All I can say is in my very humble experience the vast majority of players try very very hard but fail for other reasons.
Fear of failure and pressure of expectation, ability (of course) and coaching ... usually more of a problem.

Difficult to comment on some of the twaddle that comes out at times when an ex-player suddenly has a microphone in his hands.

re. Powell ... not clear on exactly what he said re. effort. Did he suggest a lack of effort? If he did .. well it is dead easy to solve that one.

Quote: Smiffy27 "All I can say is in my very humble experience the vast majority of players try very very hard but fail for other reasons. Fear of failure and pressure of expectation, ability (of course) and coaching ... usually more of a problem. Difficult to comment on some of the twaddle that comes out at times when an ex-player suddenly has a microphone in his hands. re. Powell ... not clear on exactly what he said re. effort. Did he suggest a lack of effort? If he did .. well it is dead easy to solve that one.'" [iDP https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/ne ... -cup-exit/

Quote: Smiffy27 "All I can say is in my very humble experience the vast majority of players try very very hard but fail for other reasons. Fear of failure and pressure of expectation, ability (of course) and coaching ... usually more of a problem. Difficult to comment on some of the twaddle that comes out at times when an ex-player suddenly has a microphone in his hands. re. Powell ... not clear on exactly what he said re. effort. Did he suggest a lack of effort? If he did .. well it is dead easy to solve that one.'" [iDP https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/ne ... -cup-exit/

There's no ambiguity here, Powell has quite clearly said that players are not playing to instruction, are wilting under pressure and in some cases lacking effort. He didn't dodge blame himself, and emphasised the "all in it together" mantra but he didn't shield the players from blame.

And good on him. Some of these players have been wallowing around in a comfort zone for years and failed to deliver on the talent they seem to think they possess.

The reaction of the players and the respect they have for the coaching staff will be the acid test in the coming weeks. They'll either pull away from the coach or they'll dig in for him.

Well he should've had that conversation last week. We might still be in the cup by now. He’s not without accountability.

Good on him is right. You would have to say that our defence looks worse than last year. Price did improve our defence almost immediately but of course our attacking ideas were limited.

Price improved both when he took over from Tony Smith.

Smith
2017 For (avg) 18.52, against (avg) 24.2 Win 39% (regular season excluding Qualifiers league)

Price
2018 For (avg) 23.09 Against (avg) 17.8 Win 61%
2019 For (avg) 24.45 Against (avg) 18.3 Win 55%
2020 For (avg) 21.4 Against (avg) 12.0 Win 70%
2021 For (avg) 28.0 Against (avg) 16.8 Win 71%

Improve the props and you improve the defence and the go forward.
Too simple.
I’ve already written off 2022. I’m waiting to hear on signings for 2023 now as the only satisfaction I can take in this very long season.

In what way would you solve a lack of effort?

Where I work, the threat of being sacked usually improves people`s efforts.

Well in RL there's only the coach that gets the sack, the players stay until their contract runs out.
Is this the expected outcome?

Sorry ...I thought it was too obvious to say.
But basically you talk to them and you give 'em a chance to up the effort and then they are playing in the reserves.

I'd have thought that would have been part of a new coaches initial speech to the squad upon their arrival, and we are 7 games in. Some of this squad for Hull KR should already be playing reserve grade rugby this weekend, you cannot make threats and not carry them out, but with a salary cap, a contract system and a board to answer to, there's very few SL coaches with the bo££ox to drop players to the reserves. It's very easy for us sat behind a screen and keyboard to say that would be what we'd do, but in practice it's not exactly the easy solution to our problem.

But what if you give 5 the chance and 5 dont. Do you do 5 in the reserves like Mr Cat suggested but was knocked back. I'm intrigued

To be honest I am surprised that Powell suggested that it was an effort thing. Coaches say all sorts of things that they regret. If he really thinks it is an effort thing ...
he just has to speak to whoever he is thinking of and drop him if there is no improvement.
I cannot guess what Powell is thinking really. Just do it and don't talk to the press about it.