Mitchell is still growing and is a very big boy.
He is way too big to play at FB or at 5/8. Sure he could fill in when needed, but that is it.
People have very short memories as when he came into 1st grade, Robinson threw him at FB and he was consistently getting injured. But as all good coaches do, they identify the correct position for each player and that's what Robinson has done.
Inglis would still be playing today if he was kept in the centres his entire career.
Blokes the size of Inglis and Mitchell are just way too big to play in such a demading position as Fullback. They can play there, but they break down very quickly.
Mitchell wants the big pay day and that is all there is to it.
From day 1 i was and want Mitchell at the club but only as a left centre.
$1m a year for 10 years? Thats a massive gamble!
One fucked thing in the NRL is, that there is a massive lack of talented players in the halves and the ones playing now are over priced. Mitchell Moses 800k, Ash Taylor $1m, Nathan Cleary $1m and so on....
At $1m you would get more value out of Mitchell than any of these halves, but as mentioned it is a big gamble