The question is do you really really want to win the comp or are you happy to win your fare share of games and to do it attractively
Your good self and a few others like to jump on people as being non supportive when they call for change
The difference is that some people really really want to win the comp and believe that at different times hard decisions need to be made to achieve that
We have not been very good in the last 3 games albeit we conjured 2 wins but by any means they were not comprehensive
With what we are currently doing we will win some more games but if you are honest probably will not threaten to win the comp
Your post seems to indicate you are resolved to not winning the comp but a few wins will placard you
There are some that say we should give ourselves every chance to not only win the comp this year but have sound knowledge as to how we should progress
next year
The only way you will know is to make hard decisions and change things
Can you tell me what hard and decisive decisions Mary had really made?
Do you think it is time for him to make some?
Nearly. Its nearly time for him to make some changes.
I think now that Mary has job security he can look towards the future a little more and start to tweak things. I wouldn't suggest big changes to the side but it might be time to start to introduce dufty at the back and see how he goes for example.
After yesterday I am resigned to the fact that Dragons aren't in the same league as the top 4 teams. I mean just compare their rosters.
They have been valiant thus far and over-performed but at the business end of the season they won't beat Roosters, Sharks, Storm, etc etc.
I understand frustration at the dragons losing a game of footy but the way some people carry on is ridiculous wouldn't you say?
Calling for sweeping changes and blaming the coach for everything is craziness. Its the coaches fault that McCrone is playing, Mann is in the centres, Dugan isn't in the centres, Nightingale is too old.
Then IF they were to drop nightingale, promote field to half, dufty to fullback, and the Dragons got lapped for a few weeks it would be the coaches fault again. Do you think that the fans would say 'ahh well, we were never going to challenge for the title so good on Mary for trying something different'?
Let's hope that we improve our ball handling skills, stop trying to do flick-passes all the time, stop kicking the ball dead for 7 tackle sets, start to try to ho forward and break the line before offloading and if the players cannot do these things then it will be time to make some changes to those that constantly make the same errors.