The guys did what they were paid for.
Well not exactly. The yanks wanted certain things converted into rubble and on several occasions "the boys" refused. They haven't had the chance to make up for it since.
It was the yanks' show and the aussies knocked back what any good ol' boy from stateside would happily have done. The media here attempted to make something out of it at the time, but failed dismally because no one cared.
That pic of the hornets over Melbourne shows a p!ss-weak break. Why isn't she bending it at 90degrees like a real man would???