Nice stats. From avge 10 hitups per game, 9 metres per hit up is not bad. And 2 or 3 good returns in amongst them.
Always difficult to judge raw stats in isolation. Team playing styles (predominantly backs hitting up), whether your team has the ball while your on and poor completion rates will all obviously influence the interpretation of the raw stats. Comparatively, the NSW selectors were apparently happy with his form in the 1st half of the year.
Anyway, points still stand - WW doing the boards dirty work spreading unsubstantiated rumours & will argue in hindsight, as you are, that Gould signed him too high. I'm not even arguing that he wasn't.
However, there has been nil reference to his achievements nor why Cleary has decided he is unable to get the required level of performance from RCG, when Hook did and the Eels apparently think they can. Unless he just seen something newer and shinier come along.