2022 Brisbane Broncos Thread Top 13 in our sights

Pieman wrote:"Im really pleased its all resolved and I can join this great club with a free mind, knowing I did the right thing by the fans, staff and players"

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"I made it easy for them last time. Im not doing it this time"

Fuck me dead....could there be 2 bigger contradictory comments? lol. He wanted his cash from, its clear and obvious. When the Seibold deal started to look shakey, the broncos fucked bennett off as quick as they could.

I would be a bit worried if I were souths. He would have happily fucked them over this year if brisbane didnt sack him, as the clubs clearly had an agreement for a coach swap. It might take a while now for seibold to get comfortable in brissy too.



I mean fuck, he has obviously previously stated he was going to be there then didnt show - they dont just guess that coaches we would be at these things. Its obvious he told souths one thing flipped. Bennett obviously had himself only in mind and thought fuck them, ill do what I want.

I wonder if bronco fans now will be able to see bennett without their maroon coloured glasses on now that he is doing shady shit like this that directly affected the broncos.

Oz Sport Mad wrote:

Well no surprises that on this sad day, we've got the tall poppy syndrome riddled Knights & Tigers fans like Pieman, HS and No Worries swanning in here all cock-a-hoop.

Listen here Pieman you daft simpleton, I'll cut you a fraction of slack because I know you haven't benefited from my wisdom for quite some time now......but seeing as though you are so interested, here is how I view things with from the perspective of my maroon coloured glasses:

Am I filthy at Bennett - fuck no.
In the history of the Broncos, he's done more than anyone for the club and is a big reasons why we are the NRL benchmark both on and off the field.

Am I filthy at the club - fuck no.
Yes I personally think they made a mistake in terms of not retaining Bennett as head coach for 2020 and beyond (and thus 2019) but that's just my opinion and I rate Siebold as high as anyone bar Bennett and Bellamy, so it's certainly not a howler by any means.
It's a tough call but at least they were decisive - reminds me of when we made the tough call about the greatest player to play the game and then subsequently went on to win back to back premierships.

In terms of all the media circus that has made the whole situation far more complicated than it needs to be, I essentially treat everything that is published (particularly during the off-season) with about the same credibility as a Pieman comment.....so less than sweet fuck all really.

The NRL needs to sort their shit out too.
As I've said numerous times, unless it is a mid-season exemption that has been approved for a specific circumstance, once the season has started any player or coach signings need to occur at the end of the season....and only for the next upcoming season.
It's such a no-brainer.

Honeysett wrote:Hard to have tall poppy syndrome over a team that hasn't won a premiership in 13 years.

Oz Sport Mad wrote:

Well no surprises that on this sad day, we've got the tall poppy syndrome riddled Knights & Tigers fans like Pieman, HS and No Worries swanning in here all cock-a-hoop.

Listen here Pieman you daft simpleton, I'll cut you a fraction of slack because I know you haven't benefited from my wisdom for quite some time now......but seeing as though you are so interested, here is how I view things with from the perspective of my maroon coloured glasses:

Am I filthy at Bennett - fuck no.
In the history of the Broncos, he's done more than anyone for the club and is a big reasons why we are the NRL benchmark both on and off the field.

If on field benchmarks are grand finals, Melbourne, Roosters, Manly & Canterbury have appeared in more this century. Warriors, Parramatta & Nth QLD have appeared in as many and Tigers, Newcastle, Cronulla, Souths, Dragons & Penrith have won as many. 13 out 15 sides have had comparable or better grand final success. Off field only Parramatta, Cronulla, Warriors, Canterbury and Melbourne have been tainted with salary cap scandals like the Andrew Gee one the Broncos experienced, leaving 2/3rds of the comp with a better off field record.

Am I filthy at the club - fuck no.
Yes I personally think they made a mistake in terms of not retaining Bennett as head coach for 2020 and beyond (and thus 2019) but that's just my opinion and I rate Siebold as high as anyone bar Bennett and Bellamy, so it's certainly not a howler by any means.
It's a tough call but at least they were decisive - reminds me of when we made the tough call about the greatest player to play the game and then subsequently went on to win back to back premierships.


In terms of all the media circus that has made the whole situation far more complicated than it needs to be, I essentially treat everything that is published (particularly during the off-season) with about the same credibility as a Pieman comment.....so less than sweet fuck all really.

Right Bennett just took the sacking on the chin, isn't taking them to court because it's all about the club not the money and he never contacted Souths players. Or he knows he did all those things that Seibold and the media outlined and doesn't have a leg to stand on.

The NRL needs to sort their shit out too.
As I've said numerous times, unless it is a mid-season exemption that has been approved for a specific circumstance, once the season has started any player or coach signings need to occur at the end of the season....and only for the next upcoming season.
It's such a no-brainer.

A mid-season and end of season window has to happen sooner rather than later. Not sure it's fair and reasonable to expect players and coaches to only sign 1 year contracts. Especially when you have to move family etc. around. But the NRL have to approve these contracts, there has to be something whereby a contract isn't approved till your previous one expires or you have sat out a season.

surmo13 wrote: damn that's some spin that even Wayne would be proud of NW, i especially got a kick out out of judging off-field success on whether or not they've been accused of salary cap breaches, thats a new one... here i was thinking being the only club posting consistent profit, hell, make that the only team to post a profit at all last year, was the benchmark of off-field success, but nope, an unproven allegation 4 years ago means we're worse off-field than clubs losing money hand over fist and being threatened with relocation

Oz Sport Mad wrote:

You know full well that it's an incurable affliction you contracted back in the 90's....

Dip wrote:To be fair, it's no wonder Bennett wanted to stay at Brisbane another season, and Siebold wanted to come here a year early. Who'd want to spend another year living in the shithole that is NSW when you can live in South East Queensland.

Krump wrote:
Roughly 7.5 million people. The numbers don't lie

Dip wrote:To be fair, it's no wonder Bennett wanted to stay at Brisbane another season, and Siebold wanted to come here a year early. Who'd want to spend another year living in the shithole that is NSW when you can live in South East Queensland.

Pieman wrote:“I did speak to players on the request of Shane Richardson because there were players under contract that they wanted to keep here and I was going to be a long term coach here from 2020,” he said.

“I called Alex Johnston in this particular case because he was being chased by clubs in the middle of his contract and Souths weren’t keen to lose him, so that was purely what discussions were about.”

How is that not grounds for dismissal? Talking to another teams players, at the you are going to be coaching at in the future. Its a massive conflict of interest.