Anthony Seibold is set to be officially showed as Brisbane coach Wayne Bennett’s replacement this week after the Broncos board reportedly gave the move the green light.<\/p>\n
News Corp reports the Broncos board voted unanimously at Tuesday night’s meeting for South Sydney mentor Seibold to take over the reins from the foundation coach in 2020. <\/p>\n
Seibold will swap with seven-time premiership winner Bennett who has signed a two-year Rabbitohs deal from 2020. <\/p>\n
The Broncos are about to make an official announcement in the coming days about Seibold, who will reportedly be offered a multi-year,$ 3 million contract. Seibold got the nod over former Broncoes premiership-winning skipper Kevin Walters, a move that has incensed Brisbane greats.<\/p>\n
Two-time Broncos premiership winner Chris Johns said Seibold was an” unproven coach” despite steering the Rabbitohs to the 2018 preliminary final and giving Dally M Coach of the Year honour in his rookie year.<\/p>\n
Johns accused the Broncos of deciding on Seibold as their next coach-and-four months ago before interviewing other candidates such as Walters and Brisbane assistant Jason Demetriou.<\/p>\n
” I think it is so clumsy the mode they have gone about it from day 1 ,” Johns told AAP when talking about the Broncos coaching transition.<\/p>\n
The Broncos board reportedly shut down speculation that Bennett and Seibold would swap tasks a year early and take up their new reins in 2019. <\/p>\n
Bennett had not ruled out the Brisbane board asking him to leave 12 months early after falling out with Broncos boss Paul White this year.<\/p>\n
The pair clashed after the foundation Broncos mentor publicly slammed the NRL club’s handling of the coaching transition following months of supposition about his future.<\/p>\n
Their relationship wasn’t helped when the Broncos board knocked back Bennett’s request to coach for one more season in 2020. <\/p>\n