Everyone at the club seems convinced by SK's new "structure"... while I acknowledge any change to playing tactics will take time to sink in, he's had the off-season and getting close to a third of the regular season and nothing good to show for it. I'm not convinced it will pay dividends - we've had one game this year where we've been motivated and performed well for most of the game (Round 1 v Warriors).
Last year any match losses were DA's fault not the players' (but the wins the year before were all the players' doing, not the coach's). But this year the losses aren't the coach's fault for some reason, and the focus is now (finally) on the playing squad.
The common denominator has been the recruitment and retention, which some people in the club seek to place blame at the feet of DA (without Osborne apparently having any input), but recruitment and retention since SK took over in October last year has also been a shambles.... Strangely, this is not being blamed on SK at all, but it's unclear what role Osborne plays in attracting or signing players that SK apparently clears to come or stay at the club. If SK is not to blame already, then Osborne can't escape any responsibility as well?
As Gronk said, the crisis is that in a rebuilding year, we are failing to rebuild - and apparently failing to re-sign any existing players too (which risks a further reduction in depth to what is already happening under DA/SK/Osborne's watch). Can't someone in the club pull their finger out and manage this fiasco, the same way Canterbury did the year immediately after (not three years after) their Board coup?
