"It's the right time of the season to start hitting their straps after a slow start," he said. "You want to be peaking at the end of the season and the way Jock [Nicholson] and I have been training them, we should be in for a good finish."
The team were suddenly clicking, giving former Canberra Raiders stand-off Josh Weedon more time and space to set his outsides away.
"When you play professional football it's not about 'she'll be right', it's about doing your job and doing it properly," said Murray.
"If you make a mistake you don't turn around and say 'never mind', you say 'pick your game up' and that's what Josh does. He brings that professional attitude, where it's not alright to drop the ball, it's not all right to miss a tackle."
Ryan Gordon's return from the Canberra Cup has coincided with the team's resurgence, as evidenced by his selection in the New Zealand Maori team.
A play involving Weedon bombing to Gordon's corner has brought a number of tries.
"With him, we don't look at that as a 50/50 play," said Murray.
"It's more of an 80/20 that he's going to score - so we look at that as a positive play."
Murray, who turned to refereeing in recent years while his wife worked towards finishing her masters in business management, is relishing being back on the sideline, where he belongs.
"We're thoroughly enjoying it - Jock's doing a mean job. You sit at home and wonder what you're going to do on a Saturday.
"You think you'll just go down and watch a game, but when you get down there you want to have your input into what they are doing wrong. The only way to do that is by coaching."
Mitchell Park provides one of the most picturesque scenes for any club, no matter the code, in the Bay of Plenty.
"Over the years it's amazing to see the support that we are getting down there. From the early years, eight years ago, it was quite low-key. Now when you go down there on a Saturday, it's packed right round."
