Anyone that actually coaches more than a pub team agree with that? So when julian Savea was dropped from the All Blacks for not being fit enough it was the All Black and Hurricane management/coaches fault - not Savea himself?
I coach at one of the academies in Wellington and I've been around the TeeDubs setup. There are absolutely things that the player has to do outside of training which are their responsibility, but it pretty much amounts to resting enough and eating right. The activities undertaken to reach a certain level of fitness are directed by the club.
If Hudson has just said "be fit" and not given benchmarks, that might be tough for a kid who has spent the last few years being coached to the right fitness level.
Savea is an awkward example because he is a very mercurial player, world's best winger for two months, not even the best in Wellington for the next six. I don't know how much of that is attitude, fitness, not taking care of himself (though he reportedly does not drink or consume pork because his wife is Muslim), or a combination. There is also the fact that at various times he's been playing for the ABs but not the Hurricanes or vice versa.
I think one of three things happened with Ingham.
1. Hudson said "be fit" and didn't give benchmarks
2. Hudson gave benchmarks and Ingham didn't really try to meet them.
3. Hudson gave benchmarks and Ingham tried but failed because he didn't seek help from the Roar.
1 would be Hudson's fault, frankly, because that is shark communication. 2 and 3 would be Ingham's fault. However, if Hudson really was as professional and obsessed with his players being fit as he says, then he should be talking to the clubs about where he needs players to be if there is an out-of-season window coming up. He should know that A-League players will not be fully fit yet and he should know that the clubs have people who are experts in fitness who can help his players be in the right place.
I don't know how much blame is on Ingham, but absolutely some of it is on Hudson.