Why would Benny want a job in the unknown state of Australia? His whole professional football career and education has been in Victoria. People that know Gale should know that he doesn’t go backwards in life.
It's not out of the question for him to strongly consider it when you reflect on how much coin and corporate prestige he's already sacrificed to remain in the AFL industry when he could make a lot more elsewhere.
He's sacrificed millions to stay in the industry because he loves it, the Tassie job may well fit the same bill. Not to mention that getting Tassie successful is about as big a professional challenge as a man in his position could take on - even bigger than the seemingly insurmountable challenge he embraced when he took us on!
And finally, there's the potential reward. The one last chunk of football glory that would appeal enough for him to chase - a Tassie flag. I wouldn't underestimate what that means to him, because he knows how much it would mean for all Tasmanians.
When you've already overseen one impossible fairy tale coming true, perhaps the only genuinely appealing personal challenges left involve doing it all again from an even more impossible starting point?