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Message: [QUOTE="Number6, post: 2921784, member: 9008"] Before we jump to solutions need to properly identify the problem. For me that is Bennett while an excellent manager of players may no longer be the best choice to innovate and adapt to the current ways and rules of play. He also tends to play favourites. The longer term problem is succession planning as the priority is we don’t need another hook/henjak period. Rookie coaches after Bennett was a recipe for failure (doesn’t hurt Bennett though as made him look amazing by comparison to dirt). The reality is Bennett has the job until he wants it or is able to do it barring five years sub eight finishes. But doesn’t mean he has to do the exact same job or have the exact same supports around him. First question for me is how long does he plan on coaching or working in general. Also how realistic is it for him (depending on health, other aspirations, fatigue) to be a head coach in his 70s. I would imagine it’s an 80 hour a week job with massive stress. Would it be better to transition him to a Phil Gould style manager of football role? Would Wayne be ok with this? Could he work with someone in this role? If so who? Walter is natural choice but is still largely untested at NRL week to week. Cleary would have been fantastic but isn’t a Queenslander (not sure that matters) and was he burnt working with Gould? If he plans on coaching for 5 or so years and doesn’t want a different role in the club then might be about getting some fresh assistants like the Ikins who would benefit from being mentored and tempered by his experience but could add flare and control a lot of attack. I agree with comment we need a true half coach unlike Alf and Walters our weekness is in classic skills that a Johns or such could bring. Professionalism is an issue to bring the pack closer but the broncs should have so many advantages over the pack. Money for staff/facilities, TPAs, Brisbane prices on houses compared to Sydney, culture, a generation of Queensland kids (and overseas) who worship broncos coming up, opportunity to play in front of packed stadium regularly, Rep leg up playing for a strong club, legends like Locky and Alf and so forth. We have disadvantages but largely because we allow the NRL, refs and media to set the agenda. Why don’t we use some of that money and power to do some PR, hire some independent auditors to do a report on discrepancies in behaviour to some teams and start making it clear how much money fair treatment of the broncs is worth. Your argument doesn’t why our production line has seemingly ground to a holt since 2008 under 20s. Our best players coming through in last few years TPJ, Roberts, Bird, Milf, Lodge fell into our lap or were bought (some thanks to Bennett to his credit). As for Sydney media mate take it with a grain of salt, don’t even read or watch half that crap clearly classifiable as false news. Having an opinion different to yours doesn’t mean they are in the pocket of the great Sydney conspiracy. As for my base premise it is Bennett has a lot of upsides but seeing a lot of downsides that need addressing if we are going to start winning premierships. [/QUOTE]

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