Bunnies buy into Maguire's tough love As far as cliches go, "reputations mean nothing" is one of league's best. But in the Michael Maguire era at Souths, it's not just lip service. Case No.1: Roy Asotasi. South Sydney captain, more than 100 Rabbitohs appearances, 24 Tests for New Zealand - dropped for the round-three win against Penrith. Form not up to scratch. Case No.2: Michael Crocker. Club star, 10 State of Origins and six Kangaroos appearances. Dropped for the Good Friday blockbuster against Canterbury. Prove yourself in NSW Cup. Keeping up the form: Rabbitohs captain Roy Asotasi says coach Michael Maguire's strong-willed approach brings out the best in Souths players. It's hardcore, but it might be the shock treatment to finally end the pain for Bunnies fans, who are riding their team's best season start since 1971. Madge is Madge - he challenges every single one of us in the squad. It's true what he says, reputation doesn't mean anything," Asotasi said. If you're doing your job for the team, Madge will definitely be happy with your performance. But if you're not, he'll find someone else who will do the job. The result is that laurels aren't a leaning post, a philosophy Asotasi believes will bring out his best. "It brings out the best in all the players," he says. There's no complacency at the club. Souths has come a long way from when I first started to where we are right now. Four games, four wins, and obviously we want to keep that record going. But there's a lot of challenges right in front of us, so we've got to make sure we uphold those all the way. Next is the Warriors in New Zealand, fresh from a win against the powerful Cowboys, home of perhaps the two best props in the game, Matt Scott and James Tamou. But with a pack featuring Asotasi, the Burgess brothers, Ben Te'o and Chris McQueen - and the knowledge that form is all that counts - the Rabbitohs will be expected to continue their streak. One beneficiary of the "reputations-mean-nothing" policy has been Te'o, whose move from the Broncos led to a realisation that he wasn't necessarily the know-all he thought he was. [Maguire] was very hard on me in pre-season. He wanted things done perfect," Te'o said. It was a tough pre-season for me. I came down here thinking I was a pretty experienced backrower and I knew what I was doing. But there was a lot of stopping in drills so he could explain to me how to get things done. I felt like I was a first-year rookie again. After a little while I was getting a bit pissed off, feeling that I was behind everyone else ... it made me realise that maybe I was a bit behind the guys in the way that they're playing and, if I wanted to start the season with them, I had a lot of catching up to do. Te'o said he has been inspired by Maguire, and has "a lot of respect" for his way of coaching. "We're all men here," Te'o said. Reputations shouldn't mean anything. You play your best players, who's playing best that week, and I think all the boys understand that and have bought into that. It doesn't matter who you are ... if you're not cutting it on the weekend, you're not playing the next week. It's all about performance and it keeps us all honest.