The wheels have come off the train.
Is the new cap having an effect on squad depth (pay too much for some players and lose key 2nd or 3rd choice backups)? Lee was saying something along these lines, where players (understandably) want more, or at least what players were on 3 years ago, but a team, in order to function, needs squad depth, and that means lower pay per player.
Each team will have players who are not being retained, who have no new club to go to, and as the season progresses, their motivation will potentially wane.
The coaches get the short end of that stick.