Seibold vows: I’ll do things my way

While he respects the 68year-old’s record, a confident Seibold says he won’t be a Bennett copycat and will stamp his own mark on a Broncos club desperate to once again dominate the NRL.

Souths coach Seibold could be at the Broncos as early as next season if Brisbane and the Rabbitohs broker a straight swap in the coming weeks.

“I certainly don’t feel pressure following in Wayne’s footsteps,” he said.

“He has a legacy there at the Broncos, but I’m my own coach.

“I don’t know how Wayne does things. I don’t know his processes or practices, so it’s not something that worries me.

“To be fair, I respect Wayne enormously and what he has done in the game.

“He has had a career that potentially will never be surpassed in some ways.

“But I encountered the same sort of expectation at Souths with ‘Madge’ (Michael Maguire, Seibold’s premiership-winning predecessor).

“I’ve just done things my way at Souths and I’m happy to be judged on how I do things, rather than being compared to others.

“I will do things my way at Brisbane.”

Seibold knows Bennett’s influence at the Broncos is enormous. He has called the shots at Brisbane for 25 of their 31 seasons and the club has never known premiership success without the man crowned the NRL’s greatest ever coach by the Men of League Foundation in 2011.