Are you kidding? What difference did it make? Were you around then? It tore the club apart & destroyed the season. Every game but one after he left were smashings. That alone tells a story.
If Des had deliberately set out to destroy the club, he couldn't have done a better job. He released quality players, he destroyed the cap, didn't do ANY junior development & left it in a position that has taken years to fix. I don't think Des is that stupid. He must have known what he was doing. Any idiot looking at what he was doing could see it was detrimental to the club.
Have a think about it. Don't do any junior development, back end contracts & over pay people, let go good quality juniors & make sure the players you release are the heart & soul of the club. Geez that's a good plan for success isn't it?
But if you think Des doesn't have any rugby league brains & the above was a good plan, then I've got a nice building in Canberra sitting on a hill to sell you.
