I don't think so. We have had worse teams, remember when Patterson was playing wing one day. We had guys like the Schirnack brothers, Lovett, Lolohea etc in our starting 13. Man to man, this team isn't that bad, at least on potential.
The differences are that they're all a shadow of their best selves and the comp has moved so far ahead of us it's not funny. You could see it coming, we were moving 1 step forward when others were taking 5 steps forward.
I don't think we have hit rock bottom yet. Papali'i and Api are great signings but second row and hooker isn't really that big a problem for us.
I can maybe see Laurie and Stefano improving next year but Offa, Noffa, Twal, Garner, Musgrove and Maumalo will be a year older and slower. Tamou was horrible last year but hasn't been as bad this year.
Lots and lots and lots of hopes are riding on Douehi and Hastings.. neither of them realise what they're walking into yet..
We are yet to see the worst Tigers team, I can only see it getting worse.