Bennett has proven a tough act to follow. Jason Demetriou, Ivan Henjak, Steve Price, Rick Stone and Anthony Seibold did not last long.
Yet after a winless first four rounds, Woolf did not panic.
鈥淗e鈥檚 held up a high standard for us as a team. I think you can see from the way we started the year, to have a plan, now everyone鈥檚 bought into what he鈥檚 been teaching us,鈥 Dolphins star Herbie Farnworth said.
鈥淗e鈥檚 very calm, he鈥檚 pretty much the same as what you see him on TV the whole time. The goal now is to make finals.鈥
That mentality has guided them to seven wins their past 11 games, including triumphs of heavyweights the Storm, Bulldogs and Panthers while boasting the competition鈥檚 second-best points differential.
Despite losing 15 of 20 games across their past two campaigns from round 17 onwards, Woolf believed history was in no danger of repeating.
鈥淚t鈥檚 always a challenge, when you don鈥檛 get the start or results you want. That鈥檚 part of the challenge,鈥 Woolf said.
鈥淚鈥檓 going to trust the work we鈥檝e done, we鈥檝e got great assistant coaches that put some new things in place. We鈥檝e got to keep trusting each other.
鈥淲hat鈥檚 going to stop us falling into freefall is I trust the group.鈥
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