Tassie's leaders bedevilled
May 17, 2007
From The Mercury
Reported by James Bresnehan
Reported by James Bresnehan
EVERYONE from the chairman to the boot studder took responsibility yesterday for the Tasmanian Devils' woeful winter, but the biggest blame went to one particular bunch -- the leadership group.
Their ears were ringing after the bake Devils coach Daryn Cresswell gave them on Monday night before flogging the entire squad on the training track.
The seven senior players -- co-captains Brett Geappen and Scott Stephens (dropped last Saturday), Paul Koulouriotis, Cameron Thurley, Nathan Street (also dropped), Ken Hall and Matthew Westfield (dropped) -- took the brunt of Cresswell's frustration from a 1-5 start.
"When you become a leader, there's an expectation there that you deliver," Cresswell said. "Unfortunately, our leaders haven't done that."
When asked how firmly he spoke to the seven, Cresswell said, with furrowed brow: "I got my message across."
The leadership group is just as sorry about the Devils sitting second-last on the VFL ladder.
"They're not happy with the position we're in either," Cresswell said.
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