Mal Cochrane
I'm not really Mal Cochrane...
I can recall a team i played for were whinging consistently for the 1st few months. Any drop ball from the opposing team and our players were calling knock on and harrassing the ref, always whinging about them being offside, calling shepherds etc...
Then one day a ref hit back and told our team to stop whinging, and it struck me. The guys did whinge! Why? i realised the guys were always looking for excuses, the easy road, and weren't willing to dig and take control of games when we had lost momentum. It was a big show of lack of confidence and when the ref told them to stop whinging, it stung them and made them realise they were carrying on like kids.
i sort of see a bit of this in manly lately when things don't go our way.
Then one day a ref hit back and told our team to stop whinging, and it struck me. The guys did whinge! Why? i realised the guys were always looking for excuses, the easy road, and weren't willing to dig and take control of games when we had lost momentum. It was a big show of lack of confidence and when the ref told them to stop whinging, it stung them and made them realise they were carrying on like kids.
i sort of see a bit of this in manly lately when things don't go our way.