Hunters short of expectations

WE all have an obligation to guide and mentor the Hunters players and their management.
The performance by the team on Easter Saturday attracts comments from a wide section of the community.
First, the EMTV sports segment on Good Friday painted the Hunters as if they had just won the grand final.
I am certain there were numerous sporting events worth reporting instead of wasting the entire sports segment to one team. It’s not academic reporting and must be avoided.
Secondly, why do we have trainers and coaches in rugby league?
The team’s performance on Saturday, April 20, was so poor it seemed like Papua New Guinea woke up yesterday and started playing rugby league the next day, with every player hitting the brick wall of defence, not learning from their mistakes and continuing to do the same thing.
If you cannot go through it, the most logical thing to do is to improvise, go under it, around it or over it. What’s so difficult about that?
Not a single player was willing to lead in the tackling phases to make sure the tackles stuck and the ball was not able to be released.
Every Hunters player on the field that day was just watching when opposing players were running the ball along in front of our defensive line.
Furthermore, why do our players spend so much time looking for the referee begging for a ruling with both hands outstretched to the heavens and allowing valuable seconds to tick by?
By comparison, in hot and humid conditions, any team with a darker set of jerseys will perspire profusely compared to a team with lighter-colored jerseys. This is grade 8 information.
Also, when considering new jerseys, the management should know that the players will be tempted to go looking for brand new shoes to complement their new jerseys.
This is bad because brand new shoes like the white boots I saw on television the Hunters players were wearing on Easter Saturday would normally create blisters on pressure areas.
This is grade 10 information. In any sport, when blisters are created on either of an athlete’s foot you’ve lost the game, fair and square.
Now my question is, why can’t we do some pre and post assessment of our team’s performances and make improvements from where we last played?
I am certain our expenses are worth reconsidering if we have passengers in the team.

G. Saleu, Goroka