Wayne Bennett, who has done more than anyone else to prepare Benji Marshall for the rigours of head coaching, has some pointed advice for the embattled Tigers.
Wayne Bennett believes Benji Marshall is as well-equipped as anyone to take on the most daunting job in the NRL, but will only succeed if Wests Tigers end the vicious cycle of “turning coaches over like they’re confetti.”
“If there is anyone that can handle that situation, it’s Benji,” Bennett told this masthead. “Only in the sense he has a lot of contacts there. It gives you a lot of goodwill, and he’s going to need that. He will need them to be patient, as simple as that. You can’t go from zero to hero overnight. “All the conversation right now is, ‘Will Benji make it as a coach?’ None of us know that right now. What I do know is that Benji is a really good person, he knows his football and that he treats people with dignity and respect. So let him get the job done and get the support of the chairman and the CEO and let him be that guy.Getty
“None of that is going to help Benji, I can tell you. If they want it to work, they have to make it work and more importantly give him their support. Not through spoken-word support but real support, with what they say and also what they do.
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