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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 3143040, member: 1899"] It reminds me of that story about Chris Anderson at the Bulldogs. When he was coaching them in 95, the club was being torn apart by Super League and they were struggling on the field. It got to a certain point where Anderson called training off and just had them spend time together at the bar. The only rule was that they couldn't talk about the ARL/Super League rift. The players involved reckon that was the turning point, that they got on the same page and really bought into this Dogs of War mantra, completing one of the biggest upsets in NRL history. To this day, the only team that has come close is the Eels in 2009 and they were denied at the death. The Bulldogs in this version went on and beat one of the greatest club's sides in history. I believe the Broncos went through a similar phase in 2007. Coming off a premiership win, they had an awful start and up to the point of their turn around, had only won 3 games all year and two of them were against Newcastle. Supposedly the players held a crisis meeting, coincidentally in a game against the Bulldogs and they went onto record a really strong character building win. The Broncos went on a run at that point and were actually one of the form teams of the competition until injuries took their toll. Even then, they managed to give the top teams like Melbourne a run for their money. It's a bizarre turn of events, but if it translates to smart tough football it could be exactly what they need heading into 2021. [/QUOTE]

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