Ok I’m not saying your wrong but cmon man. Des is smarter then we make him out to be. Yes his a wanker and prob deserves what he got but why in the world would he sign a extended contract with us if we are so bad cap wise. It just doesn’t make sense. That’s basically stuffing up his whole coaching career.
I think the club is using it a leverage and offloading the blame on des and Dib. Which is a smart move. They tried to screw the club and maybe now the club is using a negative into a positive. Let’s point the finger on the asshole that tried to sue us. It just doesn’t make sense in my mind how all this mess is so out of control. No matter how much des wanted to backend deals, management would have never let it get so bad we basically need to offload majority of our superstars and play a nsw cup side for 2-3 years. Something is very fishy
I think Des uses the backended deals as a tool to keep his players keen knowing there's a cherry waiting in the coming years. Des wanted a stable squad, always did and to build the same players around his style hence the lack of young players he bought up to first grade. Backended deals normally keeps players at the club. Des, during these player negotiatings and also Dib did not think they would be ousted so they spent more than they were given to spend.
If neither were ousted we would not have known about the cap issues, it would have been business as usual. The only problem is that it would have come to a head at some time in years to come. Thankfully it's now come to a head and can be dealt with sooner rather than later.
If anyone thinks we are not in as bad a state with the cap than what is being said then why did Michael McGuire turn down the coaching role once he looked at the cap situation?
