Its not hard to tell why, as someone has said in this thread, we have no current rep players, and wont for some time to come unless the new coach whoever the f**k it is turns us around, nobody wants to play for a club where they have no chance at rep footy, ill give you an example:
At the beginning of 03, come origin time, we were on top of the ladder, Clinton Schifcofske was leading point scorer and leading the dally m (at the time) he was light years ahead at that point in the season, and they picked wesser for queensland, from there on, we slid to finish 4th.
That season for me goes to show, it doesn't really matter how well you are playing, its who you play for that is the key (unless things have changed, I dont pay attention much to rep footy now)