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“I don’t need anyone holding my hand,” Eels coach Brad Arthur said in response to criticism that the team should hire Wayne Bennett as a coaching director.The loss of halfback Mitchell Moses to injury hasn’t helped Parramatta’s inconsistent start to the season; Arthur is currently under fire, and Bennett has been linked to a potential transfer to the club.
Throughout his protracted tenure with the Eels, Arthur has heard these rumours before, and he is aware that the pressure will continue until they begin winning games.
When asked if Bennett might show up, he said, “No (I would not benefit from that).”I don’t need someone to hold my hand when I coach—I’ve been here for 11 years, so that’s not arrogance. The club believes I am a good coach, or they don’t. That wouldn’t work for me, anywhere I coached.
Jim Sarantinos, the CEO of the Eels, has publicly backed Arthur despite the fact that the team is in the bottom four and needs to win in order to advance after missing the finals the previous year after playing in the grand final in 2022.”I’ve lived here for eleven years, and every year there are rumours about it. It’s part of the job, I understand. We must triumph. We didn’t perform well last week, but we’ll improve,” Arthur stated.”I believe Jim was rather clear about his opinions on that a few weeks ago.
“It’s great to have that support, but the club has put that support around me and they always have. I’m sure if there was something I needed to be concerned about then I’d be the first person to find out.
“Knowing how the club operates, they know my approach is to be upfront, and they’re the same. We’ve got enough respect for each other so if there’s any of that talk, I’d be the first one to know about it.”
“Blaize performed a wonderful job. Arthur remarked, “He’s a kid.”
“He was being pursued, so it was difficult to travel to Canberra. He handled it well, which is always a worry when you send young men there because you don’t want to beat them up.
“You want them to be able to physically handle it when you bring them in, but you also want them to stay there forever.” If they can’t manage it physically after a week, you don’t want to throw them in and watch them lose confidence.
“He picked up a lot of detail lessons; in the NRL, you can get away with missing a few details here and there, but in the juniors and Cup, it’s much easier to get caught.”Arthur scoffed at rumours that he wasn’t selecting rookie halfback Ethan Sanders because he was rumoured to be moving to Canberra the following season.Before exposing him to the NRL, the coach wants him to hone his communication skills in reserve grade. Sanders, a natural halfback, is widely expected to replace Moses because of their lack of guidance.
As Arthur put it, “We want him to stay.””I understand that he has two excellent halves in front of him—a Kiwis five-eighth and a State of Origin halfback—so his options may be restricted. However, we believe it will be beneficial for his development if he stays. That is Ethan’s decision.”I have to select players for the team that I believe can help us win because the only way I can keep my job is if we win.”If players stay here going forward, I have never been concerned. We had five or six guys moving on the year we made it to the grand final, but I still selected them every week because I believed they were the finest candidates for the Job.
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