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Message: [QUOTE="Thelmus, post: 3127011, member: 8988"] The biggest problem is a lack of resilience. It comes with younger teams. We need some good forwards to lead the way and some crafty backs to "pull a rabbit out of a hat" when needed, but that is not our lot. We have spent a small fortune securing young players on the expectation they will naturally develop into great ones by themselves. This has put older players offside as they are expected to do more for less, and led to the complacency of these same young players as they become "indispensable" with their high salary. The solutions to our current problems are not simple because this is not the only problem (if it were only so). Because we have a young team with young leaders, they fall into the trap of being tunnel-visioned in their strategies and tactics, never adapting to the flow of the game (if you want to see that, watch the knight versus raiders from last nights). They need a leader to not just get them to follow the coaches plans but to be strong enough to break with them as a team, as one when needed. This is a lot to ask of young leaders (or for that matter older leaders insecure of their place in the team). Of course an experienced coach might try and give the team the flexibility to adapt. But we went a different way, forgetting we have no Cameron Smith, Billy Slater, or any other with strength of character to change direction of the ship, mid-course. When asked one about the value of a good coach and a good captain, Wayne Bennet said (in res [/QUOTE]

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