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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says sacked South Sydney manager Jason Demetriou enactment successful an “extraordinary effort” arsenic the nine confirmed a speech with maestro mentor Wayne Bennett volition beryllium portion of the “exhaustive” process utilized to find his replacement.
Albanese, a long-time Souths supporter, said Tuesday would person been a “hard day” for Demetriou who was axed with 2 years to tally connected his declaration and his squad wallowing successful past spot connected the NRL table.
“He enactment successful an bonzer effort arsenic coach. A decent man,” the PM said.
“It would person been a pugnacious time for him yesterday, but I privation him each the precise best”.
Rabbitohs main enforcement Blake Solly said if Bennett, who handed implicit the reins astatine Souths to Demetriou astatine the extremity of the 2021 season, was funny successful returning, the nine would beryllium keen to research that possibility.
Solly said Bennett could beryllium the antheral to get the champion retired of the “unique” playing radical astatine Souths, which was a trait of the champion coaches.
“Wayne is 1 of the coaches we volition speech to,” Solly said connected Wednesday morning.
“Wayne had large success, helium near the nine connected precise bully terms. We volition talk to Wayne and if he’s disposable and funny surely volition advancement that.
“I deliberation we privation idiosyncratic who fits this good radical and tin get the champion retired of them. It’s a unsocial lawsuit radical having worked with them for a agelong play of time.
“And we privation I deliberation a manager that tin get them to signifier their champion consistently and we privation I deliberation a manager that understands the values and practice and past of this club.
“We’ve got large skills, large athleticism and immoderate large personalities and each caput manager has to get the champion retired of them whether it’s Ivan Cleary what helium does astatine Penrith implicit a agelong play of time, Wayne, his way grounds with a fig of clubs.
“The champion coaches ever get the champion retired of their playing group.”
Solly said helium hadn’t yet spoken to Bennett but was convinced helium “he loves the values the nine stands for”.
“I deliberation he’s made that beauteous wide successful his clip here, and since then, astir his affection for the club, the ownership, board, the absorption team,” helium said.
“So we volition surely beryllium speaking to Wayne due to the fact that helium near the spot successful precise bully signifier erstwhile helium left, and helium was large portion helium was here.”
Solly said erstwhile nine skipper Sam Burgess’ declaration with Super League broadside Warrington would perchance regularisation him retired arsenic an enactment to regenerate Demetriou.
Burgess was moved connected arsenic an adjunct to Demetriou aft the premiership victor clashed with the caput coach.
“I don’t truly cognize what Sam’s plans are.” Solly said.
“Sam, I deliberation has a two-year declaration astatine Warrington and we’d person a bully level of respect for the radical astatine Warrington and the team, truthful we wouldn’t privation to disrupt that.
“And my presumption is this is Sam’s accidental to amusement the satellite that helium tin manager and we privation him each occurrence with that.”
Solly told Demetriou connected Sunday that helium nary longer believed helium was the close antheral for the occupation successful the aftermath of the 54-20 Anzac Day thrashing astatine the hands of the Melbourne Storm.
Two committee meetings connected Tuesday confirmed the coach’s fate, resulting successful a $360,000 termination payout (nine months’ salary).
Bennett, 74 and serving his past play successful complaint of the Dolphins, has been linked to Parramatta adjacent twelvemonth if the Eels extremity up splitting with Brad Arthur aft 11 seasons.
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