Kilmarnock striker McKenzie saw a different side to boss Steve Clarke
Striker Rory McKenzie admits the Kilmarnock squad saw boss Steve Clarke's darker side after being made to sit through a re-run of last week's dismal Aberdeen display.
Killie slumped 3-1 against the Dons at home after gifting the visitors two goals inside the first 12 minutes.
That sloppy start angered Clarke, who ordered his team back into Rugby Park for a toe-curling video analysis session earlier this week.
McKenzie says he and his team-mates had previously only seen an upbeat Clarke after his encouraging start to his new job.
However, the squad was left in no doubt about his disappointment after they failed to match the levels which had previously seen them pick up results against the likes of Celtic, Rangers and Hearts.
`When you see the projector going up after a defeat it's never a good sign,'' McKenzie told Press Association Sport.
`You don't enjoy these sessions as you have to sit there and see what you did wrong. But it was certainly productive. You have to learn from these things in order to make sure it doesn't happen again.
`The manager got his point across. It was basic errors we made and that was evident from the tapes. Hopefully we won't make a repeat of that.
`We know we can't expect to start games like we did last week and then win matches. Although watching the video back wasn't nice, it was definitely good for the team to see.
`We've seen a different side to the manager this week. The only other game we've lost since he came in was against Hibs but we played well that day. Sunday, though, was the first time we've been very poor but it's only natural that we see a different side to him.
`Everything had been positive up until then but Sunday was a negative so you need to see the bad side because we let him down. We let everyone down.
`He's not the type to rant and rave. I've seen them before. He talks very well and gets his point across without having to raise his voice and I think that's good. He's crystal clear but you can tell by the tone of his voice he isn't happy and that sends more of a message than if he was just bawling.'
Killie will hope to make amends when they travel to St Johnstone on Saturday and Clarke thinks his team need to follow the blueprint for success adopted by Tommy Wright's team in recent seasons.
He said: `The way St Johnstone do things is what we're trying to achieve.
`You have to credit them, and not just Tommy, but from the chairman down for putting a structure in place that has allowed them to build a really strong squad of players on a smallish budget.
`That's what we have to look to do too.'