Gaz]

So pre-season starts in a couple of weeks. Understand it’s not full on till after Christmas but never the less we have

• Our head coach in England till mid November with his mind on other things and finishing up at the end of next year.
• At this point coachless for 2020.
• Our current assistant coach in talks with another club for next year.
• Key players scratching their heads about re-signing.

Love to be positive but shit it’s frustrating sometimes supporting a great club like ours with this crap going on.

 

[_wwong]

Wouldn’t the effect on Brisbane be they’re down a candidate for their head coaching role?

Walters will be last man standing. What if they can’t find anyone, would the board do a U-turn and beg Bennett for an sos?

 

[Nashy]

So pre-season starts in a couple of weeks. Understand it’s not full on till after Christmas but never the less we have

• Our head coach in England till mid November with his mind on other things and finishing up at the end of next year.
• At this point coachless for 2020.
• Our current assistant coach in talks with another club for next year.
• Key players scratching their heads about re-signing.

Love to be positive but shit it’s frustrating sometimes supporting a great club like ours with this crap going on.

Lets bring some perspective

• He's held the England job, and many other rep jobs while coaching first grade. It's not an issue. His tenure ending means nothing in this point.
• Board interviewing people at this point for 2020.
• Our current assistant coach might leave. So what? Assistant Coaches come and go from clubs constantly. Maybe he's not that important, who knows, I mean, Kearney had the job, can't be that big of a deal.
• Two of them. One key, one winger.

 

[1910]

So pre-season starts in a couple of weeks. Understand it’s not full on till after Christmas but never the less we have

• Our head coach in England till mid November with his mind on other things and finishing up at the end of next year.
• At this point coachless for 2020.
• Our current assistant coach in talks with another club for next year.
• Key players scratching their heads about re-signing.

Love to be positive but shit it’s frustrating sometimes supporting a great club like ours with this crap going on.

Contracts end October 31 so I wouldn't be surprised if November 1 new deals are announced that don't involve the players current management.

 

[Gaz]

Lets bring some perspective

• He's held the England job, and many other rep jobs while coaching first grade. It's not an issue. His tenure ending means nothing in this point.
• Board interviewing people at this point for 2020.
• Our current assistant coach might leave. So what? Assistant Coaches come and go from clubs constantly. Maybe he's not that important, who knows, I mean, Kearney had the job, can't be that big of a deal.
• Two of them. One key, one winger.

• Sure it’s ok to have a second job providing it doesn’t interfere with you main job. Most employers would be accepting. That is as long as your main job is going along swimmingly - not. Would much prefer him to be working on our defence rather then the Poms defence at the minute. His tenure ending means everything to the players.
• Board should have been interviewing players halfway through the season when they decided they needed too and should now be announcing his replacement. Because some coaches said they wouldn’t be making a decision until now doesn’t mean they couldn’t be interviewed in readiness.
• Kearney was our defence coach and when he left so did our defence.
• Yes but said winger was our leading try scorer.

Anyway Nashy, like you, I’m entitled to my opinion which is i’m far from happy with how things have been handled and are being handled this year by our senior management. Better times ahead - go the Broncs.

 

[Nashy]

• Sure it’s ok to have a second job providing it doesn’t interfere with you main job. Most employers would be accepting. That is as long as your main job is going along swimmingly - not. Would much prefer him to be working on our defence rather then the Poms defence at the minute. His tenure ending means everything to the players.
• Board should have been interviewing players halfway through the season when they decided they needed too and should now be announcing his replacement. Because some coaches said they wouldn’t be making a decision until now doesn’t mean they couldn’t be interviewed in readiness.
• Kearney was our defence coach and when he left so did our defence.
• Yes but said winger was our leading try scorer.

Anyway Nashy, like you, I’m entitled to my opinion which is i’m far from happy with how things have been handled and are being handled this year by our senior management. Better times ahead - go the Broncs.

More than welcome to your opinion, not one person has denied you of that, so not sure why you feel the need to make a point of it.

It's not interfering with his main job, I'm not sure where you feel it's falling down. You talk about Kearney being a D coach (He was assistant), but then state that Bennett should be here working on it? The lads aren't even back at training yet, and you want him home? If Kearney can get the D working, but JD can't, is it really an issue that Manly want him?

No one knows what the board had planned. But it's not like they could demand interviews with people, they had to wait, and they also had to make decision about the future of Wayne, which was made after the season, from memory.

He's a winger, I would expect him to be up the top of those charts. That's all he is, a finisher who thinks he's a second rower.

 

[Lockysillegitimatechild]

But it's not two years out, he's the current assistant so that would need to be fixed in the next month and they want a coach by the end of the year so he'd be out of it.

So if he was to get the Manly job it would have an effect on the Broncos before the end of the year.

You cant seriously think that this scenario is more a story about brisbane then about manly? Lol... the headline implies its got more to do with brisbane then anything else, it doesnt. It will be manlys coach if it happens, not ours. If we got john cartright as our next coach you think the headline would be “big manly coaching development” in the paper?

 

[Gaz]

More than welcome to your opinion, not one person has denied you of that, so not sure why you feel the need to make a point of it.

It's not interfering with his main job, I'm not sure where you feel it's falling down. You talk about Kearney being a D coach (He was assistant), but then state that Bennett should be here working on it? The lads aren't even back at training yet, and you want him home? If Kearney can get the D working, but JD can't, is it really an issue that Manly want him?

No one knows what the board had planned. But it's not like they could demand interviews with people, they had to wait, and they also had to make decision about the future of Wayne, which was made after the season, from memory.

He's a winger, I would expect him to be up the top of those charts. That's all he is, a finisher who thinks he's a second rower.

Oh well that’s your point of view, clearly it’s not mine.

 

[FaithinHook]

Can any of you guys please explain to me what is the relevance of having each of the 4 applicants go through psychometric testing as part of the interview process? Look, I know that these types of tests are important for your everyday job - hell I have been through a number of them over the years myself when applying for various roles. I just don't get the point of having this type of test for a bloody football coach?!

Sure there is probably some value in it in terms of trying to determine how each applicant may perform under pressure and that sort of thing. I just thought for a club like the Broncos it would be a matter of the board knowing who they wanted and going out and getting them! Whether that be Maguire, Seibold or whoever.

I guess they tried that with Bellyache and it failed, so they have resorted to a stock standard interview process now. I dunno I just feel that psychometric testing is somewhat irrelevant for a head NRL coach for a club as big as ours.

 

[GCBRONCO]

Can any of you guys please explain to me what is the relevance of having each of the 4 applicants go through psychometric testing as part of the interview process? Look, I know that these types of tests are important for your everyday job - hell I have been through a number of them over the years myself when applying for various roles. I just don't get the point of having this type of test for a bloody football coach?!

Sure there is probably some value in it in terms of trying to determine how each applicant may perform under pressure and that sort of thing. I just thought for a club like the Broncos it would be a matter of the board knowing who they wanted and going out and getting them! Whether that be Maguire, Seibold or whoever.

I guess they tried that with Bellyache and it failed, so they have resorted to a stock standard interview process now. I dunno I just feel that psychometric testing is somewhat irrelevant for a head NRL coach for a club as big as ours.

What would you rather?

 

[Gaz]

Can any of you guys please explain to me what is the relevance of having each of the 4 applicants go through psychometric testing as part of the interview process? Look, I know that these types of tests are important for your everyday job - hell I have been through a number of them over the years myself when applying for various roles. I just don't get the point of having this type of test for a bloody football coach?!

Sure there is probably some value in it in terms of trying to determine how each applicant may perform under pressure and that sort of thing. I just thought for a club like the Broncos it would be a matter of the board knowing who they wanted and going out and getting them! Whether that be Maguire, Seibold or whoever.

I guess they tried that with Bellyache and it failed, so they have resorted to a stock standard interview process now. I dunno I just feel that psychometric testing is somewhat irrelevant for a head NRL coach for a club as big as ours.

It’s to find out if any of them have a deep down burning desire to coach England.

 

[Waynesaurus]

They probably consulted with numerous consultants who referred to their consultancy manuals and procedures which says this is now how you have to do these things in order to give the impression that you are a large, important and professional organisation.

Of course such advise comes with a large consutlancy fee................. so clearly if you are paying people lots of money to give you advise it must be right. :grazy:

 

[Nashy]

More likely "AFL do it and they seem to know what they're doing" "Lets do it then!"

 

[FaithinHook]

Surely the board, particularly blokes like Locky, would know if a guy like Maguire, Walters, Hasler or whoever is up to the task or not! Why **** around with these airy fairy psychosemetric tests? **** me, someone like Dean Pay or Sticky could pass the test with flying colors but it wouldnt mean they are the right man to coach the broncos.

Maybe its just so it can be seen the board is following 'due process' or something.