Fucking hell! Short memory much? You're not even a QLDer!
How quickly you've forgotten the hoppy-skippy Benchy Marshall shit Quade used to try on before getting smashed. The hospital passes he served up. The tackles he's tried to effect a strip rather than putting a shoulder on. The passes gone to deck or to opposition players when he's tried something that just isn't on.
You want to talk about NOTHING performances? Foley may not have set the world on fire at Test level (yet), but he's got as many Super titles as Quade and he hasn't ever looked like a scared rabbit. When Foley missed a tackle, at least he was in danger of making it.
Before you retort, let me say this:
I'm really enjoying the improvement in Quade post-Deans. He's looked at himself and fixed the things that needed fixing. Mainly off the field, which I think has helped him on the field quite a bit. Like Roman Generals receiving their triumphus, he has a voice whispering in his ear:
Remember, thou art mortal.
Just a month ago he and his entire Brisbane team were utterly murdered by the Rams - and a nobody kid from Penrith Rugby utterly outfoxed Quade on defence to score a try. He still put in some classy touches and used the NRC to get his confidence back.
He's probably our best flyhalf, but we don't know where he is because he's not played this year, when the game has moved on since last year.
Potential is bullshit until you realise it, but if we're going to talk about potential, then I think we're all happy that Cheika is there instead of some fuckwit like Jake White.
Cheika will help bring out the best in all the players in the squad and then work out ways to make them even better.