RonBranton suggested Otto needed a Life Coach. Maybe he does need greater awareness to do better and a size 18 boot up the backside couldn’t hurt either.
Compared to other Clubs who have moved with the times, RFC has been coaching by standards from the dark ages and are way behind in the coaching stakes. I wish RFC would get with it, because all we’ve managed to do over recent years is produce a whole lot of robots who lack confidence, self-belief and have no feel for the Club and/or jumper and no motivation or ambition to do better. We can attribute much of that to coaching, as well as a number of other directionless and unprofessional areas within the Club.
Pity those RFC players who do have any of the necessary qualities to be top line AFL players, because they must wonder where they went wrong.
In the statement, Ottens cited his wish for a "new environment" as paramount. "I need a new environment to get the best out of myself and enjoy my football," he said.
Doesn’t Otto virtually have a new environment to work in, when there is a new Coach/coaching staff and new/young, up and coming players at the Club?
Here’s a tip for those players who cite these as valid reasons for wanting to go to another Club. The only person they are kidding is themselves, because a new environment alone isn’t going to help get the best out of anyone. To do that, you actually have to make an effort to achieve anything. Why would anyone try better at one Club and not another?
There may be valid reasons for that, but no one’s going to hand anyone the perfect environment in which to get the best out of themselves. Because every Club will throw up their own challenge and it’s those who have the strongest and fiercest commitment, desire and dedication to overcome any obstacles that have the greatest chance to achieve their dreams. And still there are no guarantees and even if they don’t achieve their main goal, they can still be proud of what they have been able to do and achieve throughout their career.
At some point, these players need to take some responsibility for what they get out of the game. Because, at every Club, regardless of where they are on the ladder, there will be players who are able to achieve amazing results for themselves, even if the team doesn’t perform to expectations. And you have to wonder how and why that happens?
