Kickers get taken out in SL matches on a weekly basis, it's a problem throughout the whole game. That doesn't make it right, but it's also something the players will already be used to dealing with and not unique to league 1.
I'd fully expect the messing around at the ptb to be on a whole new level in this league though.
Hopefully JK has focused on us getting things right rather than looking at what others get wrong. It won't take miracle plays and scintillating rugby to get out of this division, but we will need to be relatively clinical and get the basics right. High completion rates, good discipline, efficient and smart use of possession.
We nail all of that and we'll be fine. Unfortunately we were absolutely terrible in almost all of those facets last year, how much of a difference JK can make remains to be seen.