Embattled Bulldogs coach Cameron Ciraldo has been grilled amid experiences of unrest on the membership and the stroll out of a participant attributable to an unfair coaching punishment.
Ciraldo confronted the media on Wednesday morning and answered a variety of questions on the Bulldogs’ tradition and excessive requirements, which has reportedly alienated some gamers.
Ciraldo’s press convention comes a day after The Daily Telegraph reported an unnamed participant walked out on the membership after being pressured to wrestle 12 teammates as punishment for turning up late.
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At the highest of the presser, Ciraldo mentioned the problem was “sensitive” and he declined to touch upon it, however wasn’t afraid to air some harsh truths across the present Bulldogs’ tradition.
When requested by one reporter if there was a cultural drawback on the membership, Ciraldo was sincere.
“Well, we’ve been losing. The culture isn’t exactly right. The system is only one part of the result from the weekend. The main part of the result is the culture and that’s something we’ve worked really on,” Ciraldo mentioned.
“We’ve probably uncovered a lot more to that culture and reasons for where we are where we are and we’ll continue to work hard at that.
“We are trying to drive standards. We want to have winning performance standards and a lot of that is around individual responsibilities.
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“Every group goes through times where your standards are challenged and ours are being challenged at certain times but yeah, we are trying to create winning standards here.”
The SMH reported earlier within the week that Bulldogs gamers had despatched round a textual content message with issues in regards to the size of coaching classes.
Ciraldo admitted that “hard work” have been half and parcel of being within the NRL, however mentioned there have been longer days at his earlier membership of Penrith.
“It’s the NRL, nothing comes without hard work. It is what this club is built on and work ethic and that’s what drew me to this club and what we are trying to instil back into this place,” Ciraldo mentioned.
“We have one long day a week and if you get the last massage, you are probably leaving at 5:30… The days are longer at the place I was at previously.”
Source web site: www.foxsports.com.au
