Even before Lachlan Galvin, Benji Marshall, the lawyers and all their not-so merry men, Tiger Town was already one of the most fascinating watches of the season.

Marshall’s coaching of a new playmaking spine in a team that’s picked up three wooden spoons in a row was pass-the-popcorn stuff.

It still is. For all the wrong reasons, and a couple of right ones as well.

In terms of pure X’s and O’s, Marshall the young coach bears similarities to young Marshall the young player when the Tigers have the ball.

On April 1, 2024, (after Galvin and his management had already made release requests), the Herald ran a double-page spread titled “Marshall and the apprentice: how would Benji coach his 19-year-old self?”

Stressing that the comparison was not between Marshall and Galvin as players, but the free-wheeling ideology both teen sensations brought, the Tigers coach sounded a lot like Tim Sheens circa 2005.

Benji Marshall runs his eye over Wests Tigers training.Credit: Sam Mooy

“The one thing we like about [Galvin] is he just plays footy, and he plays what he sees,” Marshall said.

“So you’ve got to try and not put too much emphasis on making mistakes or trying to take away what he does well. I just tell him to go and play what he sees and........

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