I guess the correlation=causation parameter for drug testing would work for this scenario, super stars leading the side into dumpster fire, quieter guys alone leading C team to classic wins against 3x premiers and top 4 side, now super stars back do we see even higher tempo team abilities to pump teams, or
This old chesnut, the one where the Warriors B side win a one off (doesn't happen lots, but it is a phenomena, we see weaker Kiwis sides beat the Kangaroos then stronger Kiwi sides cop hidings) is too readily dismissed for being a 'one off'.
Which is why it is so refreshing that we completely changed the Roster, took two runs at decent opposition and beat both in a row.
A one off cannot be a two off....that just doesn't make no sense no how Jeffro.
Something has changed, and the most obvious change is the squad.
Any scientific or logical take would start the analysis with eleven player changes.....
People can see it for themselves anywho. This pair of games, has at least half of us going....well well, (In my case that includes a quiet little 'I was wrong') the call for change crowd were right.
Comes a time where you have to accept the obvious, the problem with this years under performance lands squarely on our incumbent elite veterans...they are solely to blame for the rut.
But they are also still good players, they also nearly took the Storm. Glad it ain't my call to try to stitch all these pieces into the best version of ourselves at Warriors team coaching hq.
That's a black & white answer & has merit but...
Anybody see Bellamy's presser this weekend gone? Storm lost and he brought up the short turnarounds, especially if it involves travel. Results in injuries and impaired performance & says if a short turnaround is a must (would like to see them done away with altogether) but if unavoidable travel should be nullified for the team affected. You don't have to like/agree with how he does things but he has a point. And he was talking about two games!
From 31 March to 19 April (20 days) Warriors played 4 games, 2 home, 2 away. And don't forget one of those games went to golden point.
Any other club got those issues??
We already had injuries and accrued a few more during that 20-day, 4 game period.
Most of the players played 80 mins, the recently much maligned captain a case in point but not the only one.
What worked last year was a rotation where the bench gave the engine room time on the bench to refresh & come back on like in '23 That was missing in the short turnaround games, unlike '23.
You might argue we're a month past then but in reality those players paid & are still paying the price.
Luckily some troops back I guess but unfortunately we needed more then.
Everyones got good points & a mix of young and old is an exciting prospect but for those thinking our experienced players should bow out because they're past it?
Like to see better scheduling going forward (haven't looked at the rest of this season yet - next year at least?). With troops back hopefully we see game time and player rotation back to be competitive.
The young ones are going well but at the biz end of the season you need experience in the mix
