Quote: loinertillidie "Since 2004 there has been a definite swing towards it being unacceptable for any other team to actually have better tactics, better game awareness, better fitness, more hunger, more desire and actually beat the Leeds Rhinos.
When I say unacceptable, I mean it's unacceptable for any other team to have better tacticians, educators, coaches, dietitians and motivators than those employed at Leeds. There always has to be something wrong, McD out, Lowes out, Burrow in etc etc etc.'"
I think for a club the size of Leeds, with the resources at their disposal, nearly all of the above is unacceptable. Most of the above can be rectified quite easily with the correct off field appointments and structures. What you illustrate above is exactly what Michael Maguire changed when he first came to Wigan and it was fundamental to us winning the Grand Final in his first year with much the same squad. Indeed those sound footings are fundamental to how we are doing now, Wane has just built upon it.