Juan Cornetto wrote:
Well he would say that wouldn’t he?
Had it just been just the issues Sinfield spoke of we would have seen the usual and expected bounce effect from the arrival of a new coach. But performances on the field have grown worse especially in defense and with only one win out of five proves the new set up is out of its depth.
Sinfield used to speak of honesty a lot when he was the captain but now in interviews just comes out with the tired old cliches of “making giant strides” of “turning the corner” of “training well and being ready for a win” none of which is true. His delivery is monotone and boring and you can see he lacks the personality to enthuse and motivate so necessary for coaching.
We need a proven top Aussie coach and if we get one I do not see a role for someone totally inexperienced in management and unqualified in coaching to be his boss.
Once you get into the "anything goes" mindset/culture that cannot be easily changing. Evolution of culture is very high end change management and takes time. This will not change until next season when the ring leaders are gone and all the players have time to mentally exit where they are and mentally move into a different environment - probably pre-season.
Leeds looked OK earlier in the year before teams started to get their act together e.g Huddersfield. The performances haven't got worse they have just plateaued and other teams have improved. The current standard is the best this team can produce and without a significant change of personnel this will continue.
The arrogance of some players is there for all to see - losing games doesn't matter. Whatever you say about Sinfield he was a winner and knew when it was required to dig deep. Sadly this current crop of players don't have that within them - many were carried along on the back of the likes of Sinfield/Peacock/McGuire/Burrow players who knew what it took to face adversity and overcome it.