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WELCOME to life at Wests Tigers without Benji.
The Concord-based club officially unveiled their new-look coaching team on Wednesday which will start preparing for a new season without Benji Marshall for the first time since 2002.
Head coach Mick Potter has been retained and will be joined by new assistants David Kidwell and Todd Payten.
Marshall wasn't at Concord Oval on Wednesday - but his name still echoed around the arena.
"We are a team again - it's not Benji Marshall and Wests Tigers. It's the team, the Wests Tigers," Potter said.
"Benji has been great for the Wests Tigers and has left a fantastic legacy for the game as well as fans here at the club.
"There are millions of people that have seen him play and enjoyed what he brought to the game.
"In a week or so (when players return to training) he won't be here, it will be a different feel. He was a professional at every single training session. I can't fault him.
"In a way I am bit sad that he won't be here but things change and we move on. We are evolving and it's time for someone else to step in."
Grant Mayer, Boss of the Wests Tigers, talks to his coach, Mick Potter. Source: News Limited
And that "someone" will be Luke Brooks, the new playmaker at Wests Tigers.
Potter sent out a warning to fans about expectations for Brooks.
"Not much fazes Luke," Potter said.
"I am sure he feels the pressure but he takes it in the right spirit of 'it's a game of rugby league. That's what I do well. I go out and play'.
"There will be expectation on him. I don't think that will change and I don't think his attitude will change.
"I am sure he will be tested out and it will be a big test for him. And not just week one, it will be every single week."
Coach Mick Potter point the way during Wests Tigers training. Source: News Limited
Payten added: "We've got no choice but to chuck him in but the members and supporters need to realise he is 18 years old and hasn't got a monster pack around him.
"The kid is super talented but he will have some ups and downs along the way. We need to be patient and support him."
Wests Tigers experienced a horror season, missing the season and battling a wretched run with injury, a split board, new CEO, Marshall's exit and a coach who fought to save his job.
"The fans have been really understanding about what we went through this year,'"Potter said. "They've been really supportive. You don't think the amount of injuries we had will happen again.
"On the flip-side of that adversity is the opportunity being presented to a lot of the young kids.
"It's a new era with the changes that have gone on within the footy department and upstairs (the front office). There have been some enormous changes. The club as a whole is changing, it's evolving."
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