Performances like this have the stench of a coach that's lost the players.
I wonder how different it would be if this was the last year of Dimmas contract? Years over, coach is safe, favourites feel safe because they're still getting a game. Why would you even wanna try? Time to pack it in and try again next year, everyones still going to be there anyway.
Now if his contract wasn't extended early this year. Players may (or may not) want to prove something for the coach, may need to show something because who knows if they'll get a game under the new coach. Hell, we may have already at an interum coach by now where the players had to prove something.
Stability, it promotes mediocrity