jonh wrote:
.....and yet the geatest ever team Wigan have had was full of players who did not see eye to eye with massive ego's.
Most great teams are full of massive ego's and personality clashes but they are usually also ultimate professionals.
It is noted the likes of Goodway was always seen as an individual. Edwards and Gregory always clashing to be top dog, and Hanley spat his dummy regularly.
Do not get confused. Your favourite topic of the salary cap has robbed rugby league of seeing a team littered with massive ego's but in other sports again the best teams are littered with personality clashes and ego's.
As I said earlier it is how a coach manages them that is key and also the fact that regardless of opinions of each other that they are professionals and work towards the ultimate goal of being successful.
I think when Wane talks about fitting in it is more to do with the systems rather than the concept that they are "together" in any other way than wanting to be successful.
Togetherness is something I associate teams that overachieve/are at the lower end of the table but are capable of causing the odd upset eg Wakefield Trinity or Wimbledon in the 80's.
Give me a team of players that do not get along but are ultimate professionals every time.
But is it the sign of an ultimate professional to keep on marketing himself to the highest bidder regardless of whatever deal he's just signed?
Surely there comes a point where a professional should say "I've now been paid to do a job, so I'll do it", not just keep on trying to find someone else who'll pay him even more.
The tearing up of his last NRL deal signified to me that the guy - at least in terms of his attitude - is very far from being a model professional.
