And what causes a team to be screwed in the head?
The attitude at training and in the shed.
Who creates that attitude?
The coach.
Ben Elias raised a very good point a few weeks ago between origins 2 and 3.
He said when he sees the Qlders in camp they are always smiling, enjoying training, taking the piss and confident.
Whereas the Blues look the opposite.
Doubt, injuries, drama, looking pressured, always talking about going the biff, and so on.
He said Bellyache is probably the best NRL coach but the intensity he brings to the origin camp rubs off on the players.
Their best performance was the last game.
The series was over. Their fate was sealed and there was a large amount of pressure off.
Sticky's history at the Rorters is this:
A 5 million dollar team which went from the penthouse to the basement in a short number of years as players were burnt out by his intensity.
The most formidable side on paper in the comp were being beaten week after week in his last 2 years as they played like strangers.
Our best football today was reserved for when our fate was sealed.
After the Knights had finished us off.
This team does not enjoy football.
Not because they are losing.
They are losing becasue they don't enjoy football.
