Garbage. Every other CEO would have done their homework. Every other CEO would have checked with the club a player was departing from first before announcing the signing of a player. Every other CEO would have double checked after an agent was caught out lying to them. Evey other CEO would have came to the negotiating table before then end of season. Every other CEO would have done better.
What a crock. Tauber/Moltzen went to Saints and said that Moltzen was a free agent. Do you really believe that every time a club signs a player from another club they ring the CEO of that club before the player signs? Once Doust had Taubers word that was it. As for the announcing of the signed player it has been stated many times and backed up by Tim Sheens that Saints had made contact with the Tigers before the announcement, hence Humphreys statement about the timing of the announcement. Sheens then corrected Humphreys a few hours later by stating that everyone at the club knew of Moltzens planned (planned being the word) departure.
As for going to the negotiating table, after Humphreys sat on it for 3 months & even Moltzen himself saying 'I bawled like a baby after my last game as I thought it was my last time playing with the Tigers'. So even in September Moltzen still had not been told by Humphreys that he was not released. It was Doust that referred it to the NRL to be sorted after he was getting nowhere with Humphreys, if Humphreys wanted it settled earlier he would of 1: done something about it before the end of the season and 2: referred it to the NRL himself so it could be sorted.
You can try to justify your clubs actions all you want but everyone knows that in this instance the Tigers have done the wrong thing and that includes those in the media who are normally all over the Tigers with positive feel good stories.
It's done and dusted now, time will tell which side Saints or Tigers comes out of this the winner.
