Wayne Bennett quits Knights... Is he coming back?

[Bucking Beads]

I'd rather see how Griffin goes next year with a proper halves pairing and fullback than get Wayne back.

 

[Unbreakable]

I certainly won't lose any sleep if Griffin is axed and Bennett is our head coach next season, we won't be worse off, in fact it will probably be better in the short term, I just hope we have a long term plan after Bennett decides to give it up.

 

[Bull Shark]

I'd rather see how Griffin goes next year with a proper halves pairing and fullback than get Wayne back.

you could argue that it wont really be a 'proper' halves pairing next year either.. Sure we're getting a heck of a player but his arrival creates even more questions re who will / should be playing the six than this year ... And if Milford does assume the role, he'll be in it for the first time.

Anyway, first things first, fingers crossed the right decision for this club gets made on Tuesday.

 

[Bull Shark]

I know what you mean, but I'm hoping that if he does come back as head coach, it's only for a short time until he moves into a director of coaching role. I can see this working in both short and long term. I wonder if White will thwart this from happening.

I dunno really, but what I do know is we look terrible even when we do win lately. There's so many deficiencies in our team yet we have all the right ingredients. The cook needs to be changed.

I think White has to wait outside while the big kids make that decision ..?

 

[Foordy]

I know what you mean, but I'm hoping that if he does come back as head coach, it's only for a short time until he moves into a director of coaching role. I can see this working in both short and long term. I wonder if White will thwart this from happening.

I dunno really, but what I do know is we look terrible even when we do win lately. There's so many deficiencies in our team yet we have all the right ingredients. The cook needs to be changed.

Apparently Lockyer will be the deciding factor

 

[barker]

If Bennett comes back, he brings his own entourage of fitness and sport science people with him. I don't want to lose Alex Corvo from the Broncos. He was a huge coup and I think he will do great things with the Broncos and the new training facilities they are building.

 

[Unbreakable]

We won't lose Corvo if Bennett comes back, no chance, at best Bennett will bring in 2-3 people.

 

[barker]

We won't lose Corvo if Bennett comes back, no chance, at best Bennett will bring in 2-3 people.

Jeremy Hickmans has followed Bennett to St George & Newcastle. Would Bennett dump him to keep Corvo?

 

[Foordy]

With White in his ear... You know what they say about believing what you read in the papers.

I don't think Locky is the sort of guy to let other people "get in his ear" about important decisions.

Having said that just because he was professional and publicly supported Griffin recently, doesn't mean that he doesn't want Bennett back.

 

[Unbreakable]

Jeremy Hickmans has followed Bennett to St George & Newcastle. Would Bennett dump him to keep Corvo?

I doubt he'd dump him, I'm sure there's a role in Brisbane for him, just not at the expense of Corvo.

 

[Foordy]

I agree with nearly every word of this article...

There must come a point in the existence of the Brisbane Broncos when fans, members, former players and powerbrokers resist the urge to holler for Wayne Bennett as soon as the chips are down.

It's unhealthy. And counter-productive. Never will a Broncos coach in the future succeed unless they can implement their vision without constanstly being judged on Bennett's untouchable standards, or stare down rumours of his impending return.


Six years after Bennett departed for the Dragons the drums thunder back into life the moment he comes on the market, which just happens to coincide with a pair of difficult defeats on the field.


Dear God, we're seventh with eight games to go. Cozza, hand me the phone.


Bennett is a giant at the Broncos, just as Alex Ferguson was to Manchester United and Phil Jackson to the Chicago Bulls. They are revered figures and the era in which they drove their sides to glory will and should be cherished and embellished by supporters.


They should rejoice but be very careful in wanting to relive it all in the present. Re-inventing glory days isn't as simple as getting the coach back. Sport doesn't work like that. And much has changed since 2008.


Brisbane fans have been spoilt by success and with the season on the line the default mode for many is to sack coach Anthony Griffin. With that done, the logical play would be to go back to Bennett, who ends some difficult years in Newcastle and would probably love nothing better than to come home.
Would he do a good job? Undoubtedly. He remains a master motivator and all-time football brain. He would inherit a team on the rise, one with a halfback on the verge of becoming elite, and in Anthony Milford, one of the brighest talents in the game on the roster for 2015.


But much of this has been Griffin's work, even if he doesn't always do a brilliant job of communicating the vision to the same fans he seems to frustrate so often. If anything that remains an area on which he must work.


The truth is, even with two games they arguably should have won detracting from their points tally, Brisbane are about where they should be on the ladder. Their roster is developing and has enough upside to suggest they will play finals this season and, if not, next.


Griffin hasn't lost the dressing room by any stretch and, despite some glaring issues with defence, has done nothing to suggest he should be sacked.
The stench of mediocrity is difficult to inhale for many Broncos fans, who have witnessed the kind of wild success over the decades that most supporters of rival clubs would happily provide a kidney to enjoy.


But they too must learn the art of patience. No longer do Brisbane have exclusive access to the best and brightest Queensland has to offer. Southern clubs are ravenous for talent and Brisbane, like everyone else, must compete on its merits.


Greeting Wayne Bennett with a warm embrace won't change any of that. His legacy is staggering and wondrous but the game has moved on in his absence. So, too, should the Broncos.

Brisbane Broncos must move on from the aura of Wayne Bennett

 

[vertigo]

My stance on Griffin is like most on here but it just doesn't feel right going crawling back to Bennett as head coach, by all means get him back in some capacity but if he's demanding head coach straight of the bat I think the board will go in another direction.

That and he'd be told we don't want any nuffies following you up here.

 

[Anonymous person]

No doubt Bennett wants to come back, we've got one of the best players in the league coming next year, the most improved player in the competition absolutely killing it in the 7, a recent dally m winner down on form, one of the best young props in the game, and just signed another promising young prop - all the things that point to a team on the verge of success regardless of him being our coach or not. Its the only type of job he'll take - one where there's a good chance of success by default.

 

[Brent81]

I agree with nearly every word of this article...




Brisbane Broncos must move on from the aura of Wayne Bennett

The author needs to actually looks at the stats about wins v losses since griffin was resigned as coach.

The lack of success and the way the team is playing is sufficient reason to see him sacked.

Oh and I nearly collapsed laughing when the word 'vision' was used.

Anyone who coaches Brisbane will be compared to Bennett for so long as they are unsuccessful. And Griffin hasn't been a success as a coach.

 

[Morkel]

Bennett is the right choice now & for the future. To be honest, I'd accept Griffin staying if Bennett was director. That'll give us 2015 to test Griffin, and if he falls short Bennett can look for someone new. I categorically do not want Walters as coach, but think a younger but promising coach would work well being mentored by Bennett. Then when Wayne's ready to retire, our coach has learned what he needs to.

 

[Kaz]

Bennett will only want the head coach job, he doesn't want coaching direct or.

If Bennett was coaching director, the head coach won't have a say. It will be do what I say.

With Bennett it has always been his way or the highway.

 

[qlderxxxx]

Wayne Bennett back at the Broncos?

Huge news up on the SMH just now

Wayne Bennett to return in Brisbane Broncos shake-up

Wayne Bennett phoned Lachlan Murdoch on Sunday, convincing the News Corporation boss he could turn around the struggling Broncos, paving the way for him to be announced as head coach of the Brisbane team as early as Monday
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The approval of Murdoch was all that was required for Bennett to return as coach of the Broncos in 2015, with the power to choose his own staff, following a series of secret meetings of the board of the Brisbane club. The directors reached a near unanimous view that the appointment of the seven-time premiership-winning coach is necessary to restore team mojo in a city the Broncos once dominated. Club directors have met without the knowledge of chief executive Paul White, who is a strong supporter of the incumbent coach, Anthony Griffin.


Bennett, after six years away from his family, is keen to return to Brisbane. The move required the agreement of News, which owns 67 per cent of the shares of the Broncos. Chairman Dennis Watt had the responsibility of seeking the approval of Murdoch, a long-term supporter of the club but Bennett’s phone call clinched the appointment. The Broncos directors believe Bennett can restore team culture, which they think has deteriorated since the 64-year-old left to coach St George Illawarra in 2009.

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Three key Broncos players were sacked from Saturday’s match against the Warriors for a midweek, late-night drinking binge. The Broncos defeated the Warriors 28-22, ending a three-game losing streak. The club directors believe Griffin has been given all he has asked for during his three-year term yet the team has finished eighth and 12th the past two seasons. White almost snared Bennett in 2011 when he told the Dragons he was leaving.

Rest of story at;
Wayne Bennett to return in Brisbane Broncos shake-up

Fantastic news.

Hard timing for Hook after a big week in terms of dropping players, pulling off a massive win. Personally happy to have Wayne back home.

 

[nopatience101]

Re: Wayne Bennett back at the Broncos?

More half truths from Masters, the ceo is not going to be appointed by Bennett and White will remain unless he decides to leave. Ben Ikin as ceo is the most ludicrous thing I think I have ever heard.