Saintmatt wrote: ↑Wed 21 Dec 2022 12:57pm
Scollop wrote: ↑Tue 20 Dec 2022 5:59pm
I predict there'll be some on here extracting their tongues out of his bumhole soon enough when reality bites
Could be some knives wanting to be inserted in his back next year rather than any extracting going on
I don't see it that way at all (even though I'm still sceptical as to whether RL can re-create the magic dust from his last tenure).
My personal expectation for 2023 is simple. I think it will be a year much like 2007 where it took best part of a season for RL to enforce new disciplines, implement and bed down a recognisable and repeatable game plan with much more structure (incorporating a Plan B, C etc) and identifying which of our present playing personnel can actually play the chosen game style ... before then deciding on what our drafting and recruiting needs look like from late 2023 onwards.
My judgement on RL and his new coaching group will begin in 2024; not 2023
A lot of opinions on this thread are based on the old RTB, not the new one.
Yes. There is a new Ross. The old one was a control freak. The new one has surrounded himself with ex Saint star players who are now coaches.
They've been appointed to specialist roles and they are driving our game plan for 2023 with Ross providing his input. He's said he's leaving it largely to them to come up with a way forward.
Of course, he may resort to being the Ross of old if we lose games in a row. But for now he is backing and taking a back seat to Hayes, Banger, Goddard, Enright etc.
Do not estimate the hunger that exists in our new coaching panel. They never won a premiership when they were playing. Now they have a chance to do it as coaches.
That is a pretty big incentive. We will be a different looking footy team in 2023. A better footy team remains to be seen but we will be different. You can count on it.
