Another thing that is really starting to piss me off is the total lack of a will to succeed in the club. The same old boring shit rolled out in the media conferences and puff pieces has worn so thin. Can you imagine if Souths, the Roosters, Manly or Melbourne played as poorly as we have all year? The coach would be ropable... and we'd hear statements like "that's an unacceptable performance from us", "we pride ourselves on setting a higher benchmark than that", "we don't coach to play like that"... you know, just SOMETHING that shows that they expect a bit more from themselves. Some accountability ffs. To show that the coach expects more.
Stone is massive softcock. I don't care how much the players like the bloke, they're not going to play their best for him when they know they'll just get a pat on the back and a "better luck next time" if they don't perform. A juicy contract upgrade will await them the moment their manager says another club is sniffing around, too.
We completely accept failure as the standard at our club. No-one else in the comp expects anything from us, and we don't expect anything from ourselves. I'm starting to think the only real solution is the burn the entire club to the ground and start fresh with a new franchise, with none of the old boys involved. Too many mates, too much nepotism... and when a bloke like Wayne Bennett can't get in there and fix it over the course of 3 seasons, it's probably not fixable.
