joshcooper123
Reserve Grader
Seibold's strategy is to build a "competition for spots" and this is where the standards are lifted in training. Ultimately, if we have 5 forwards challenging for 3 bench spots this means that everyone has to train harder and try and get better. The standards of the club aren't set by the run on 17 it's set by the 6 or 7 blokes who are first grade material but couldn't make the team and are challenging for a spot. This results in higher effort plays and 1 percent moments taken as if they don't abide they will be getting dropped.It worries me a little that Seibold's thinking seems to be, "If you can't have good players, why not have a lot of really average players?" Not sure how that's supposed to separate us from the rest of the NRL also-rans. But whatever. Even though I've passionately disliked Nathan Brown at every NRL club he's ever been at, and think his best years are long behind him, if he puts on a Manly jersey I will wish him well.
This will thus increase the value of the players in our club to lets say players being 300k worth to 500k worth and can improve the clubs performance through the threat of being dropped instead of just knowing your spot will be picked every week.
This included with player loyalty will be how the club shapes success for the future.