The current Wallabies remind me of the Brisbane Broncos with Anthony Seibold. Comes in barrelling through the doors with a 'this is how we do it' mentality and it hasn't worked so then the coaches ego isn't tolerable anymore.
You can definitely lose the confidence of your playing group. I'm sure a lot of people in here have been in a team or workplace that has lost faith in a leader, boss or coach. You can still do the job but you're not going as well as you could be. When we are talking international Rugby if they at 5% off because of this its enough to be bundled out in the Pools of a WC.
Yeah can certainly lose confidence. I just think that people go "oh he's lost the dressing room, the players hate him, that's why we lost" etc etc. When reality is more complex than that. I also just don't think that's what's occurred here. For me, the super narrative of the Wallabies World Cup, from their perspective, is:
1. Come in with a bit of confidence, but less than they'd have liked.
2. Beat Georgia, feel a bit better.
3. Get rumbled by Fiji who were far too good, didn't have the ability to adapt quick enough without experience.
4. Go into a high pressure match against a very experienced team who play the perfect game plan to put our young 'uns under pressure, we crumble.
5. Depressed for a meaningless game v Georgia.
In total, I haven't really assessed the Wallabies as losing confidence in Eddie. I've assessed them as being incapable of handling pressure. So, still Eddie's fault - he picked players who every man and their dog could tell you wouldn't handle pressure - just for a slightly different reason.
The Seibold comp is an interesting one - remembering that he was one of Eddie's assistants at England.
