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| Q And A With Ivan Henjak | |
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| Topic Started: Jul 24 2010, 07:34 PM (81 Views) | |
| stacey | Jul 24 2010, 07:34 PM Post #1 |
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Peter Badel www.couriermail.com.au 25/07/2010 4:53:19 PM IVAN Henjak has been in league's hottest seat since taking over from Wayne Bennett. Henjak talks about criticism, sacking rumours, the Broncos' title hopes and why the club will always be bigger than one man. Q. The Broncos appeared to be in a real mess after the first eight rounds. Were you worried? A. Of course, you're always worried when you're losing and you are hoping you don't put yourself out of contention. The big thing on our side was time. We knew there were reasons for our form, so we weren't panicking. If we were going through it now, I'd be a lot more worried, I can tell you. Q. Your defence over the past 10 weeks has been the best in the game. Do you have the defence to win the premiership? A. I don't know about winning premierships. I just know you need to be a good defensive team if you want to give yourself a chance. If you look at the competition winners over the past five or six years, the grand finalists have been the best two defensive teams. You need that part of your game in order and it certainly needs to be in order at the end of the year. Q. In 2008, you questioned whether that year's squad was prepared to pay the price to win the title. What about this team? A. Time will tell. That's the question I've asked the guys and we're going to find out in a little while. All indications are they are working really hard and there's a lot of good signs there. But you can never tell until the pressure is really on. Q. There was a fear the culture of the club would fall apart when Wayne Bennett left. You must be proud of maintaining his standards? A. I'd like to think our club will always be more than one person. Whether it is me or Wayne or Locky (Darren Lockyer) or Alfie (Allan Langer). Our club has proved over a long period of time we are more than one person. I would have been really disappointed if the club fell apart just because Wayne left. I've been there 14 or 15 years now and the club has never been about one or two people. That's why we're successful. Q. About a month into this season Mark Geyer called for you to be sacked. How did you feel about that? A. It was just rubbish, absolute rubbish. He wouldn't know what he is talking about and he wouldn't know the first thing about our club. He wouldn't understand what we were trying to do and he wouldn't have known anyone at our club. He just shoots off his mouth without ever having his brain in gear. I heard about it, and I paid it the attention it deserved, which was nothing. Q. You seem maligned at times, possibly because of the enormous shadow Wayne Bennett cast. Does it bother you? A. (Laughs) Well I'm getting used to it, that's the nature of the job. Whether it happens at other clubs, I don't know. For some reasons, the ebbs and flows of life here, it is watched on. One minute you're getting bagged and the next you're the best thing since sliced bread. But the people who really care, they stick solid. Q. Some NRL coaches have friendships and share philosophies. Do you talk to any of your peers? A. No. I don't need to talk to other coaches. I'm competitive and I don't feel the need to talk to them. They are the enemy and I don't converse with the enemy. That's not me being arrogant or a smart alec. That's just the way I am. Q. You've lost two key staff in recent times in Peter Ryan and Dean Benton and they left controversially. How did you handle it? A. That was tough. To see some good people leave was never easy. You are dealing with people's emotions and lives, but the club and the team have to come first. Q. Do you see yourself as a long-term Broncos coach? A. I haven't thought that far ahead. I've got a contract until the end of 2012 and sometimes even those things aren't secure. I never take my spot for granted. If I don't feel like I'm getting the job done, I will gladly walk away. Q. What did you make of pre-season rumours that Ricky Stuart would replace you? A. It wasn't too long ago I heard it raise its head again. I don't know where the rumour came from, it was more scuttlebutt. If the club wants to move me on, if they think Ricky Stuart is a better fit for the Broncos than me, that's a choice they can make. Because I hadn't heard it from the board or Bruno (Cullen), it didn't worry me. Story courtesy of www.couriermail.com.au. www.broncos.com.au |
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