Did Slater, Hayne or Inglis die? No way is he in the top 3, don't see him getting over Barba,Stewart or Boyd for top 5/6 either.
Yes, indeed, we'll take Souths as an example! They had John Lang as coach for 2 years, we've had Griffin for 2 (3 including this), with a decent squad + an overrated Halfback (Sandow/Wallace)..They drop their coach (like we want), halfback left (like we want), they get a new coach that put players in their correct positions(like we want) and BAM..look at that, they're suddenly contenders.