We have somewhere between 10 and 20 young guys who were going nowhere under Brown who are suddenly working on their strengths and weaknesses and looking like they will force their way into calculations.
Glasby, Guerra, Lino, Mann and maybe Pearce are all guys who have reached their potential under other coaches at other clubs.
Best, Crossland, Hoy, Sasagi, Toa, Momoisea, Marks, Lucas, Huth, Black, Croker and even Shibasaki, Tuala and (taking a leap of faith here that the coach sees something I don't) Roberts-Davis are all works in progress that Brown wouldn't have got much out of, but O'Brien is already rapidly improving them.
Even guys who have been marking time for a few years like the twins, Jones, Saulo, etc are already going to a new level.
We have heard that the new coach is a workaholic who has a encyclopedic knowledge of all the players.
He has his work cut out for him.
Hoy is the player we are all talking about right now, but he is only 1 of up to 20 guys who need a lot of input from a good coach to reach their potential.
Just about every game this year I expect to see some young player do something out of the box.