Benji Marshall's responsibilities at Wests Tigers are reduced as the club seeks a coaching director and assistant to support him.
Benji Marshall's all-encompassing powers at the Wests Tigers are being diluted, with the club advertising for a coaching director and senior management taking charge of the search for an assistant.
The Tigers have conceded Marshall needs help in his stressful role as the head coach of a prominent Sydney NRL club. It's a smart move.
Marshall was rattled by the drama caused when Adam Doueihi stood himself down from a match against the Raiders in July after the coach moved him from halfback to lock. The pair have since publicly made up, but Marshall admitted at the time the situation was impacting his family life and said if it continued, he would walk away.
Marshall can't just pick one of his mates to be a senior assistant. Chief executive Shaun Mielekamp and general manager Pat Richards will head a committee to select a replacement for defence coach John Morris, who left the club this week after three seasons.