Questions have been raised over the Rabbitohs’ management — or lack thereof — amid reviews star duo Latrell Mitchell and Cody Walker are getting preferential therapy by coach Jason Demetriou.
It was reported this week that some at South Sydney, together with assistant coaches Sam Burgess and John Morris, are involved that Demetriou is just not robust sufficient on Mitchell and Walker.
It has since blown up with reviews the membership is about to sever ties with Burgess and Morris efficient instantly.
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However, the blowtorch has now been placed on the taking part in group and the management fashion of captain Cameron Murray.
“I believe that they are devoid of leadership within the playing group,” News Corp journalist Dave Riccio informed NRL 360.
“I’m a massive fan of Cam Murray but he is in his second season of his captaincy and the difference between (premiership-winning captain) Sam Burgess and Cam Murray is Sam used to (say) ‘come on boys I’ll drag you with me’.
“Cam Murray is not that emotive style of player and I look at that Rabbitohs dressing room and I don’t see leadership. I see a rookie leader.”
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However NRL 360 host Braith Anasta was fast to interject, saying “I disagree.”
“Cam Murray has led that team for a long time through his actions and the last few weeks he hasn’t — why? There is something wrong there,” Anasta added.
“He is a class player, he is the most reliable player, he was one of the best players for New South Wales. He jumps out of that and comes back into the South Sydney system and all of a sudden he’s not a leader?”
Riccio responded with: “Not all great players make great captains.”
But Anasta believes there’s a “bigger problem” on the Rabbitohs that’s impacting Murray.
“I’ve just explained that he is a leader and the reason he’s not doing his job at the moment is because there’s a bigger problem there and even he can’t contain it — and he’s an experienced player and one of the consistent players in the game,” he mentioned.
“If he’s not the leader, who is?”
“That’s my problem. I struggle to find an out-and-out person in the dressing room that pulls Latrell into line,” Riccio answered.
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News Corp’s Paul Crawley weighed in on the controversy and identified that Murray was thrust into the captaincy position — even perhaps prematurely — as a result of the Rabbitohs allowed former skipper Adam Reynolds to depart.
“You could go through the entire NRL playing group and there is not a bigger personality than Latrell Mitchell,” he mentioned.
“Cameron Murray is a leader — he’s an inspiring leader. But at the moment they’re not following.
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“The question is why aren’t they following? Why has this caused a friction between Jason Demetriou and Sam Burgess and John Morris? That’s the bigger picture here.
“It’s not that you’ve got a young man that was thrown into the captaincy and let’s remember why that was too — because the club wasn’t prepared to give Adam Reynolds a new contract.
“That’s another layer in this whole conundrum.”
Meanwhile, rugby league legend Gorden Tallis believes it’s as much as the membership to seek out the precise gamers which are keen to comply with their captain.
“Do you know what a leader is? Someone that people follow,” he mentioned.
“So he’s playing and going as hard as he can — no one followed him. A leader is someone people follow and if they don’t follow you, what are you?
“What you normally do is get rid of the people that don’t follow, you’ve got to get the ones that tie in and get pulled along.”
Source web site: www.foxsports.com.au
