Wests Tigers boss Shane Richardson has pummeled bits of gossip approximately Benji Marshall as ‘bulls**t’ after it was uncovered the club accept ex-recruitment director Scott Fulton was attempting to undermine the coach within the media.
Final week, address marks were raised over Marshall’s work ethic, with claims recommending he doesn’t put in anyplace close the hours his equal club bosses do.
Marshall tended to the rumours, demanding that he is the ‘first within the building’ some time recently preparing each day, whereas conceding that he ‘prioritises his family between 5-8pm each night to discover a work life balance’.
The Tigers accept ex-employee Fulton, child of footy legend Bounce, has been attempting to weaken Marshall, as detailed in The Sydney Morning Proclaim.
Richardson lauded Marshall whereas talking on Nine’s 100% Footy on Monday night.
We’re not reaching to be blown off our way by feedback that’s fair not genuine. We fair keep going forward. It’s fair bullshit on each level.
‘At the conclusion of the day, in my encounter with coaches for over 30 a long time, Benji is as tireless and committed to it as anyone.’
Marshall and Fulton had had a strained relationship for months some time recently Fulton was sacked by the Tigers in January.
Fulton accepted in a hard-nosed, old-school style of coaching, whereas Marshall takes a more advanced approach to the work.
Richardson says Marshall’s commitment to his family and work-life adjust ought to be respected.
‘Because he (Marshall) doesn’t work 14 hours a day and needs he and his players to have a family life, it’s a great thing not a terrible thing,’ Richardson said.
‘I wish I had learnt that 20 a long time prior. It would have spared me a part of pain in my possess individual life.
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