In answer to the thread title, how do you know when you have lost the players vs when you are not very good vs when you are low on confidence.
Richmond were non-competitive late in 2016, and then their captain demanded a trade. They came back ok in 2017.
Not many teams would succeed with their supposed stars like Walker, Talia, Betts, Jacobs struggling like we are.
Add that to Charles, MGov and Lever demanding trades and not being replaced
Add that to trading in Gibbs, a one pace average skill accumulator - an area we were already well stocked
Maybe we are just cooked? And it would look the same whoever coaches us
Richmond were non-competitive late in 2016, and then their captain demanded a trade. They came back ok in 2017.
Not many teams would succeed with their supposed stars like Walker, Talia, Betts, Jacobs struggling like we are.
Add that to Charles, MGov and Lever demanding trades and not being replaced
Add that to trading in Gibbs, a one pace average skill accumulator - an area we were already well stocked
Maybe we are just cooked? And it would look the same whoever coaches us