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Solly confirms Souths interest in Bennett

Brownrabbit said:
First time I’ve watched it but Willie Mason made some really interesting comments on this on his podcast

1. Willie actually rates our roster higher and said Wayne knows what he can get out of our blokes

2. He used to have a coffee with Wayne and talk shit and football. Said Wayne loved there area and there’s no ****in way Wayne is moving out to Parramatta

Then that got me thinking

1. With us there’s no Premiership pressure, he gets back into the second or third week of finals football he’s a genius

He doesn’t wanna comp at Parra then the question of ‘ Does Wayne have another Premiership in him?’ Question starts

2. We will give him the term he wants if he wants to take on the next NRL franchise

3. He genuinely loves Cody and Trell
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He is also extremely fond of Rusty. They still have a very good relationship and I think that would play a big part
 
Hutcho said:
That’s my concern
He is a crafty old bugger
And to be honest, they have more potential than us at the moment
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The Eels certainly have a better pack and halves.

But Wayne also considers the blokes (as in admin) he is coaching for. He got on really well with everyone at the club and I don't think the Eels are going to beat us on price.

I agree with kor3. The odds are shortening that he will be here.
 
yobbo84 said:
If we are going the Wayne Bennett route again... it needs to be for an open contract. As long as both parties are healthy and happy. No point time boxing it.
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I tend to agree with this but you would need Wayne to provide enough notice so as allow the club to be able to plan what comes next.
 
yobbo84 said:
If we are going the Wayne Bennett route again... it needs to be for an open contract. As long as both parties are healthy and happy. No point time boxing it.
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I dont know many 75-80 year olds but its wild to me he could be coaching at that age!
 
Anasta put on his IG that Bennett is a done deal
 
Bully said:
I dont know many 75-80 year olds but its wild to me he could be coaching at that age!
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There's a few in my area of work. Experience is highly valued. They just travel the world charging a lot for expert opinions (then take their wives on expensive holidays for a month or two inbetween jobs).
 

South Sydney to offer Bennett three-year deal as Eels pass on supercoach​


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South Sydney are preparing to offer Wayne Bennett a three-year deal as early as next week as the veteran coach weighs up a return to the Rabbitohs.
It comes as Parramatta held a scheduled board meeting on Wednesday night at which it was decided not to follow up on approaches from third parties allegedly acting on behalf of Bennett.
Sources with knowledge of the situation, who requested anonymity in order to speak freely, told the Herald the Eels had been made aware that Bennett had interest in exploring the possibility of joining Parramatta if they moved on from coach Brad Arthur.
The Eels, however, won’t rush into a decision on Arthur’s future despite the Rabbitohs pushing hard for Bennett’s services after terminating the contract of Jason Demetriou on Tuesday.

Parramatta powerbrokers are conscious of the injury predicament that has hampered Arthur’s ability to get the best out of his football team, with Mitchell Moses’ long-term foot injury this week compounded by a knee injury to skipper Clint Gutherson. Eels chairman Sean McElduff declined to comment.
The Eels board want to give Arthur more time to prove he can dig the club out of the hole it currently finds itself in and won’t be pressured into a decision by South Sydney’s urgency to appoint a new coach.
South Sydney are preparing a three-year deal for Wayne Bennett to return to the club.

South Sydney are preparing a three-year deal for Wayne Bennett to return to the club.CREDIT: GETTY
The Rabbitohs are having internal discussions about Bennett’s return to the club and are willing to give him the three-year deal he has indicated he desires.
Sources told the Herald that the Rabbitohs board and owners have endorsed the pursuit of Bennett.

In his previous stint at South Sydney, former head of football Shane Richardson secured Bennett’s services knowing his assistant Jason Demetriou would take over after three seasons. The club made two preliminary finals and one grand final in those three seasons before he left the club.
Sources with knowledge of the situation said Bennett does not want to be restricted, as has been the case in his last two deals with South Sydney and the Dolphins, and wants a minimum three-year deal. The Rabbitohs are open to such a deal.
South Sydney have also shut down any chance of luring Bennett back to the club immediately in a bid to keep their faint finals hopes alive.
Bennett is the short-priced favourite to return for a second stint at Souths, with the club hopeful they can broker a deal in the next fortnight.
The Dolphins already have Bennett’s successor, Kristian Woolf, at the club, while an early exit for Bennett would allow him to start rebuilding the roster.

But Souths do not have the money in their $5.5m football department cap to accommodate Bennett this year – they just paid out $375,000 to Jason Demetriou – and are mindful not to undo all the hard work the Dolphins have done in establishing themselves in the top grade.
“We just won’t do it because we have too much respect for [chief executive] Terry Reader and the team at the Dolphins and what they’ve achieved the past few years – they’ve worked so hard to get to where they are now,” Souths chief executive Blake Solly said.
“We’re not that sort of club. We plan to sign a new coach, and we hope it is a matter of weeks rather than months … but it will be for next year.
“We’re more than happy with Ben and the coaching group we have for the remainder of this year.”
Sydney Roosters coach Trent Robinson welcomed the return of Bennett to the club’s arch rivals.

“It’s always good for the game to have Wayne coaching, the legend that he is, and I think it sounds like it’s already been done, doesn’t it? If Wayne says it’s, it’s done - I think that’s how it works,” Robinson said.
“I think they’ve rolled out the red carpet and said, ‘please say yes’, so I think if that’s the case then if Wayne wants it, and it was a great rivalry a few years ago. He’s the best coach that’s ever been, so it’s a pretty clear choice of his if he wants it.”
 
The new buzz words for media these days.

"Sources with knowledge of the situation, who requested anonymity in order to speak freely, told the Herald the Eels had been made aware that"

Or

"We believe a 3rd party outside source has contacted so and so"
 
At least we can roll out Wayne’s previous Ts & Cs and just change the dates and numbers… shouldn’t take too long to ink.
 
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