Denis Leamy warns that this new Munster can't cut corners in their mission to get their performance levels up to speed.
And the former Reds ace believes that Reds supporters are willing to stick with the process despite their worrying start.
One win in their opening four games leaves Graham Rowntree's charges- already scrambling for Champions Cup qualification for next season.
READ MORE: Contrasting fortunes of Liverpool and Arsenal a reminder to Leinster to keep evolving
They are at Thomond Park for the first time this term on Saturday but find themselves up against the Bulls, last season's URC runners-up.
However ex-Munster and Ireland back row Leamy, who returned as the province's defence coach in the summer, insists that the plan to build a squad by improving performances cannot be compromised.
"It's really important that we build a group of players that's going to bring us forward," he said.
"There are ways of winning games that doesn't really create that. So we're very conscious of the future and the present.
"We've had to pick 45 players in the last four games, five or six of them which have been academy players and all of which bar one was making his debut.
"So it's that balance. I genuinely believe we have to look for performances first. Performances are the key thing.
"Wins come off the back of discipline, good set piece, good defence - and that's a performance,. The knock-on effect then is you're going to hopefully get the wins.
"There's a standard that we push all the time. Look, are they held to the standard of the past in terms of the expectation? We've got to be realistic.
"We've got a different group now, it's a young group by and large.
"There's an awful lot of academy lads in our building - young players in terms of the amount of caps they've got and we've just got to be careful around smothering them, right?
"We have to be good with their development - trust them, pick them, expose them. We can't smother than just bludgeoning them with information and expectation.
"That takes time. it takes time in every club."
Munster were disappointed to lose to Connacht in Galway on Friday night. The following day, Leamy attended a game between Cashel and UL, where he bumped into a lot of Munster supporters - the grassroots that the province is built upon.
"People are very supportive," he commented. "There's an awful lot of good people out there, they understand the patience and the time that is required. And it is nothing but support.
“Look, I understand in a club like Munster - and it is a big club, a big European club - there are always going to be pressures. There are always going to be expectations.
"We knew when we took the job, we knew when we were playing in the jersey, there is an expectation that comes with Munster that is huge and we know the standards that are required and we are working towards that I can assure you.
"With people on the ground, I get a lot of support and you get a lot of encouragement from meeting those people as well, absolutely.
"I've been in different places, it takes time to blood young players.
"How you manage and create that is very important, I genuinely believe we have a crop of young players here that if we manage them right they can bring us on into the next generation in 10 years' time.
"There's loads of evidence of that starting to appear. It's just, how we manage them is really important."
READ NEXT:
Roy Keane gives brilliantly typical Irish answer to Monday Night Football question
Ireland pushing for automatic Euro 2028 qualification - if bid succeeds
Irish cyclist Mia Griffin takes inspiration from Sam Bennett after getting Covid before Worlds
Damien Duff fumes over added time after late Shamrock Rovers goal beats Shelbourne
Get the latest sports headlines straight to your inbox by signing up for free email alerts
