I have no problem with him leaving JWH if it's for disciplinary related reasons, just annoying for us as fans to be left in the dark. At the same time I understand why he wouldn't want to just throw JWH under the bus, but "Jared has been left out for disciplinary reasons and we won't go further into that" or something along those lines might have been better than just saying nothing at all and leaving the fans to piece things together.
I find the Monday night show the most enjoyable of the lot personally. He's right and wrong about the depth. There's plenty of depth in some areas, we've got second rowers, we've got wingers (now), we've got props, we're even starting to gather up centres now. But in the key positions there's no depth. We've got one top 9, one top 7, one top 6 and then we've got TL who is the band-aid to cover if one of those three gets hurt. There's one Kiwi who is regularly starting at fullback in the NRL and he's really a winger. Injuries have certainly hit the Kiwis hard, but those injuries are exposing the team for how little depth we have.
Aussie wouldn't struggle in that situation. If Smith, Cronk, Thurston, Slater all went out, you've got Farah, Friend, McCullough, DCE, A Reynolds, J Reynolds, Hayne, Dugan, Stewart, Pearce, Maloney, Carney, list goes on of capable replacements.