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- need to take a good look at themselves
You can lead a whore to culture but you can't make her think.
Saying "Ross does not value skills" is not the same thing as saying "Ross rates endeavour higher than skills." Which is a more accurate way of representing it. He will cane a bloke for decision errors or for not putting in, but he rarely arcs up over skill execution errors.
Which is all well and good, but what it also translates to is someone like Paul Duffield getting excoriated for being "soft" and the value he brings to the team - elite use by foot - is kind of pushed to the side of the plate.
We're all aware of the vicious circle the wrong emphasis on skill in the skill-v-endeavour brings.
That said, we have actively been recruiting good kicks rather than grunty nuggets and at some point that will start to tip things in our favour.
Saying "Ross does not value skills" is not the same thing as saying "Ross rates endeavour higher than skills." Which is a more accurate way of representing it. He will cane a bloke for decision errors or for not putting in, but he rarely arcs up over skill execution errors.
Which is all well and good, but what it also translates to is someone like Paul Duffield getting excoriated for being "soft" and the value he brings to the team - elite use by foot - is kind of pushed to the side of the plate.
We're all aware of the vicious circle the wrong emphasis on skill in the skill-v-endeavour brings.
That said, we have actively been recruiting good kicks rather than grunty nuggets and at some point that will start to tip things in our favour.