RM in answer to your post, yes I have considered the possibility of players bringing their skills. I find it improbable that a persons level of skill will vary from week to week but their level of focus, intensity and application can.
I agree with other posters about club culture though, I don’t know that Clarkson had very much to do with the Hawks success through the eighties, so I think that maybe there is something in a successful club.
This is an area we have work to do but have come a very long way, we were regarded as a laughing stock not so long ago. Whether you like Lyon or not he has contributed to us gaining respect within the competition, as evidenced by players now entertaining the idea of playing for us.