MT, I'm sure nobody was expecting a total transformation of the side after only a week.
BUT . . . nothing changed. Absolutely nothing has changed. Except for even worse discipline.
5 one out hitups and a midfield bomb.
We can't expect them to have come out and put on razzle dazzle that we've never seen before . . . BUT there should have been identifiable improvements. They are first grade players, ffs. Why do they need 6 months to remove "poorly coached tactics" from their heads ?
This effort didn't show why Madge is gone, this effort showed the real reason we are like this.
It's either the coach or the players.
You removed the coach, yet the result is identical.
The players are the same, and the result is identical. Do the sums.
While of course a new coach can't transform a team completely in a week . . . there certainly are parts that can be immediately improved. These are NRL players. How hard is it to change the way they do one or 2 little things during 2 training sessions ?
It's not like we are trying to mould C Grade park players into NRL stars.
As an example . . . . if you were a qualified chef and I had only 3 hours to teach you how to make my magnificent 50 step lasagne . . . I'd hope that you would be able to get large parts of the process down pat in 3 hours.
If you had zero kitchen experience, then you ain't understanding much.
"Whoever becomes the new coach is going to have an ordinary 12-18mths with us as the squad gets worse next year & they get the joy of being stuck with Nofa & Musgrove for another few years. " . . . . as for this comment, I thought most of us were saying that this year was going to be ordinary, and next had some promise ?
Anyway, it's the players more so than the coach.
Yesterday's efforts will be repeated time and time again, and sooner or later everyone will realise that it wasn't Madge. Or Mick. Or Noddy. Or the next poor bastard.
It's the players and their attitude.