Hopefully true, and would be great acquisition should we get him around that money.
Those suggesting it’s poor cap management are sitting at home playing fantasy league guessing values of entire squad. We are still several quality players off being remotely Finals contenders and need game winners, which Staggs is.
Those suggesting we have juniors who can take this role are delusional, long way from lower grades to NRL elite. There is no guarantee ‘any’ of the promising juniors will make it
I think people like yourself just don't see what others see. Schoup was very sought after when we signed him, and Alomoti is an absolute beast!! So we have 2 very good centre prospects waiting for a chance. Granted, Alomoti is a few years away, but Schoup is a possibility this year.
So with this in mind, most people would rather see us throw 800k at a hooker, or strike prop.
Its also not about how much money we may have next year, its about allocating adequate money to each area of the team. We can't put it all unto our backline. We literally need to spread the wealth.
No one in their right mind would suggest it wouldn't be great to have Staggs in our team, but we must also consider many other aspects.