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Seasons, and series results, can be decided a decision.<\/p>\n
A recruitment decsion, a personal switch, a change in gameplan.<\/p>\n
Sometimes these decisions lead to glory. Other times they lead to disaster.<\/p>\n
“Disaster” may be hyperbole here but today we are going to focus in on those decisions that didn’t pan out particularly well.<\/p>\n
These are not meant to be “I told you so” type of moments. Just a look back at five decisions that didn’t go the way they were designed.<\/p>\n
With that said, here of the biggest mistakes during the 2025 season:<\/p>\n
5. Cowboys shift halves despite having semi-successful combination<\/p>\n
Heading into the season it looked as though Tom Dearden<\/a> and Jake Clifford<\/a> were the best possible halves pairing for the Cowboys.<\/p>\n I don’t blame coach Todd Payten<\/a> for running with young gun Tom Duffy<\/a> to start the season. It did become obvious though that the team was much better upon Clifford’s return.<\/p>\n The Cowboys would chop and change their halves combination throughout the year, shifting Jaxon Purdue<\/a> from the centres into five-eighth occasionally.<\/p>\n