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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 3186859, member: 1899"] It was a different system when Bennett first started with the club with far less provisions and clauses to look after but from the moment Bennett arrived at Brisbane you could tell he had a large influence on recruitment and retention. I've never heard anything about Cullen wanting to take a more hands on approach with recruitment. As far as I understand it, Bennett was under pressure since the Broncos had failed to win a finals game in three seasons and were on a losing streak. Cullen told the media that Bennett had his full support, but there would be a review and Bennett didn't like the sound of that. Meanwhile his good buddy at the Roosters Politis expressed interest in his services so he had an escape plan ready for 2006. As far as his influence on his recruitment all you have to do is look at the Broncos recruitment and retention in 2015 to see what was going on. Not even in terms of who actually signed but also who the Broncos were chasing. It wasn't like they had a committee and Bennett's vote mattered as much as Lockyer's, he's the head coach he has the majority say. Besides, wasn't the plan to keep him around as a director of football? Wouldn't that suggest they wanted him around because of his expertise in recruitment and retention ala Gus Gould? The problem is both sides are trying to pin it on one guy when the blame has to be shared. However, Boyd was only at the Broncos because of Bennett, this doesn't happen if he didn't bring Boyd here in the first place and position him to be the captain. [/QUOTE]

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