No it isn't. You don't see a bigger picture do you? If you start with the attitude of number 1 now, you can get the players mindset focussed, you start to instill in them that that is the only target. It might not work out for the rest of this season but it should be a familiar thought process for them next season. It is the difference of being a professional or being an amateur. So to call it stupid is either very nieve or an underachieving attitude.
I've got a feeling this is what Ernie drilled into the boys when we had that amazing season a few years ago.
When they went for their headshots for Fox Sports, Ernie told one of the Matchday Saturday guys (not sure if that's aired on Sky in NZ) that this team is special. Surely if Ernie is saying that to Fox reporters, he would have told the boys that and made them believe it.
I don't know what the hell he thought of this current team, but obviously it's not the same feeling in the rooms..