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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 3237635, member: 1899"] He was paid like a half. Bennett never had a set position in mind, the plan was just to get him more ball whether it was at five-eighth, right centre or lock it didn't matter. In the end, there was a vacancy at left and Bennett threw him there. Bird was so bad, he got hooked, had a whinge in the media about it so Bennett played him at five eighth. He had one good game there against the Warriors then went back to his down right Shibasaki levels of giving away tries because he was so awful. In the end it was that bad that Bennett just threw in the towel and let him get his surgery. Players had played through much worse, but Bird was clearly using it as an excuse with the way he performed. Bird was one of the best prospects in the 20s in 2014, right up there with T. Trbojevic and A. Fonua-Blake. He was a handy player at the Sharks and had some great performances but he wasn't a million dollar player. He was being paid on that potential, just like he was selected for NSW because they saw him as the next Fittler/Daley like. Bennett obviously saw the same thing, it was something the Broncos were missing and he thought it could be the missing ingredient, he was wrong and the club has been made to suffer. Otherwise I agree 100% with you. Right now this isn't good enough for Kev, he's been making bad moves the moment he stepped in and it's just blowing up in his face. I do think he's the right man for what the club needs right now because no coach worth their salt would risk their reputation on these individuals on and off the field. [/QUOTE]

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