During one of the strangest and toughest years of our lives, we invited Frank Ponissi, the General Manager – Melbourne Storm…
‘Standards not Targets’
EXTRACTS:
•Employing great people is the highest priority.
•No one gets a start on staff in Melbourne unless their work ethic meets very lofty standards.
•Assistant coaches are expected to review hours and hours of game and training vision to give Bellamy all the information his hungry rugby league brain can absorb.
•Long days on the field and in the office are common.
•Coaching masters … Melbourne Storm’s Craig Bellamy (left) and Brisbane Broncos’ Wayne Bennett. Photo: AAP
•The Storm approach to player recruitment and retention is very similar.
•“Hard work will always beat talent when talent doesn’t work hard” is and old saying, but it’s a habit in Melbourne.
•No team trains harder and you either buy in or bugger off.
•After people comes process; every individual is a cog in a wheel.
•You’ve got a role, you’re expected to do that role extremely well, and each role compliments the next.
•Plan, train, play, review, repeat and over time refine.
