Changing the mentality of Ireland's stars was on the agenda in the IRFU's World Cup review but starting work with them as the new boss, Andy Farrell insists hunger for success is back.
"Well, it's our first camp, 24 hours worth - the energy and enthusiasm, the willingness to learn and take on board a few new ideas has been great to see," said Farrell.
"And I see a desperation in their eyes there when we're speaking to them at the end of camp that they want to be a part of this so no, I wouldn't say that's going to be a problem going forward."
Asked what he wants from his first Six Nations in the hot-seat, Farrell replied: "Obviously progression, that will be the key. Winning would be another one.
"But there's many aspects of our game that we need to push forward with and that's what you would expect when you review any season, really.
"So I would say the bigger picture stuff we wanna improve in all aspects of the game.
"But we've got to make sure we stand for something, and hopefully that will be clear and obvious to everyone, really, without trying to progress too early on most things and standing for nothing."
Farrell added: "We'll evolve our attack along the way, and that will probably be a longer process, we'll keep adding towards that. We've got to make sure we get across most things.
"I don't think style's important, I think there are more ways than one to skin a cat or win a game, it's broader than just style.
"There's all sorts of reasons why you would try to have a Plan A, Plan B and a Plan C.
"One, because of the cattle that you've got, so what best fits them. The opposition that you're playing, what plan fits into playing that type of opposition, obviously the conditions on the day but as the game's evolving as we're playing it in front of us, we've got to be good in the 'what if' scenarios, we've got to be able to adapt in many ways.
"We wanna be able to play physical and abrasive, we wanna be able to take it to the opposition physically, that's what Irish teams have been very good at in the past and I've been on the end of that in 2007.
"But we've got skilful players, we've got smart rugby players, we've got players who have got a lot more in them to give and we wanna be able to adapt to the game in front of us."
