(05-26-2019, 01:02 PM)Thryleon link Wrote:We simply need time.
Time for our youngsters to truly grow into their bodies.
Time played together to know each others strengths and weaknesses.
Time for our youngsters to become seasoned competitors.
Time for them to build belief in their abilities.
Time playing to the same game plan so the kids know what to do on game day.
Time doing it so they can learn when to stick to the plan and when to deviate.
I'm firmly of the belief that our coaches know more about the game than we do, and that where we see a player taking us apart and we wonder why he isnt being tagged, our coaches are wondering where his opponent is, and why he's let him run free.
Ever wondered why we constantly seem out numbered? The answer is simple. Too many aren't working up and down hard enough for long enough.
Time is the key.
The way this rebuild was structured injected an element of 'time' that gave an extra period for developing the list that would not usually have been sustainable.
That reduced the normal pressures on administration, list managers and coaches.
They were given longer than others in the past.
Very smart, very well sold.
But time can also be very fickle and there comes a point when it no longer works in your favour and counts against you (It's taking too long, You've had enough time.)
The longer it then takes the greater the pressure grows.
It grows quickly once it really starts to impact.
And the greater the pressure grows the more likely there will be change.
While individual supporters may maintain a faith until the end, those with the actual responsibility for administering the process will be the ones under the pump.
If every one of these holds their nerve in two or three years time we may have a good mid-aged competitive list.
In fact I'm pretty certain we will anyway...the question is 'how good' and 'how sustainable'?
And to believe all the current personnel will still be in place in their current roles just seems unrealistic.