Ive got very mixed feelings on this rumour. Will he give his all to us as he has with Tigers? Were there issues between him and Benji? What would be the signal we send to our juniors?
Strengthen to squad and add the correct experience in areas we are lacking by all means; but dont lose sight of the future. Don't attempt to buy a premiership - as it rarely works out and causes huge long term damage
You are 100% right, as much as we like to joke about it, I don't think you could say any team has gone out and bought a premiership. Roosters, Manly, Broncos, yeah sure they may have had a few outsiders, but the core group were juniors or players brought to the club at a very young age.
Even Storm and Bulldogs when caught cheating, in reality they were not poaching top players from other clubs, rather overpaying their own juniors to stay put. Still cheating, but not as bad in my books as blatantly stealing established stars from other clubs.