Mistakes can be excused, during a “rebuild” (whatever this means), if you are trying to do things the right way, or at the very least a different way, quickly, to make ball movement happen and score goals.
Mistakes that happen after slow ball movement, zero player movement, high kicks around the boundary to a pack or high and long into a forward 50 with outnumbered or no forwards are inexcusable.
A beating with a bit of dash and dare shows something.
A thrashing following formula football, is pathetic. Repeated thrashings playing formula football is unacceptable. THe formula is wrong. The professor needs a new proof. Or is he just an arts teacher looking for a narrative?