Well, he's Australian, it can't come as much of a surprise, they're not generally known for their tact or sucking up to the media.
I dunno, its just a complete non story for me, Aussie coach thinks they played e.......and said so shocker.
I couldn't care less about his perceived persona, as long as he gets this team moving.
If he doesn't, well....all bets are off and he's a legitimate target.
Half the coaches in SL have had a face like a smacked for half the season, Darryl Powel, Dennis Betts, Radford, look at Wane, a complete but you cannot argue with what he's achieved, nip in the Pie forum, nobody is whinging about his on screen temperament there.
Nope, I wanna see how d he is about a performance, and to show it on TV just adds credence to his motives for taking the job in the first place, stuff the neutrals, winning will do more for them than dancing round daisy's in tv interviews.

I do think if Bennet was English no one would be complaining about his demeanour. No one complained how glum McBanana looked during interviews.

Yes they did - when he walked out of an interview because he couldn't intelligently field questions about Hardaker's misdemeanours on tour, he was vilified.

I get that results are key, but as a national coach, he has a wider responsibility to the game - and he just doesn't seem to give a tom tit about that.

Just a further comment regarding the tournament and the empty seats, especially at the double header in Coventry.

I said at the time, I am all for expansion, and that if we are to spread the sport, we need to put internationals in these venues. I still stand by this.

One of the points I made either on this forum, it it is good to do this, but as with a lot of other things that the sport does away from the heartlands, it needs to be advertised and promoted locally to those regions for it to take off.

The company I work for has an office within 10 miles from the centre of Coventry, and have been talking to a number of staff from there who follow sport, and there has been no local promotion of this whatsoever.

My issue with having a one off match in place like Coventry, is that any locals who attended will have forgotten about it the following Monday. Playing the majority of the tournament in one place will do a lot better raising the profile of the game (that old chestnut expansions churn out) in new areas. If it's going to be down south, keep it down south. If's it going to the Midlands, keep it there etc.