fair enough but, while you will never hear me go into bat for trent , he was an excuse for the players who took no personal responsibility
Trents tactics were up for debate but never the less the way the team leaders carried them out on field at times screamed of dissent and immaturity. Trent wasnt All wrong
The kicking game , finding touch, to stop end to end footy constantly, but gaining 3 m kicking from our own half, not trying to position ourselves for a better result and just tick the box. Was that really Trent or footy players ticking the ol KPI boss
Since trent left our team has struggled with very similar issues. Not being able to compete with the ball in play for long periods, fitness, game control. Possession.
Maybe his tactics were crap, maybe he was on to something, but our execution sucked then and still does. We still ooze anxiety with a capital A
That side i mentioned sucked but using trent as THE EXCUSE has always been a big part of the problem as the growth of the TEAM has never really moved on even though the gardener did. Ownership avoided
Trent being crap doesnt excuse the players playing crap also, it was a good team with plenty of the right moving parts and the only data we have that what we are building might work if we ever get invited to a hooker party again.
We fell into a barrel of tits and came up sucking our thumbs and still are somewhat. Des improved them but consistency is not the way Manly play at all and 15 th , **** that could be next year