A lot of people in here simply dont understand how releasing a player actually works. Take all the emotion out of it and look at the facts, releasing Klemmer will likely be beneficial for the rebuild as we'll have the value of Klemmers contract in 2019 and 2020 to spend in other positions.
Klemmer has asked for a release and the club has agreed to him testing the market and getting offers.
Isaac Moses who is acting for Klemmer has fuelled the process by feeding the media about Klemmer being under payed, personal problems etc. This is aimed to pressure the club into releasing Klemmer for the bigger contract and Moses his cut.
Knights have made Klemmer the offer of a lifetime. Reportedly 4.6mil for 4 years. Personally, as a father if I had the offer like that I'd take it to secure my family's financial future.
If the club releases Klemmer to the Knights, we are not required to receive a player as compensation. There may be some corporate level financial compensation the club can arrange. The board saying we want Ramien is likely tied into aiming to get financial compensation or similar from the Knights.
If the club releases Klemmer we would now have the value of Klemmers contract available to spend. We would hopefully be looking at adding 2 (maybe 3 depending on the $ freed up) solid 1st graders with potential in the positions we need.
In the background the club would be sourcing out the players we want/need and attempting to get them signed before releasing Klemmer.
If the club can't get the players we desire before releasing Klemmer, they need to weigh up whether or not to release Klemmer and have the freed up cap space, or alternatively not release Klemmer and either make him see out his contract as is or offer an extension / upgrade.
If the board is doing all of this and keeping it out of the media then I have no issue with the process.
TK needs to keep in mind that we're not playing super coach here...
