If baz was responsible for the removal of Averillo from half, and then trying him at centre I think it shows that he is proactive. Fair enough it shouldnt have taken him all preseason, 2 trials and 2 NRL games to realise that, but good move by him.
Lets not forget Hasler would probably have kept Okunbor in the team (he persisted with the likes of Montoya, Holland etc).
This isnt as bad a team as last year, and we do have decent players scattered across the park. Problem will remain a 7 & 9 which we do not have (we actually have nothing close to resembling a 9 and 7, what we have is park footballers in those position). This team would beat last years team easy. But we havent played every team in the comp yet to gauge where we are.
Is barrett accountable that we arent 3-4? I dont know? We need to persist with him until atleast the end of the season to see what teams he picks and if he can get the attack firing. We have a young 5/8 who needs to lead the team. He probably isnt ready for such responsibility but you hope he learns and develops into a better player from this and not go into his shell like Flanno. Fingers crossed after the horror first 2 months we can start to gain confidence again and be in every game like we were in the first 3 weeks.