Yep. I've accepted we MUST bring in recycled guys so Blair can have his job justified. At least get one who can show the young guys what's required. Then they can stop the squib lessons from bachar, Grigg and Chaplin.
It's amazing me that posters can't justify the difference between squibs like Petterd and Grigg who offer nothing to players like ROK and Sewell who have each been best or close to best in big games played and are leaders of clubs that we can only envy.
Our list is devoid of leaders. On field we have one guy in Cotchin who is learning the caper that can lead. The rest, wouldn't know the word. We have players who when the going gets tough, turn to sand.
Other clubs know you put pressure on us, you mentally get us, we crumble.
There is only a couple of ways to fix it and it needs to be done simultaneously. You can't just draft kids who have excellent leadership abilities and expect it to change. You still need to surround these kids with experienced leaders who know what it takes to be the best.
We have no one on our list who knows what it takes. We have a bunch of squibs that collect their pay check and cruise through the season. No one demands more. That's the major issue.
Bringing in absolutely champions, even for one or two years would give the club and other players at our club a step up and go towards fixing the culture. The demand on training and preparing would rise. The expectation in each others performance would rise.
We are in an abyss right now. We can recruit more kids but coming into our culture what's the point? They won't be given the best opportunity to be the best. Because what's expected isn't what other clubs expect.
We need to not only find leaders in the on field like Sewell and O'Keefe, but surround the players with coaches that also demand the best.
Right now, we are a mediocre club with a mediocre mindset and mediocre culture.
This needs to change.