Well what a season from the Brisbane Broncos.
The 2023 version of Brisbane wins the premiership this year. Crazy fall from grace. Not the first time we've seen it under Kevvie's leadership.
This Broncos demise shows exactly the mindset of nearly all NRL clubs.
Stack the roster and try to win, next year.
Souths, Parra and now Brisbane have all fallen away drastically the year after having been humiliated by the Panthers in a grand final.
All three clubs are again years from being premiership threats again because they crave instant success rather than playing the long game and developing their own form of desire in an organisation that works for the combined efforts, not the bunch of salary driven egomaniacs we've all seen them try to win with.
The Panthers system, while not perfect, is miles ahead of all clubs, with the exception of the Storm, and with humility and desire will be for years to come.