@innsaneink said:
Just a snapshot on a part of our defense:
Tries conceded –---last 5 seasons (minus semis)
**WTs** - 2012 - 95, **2011 - 76** , 2010 - 84, **2009 - 83**, 2008 - 98 = 436 tries or **1744 points**
**Melb** - 2012 - 66, **2011 - 52**, 2010 - 62, **2009 - 60**, 2008 - 50 = 290 tries or **1160 points**
What I was bangining on about endlessly weeks back…...this is why Melb are so successful
While we were farting around arguing between the board and trying to "ensure we get the right rookie coach"...Bellamy and co were learning new things from experts
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Melbourne Storm coach Craig Bellamy scours the planet in search for sporting excellence
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CRAIG Bellamy will scour the earth looking for an edge.
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Take last week, when the premiership coach had dinner inside the sprawling English mansion of Australian Formula One ace Mark Webber.
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Days earlier, Bellamy had talked shop with a team of sports scientists from the British Olympic team.
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He also spent time looking over the incredible facilities at the St George's Park Football Complex in London, worth an estimated £105 million.
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And why?
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**<big>"Because the moment you stand still, someone passes you by," said Bellamy</big>**, who returned on Wednesday.
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Already regarded among league's smartest minds, Bellamy has just spent an exhaustive fortnight on a European fact-finding mission that involved meetings with everyone from Red Bull Racing and Saracens rugby club to renowned English motivational speaker Frank Dick.
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The Melbourne coach was even on hand when Clermont Auvergne, a French rugby side, racked up their 42nd consecutive home win.
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Yet undoubtedly the most interesting meeting was his dinner invitation to Rookery House, the traditional UK manor owned by the most successful Canberra Raiders ball boy in history.
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Back when Webber was running sidelines for the Green Machine, Bellamy was toiling away as a player. And while the Red Bull driver has a long-standing friendship with current Raiders coach David Furner, he was also extremely keen to talk all things sport with the Storm boss.
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"The thing Mark Webber really emphasised is that, at Red Bull, he's one of two drivers," Bellamy explained. "But behind him, there are another 600 people - mechanics and so on - who are all working together on race day. And to get across that finish line first, he needs every one of them doing their job perfectly."
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Travelling with a small brains trust that included football manager Frank Ponissi, Team Storm spent a whirlwind fortnight in both England and France, talking with some of the true leaders of European sport.
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Like Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner, who oversees those 600 staff Webber spoke of.
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And Dick, who after 15 years as British Athletics' director of coaching now ranks among the UK's top motivational speakers.
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Asked to describe the man who has worked with athletes including Sebastian Coe, Boris Becker and Katarina Witt, Ponissi said "absolute genius".
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On this latest trip, every day and every visit had a purpose.
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Which is exactly why Bellamy chose the rugby outfits of Saracens and Clermont Auvergne.
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"It's because of their sustained success, their consistency," the Storm boss explained.
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"You can win a game, win a premiership, but you can never really be satisfied. Because the moment you stand still, someone passes you."
