Alex28 said:Once Newton made it clear HE didn't want to play for the club it made his position untenable. He had a position with the club for 2007 - he was the one who walked out on us.
Don't blame Smith. Don't blame the club. Don't blame any one but Clint for this.
"Bleeding Red and Blue" would have been seeing out the year after everything he has been through with the club with dignity and getting the farewell at the last home game that he deserved. He wont get it, nor does he deserve it.
Maybe our Mastermind and Acting CEO had decided to LET HIM GO to free up the salary cap for this year. They heard Roosters and Dragons were doing a similar thing and thought he'd copy seeing he rarely conceives an original good idea. Maybe he's poised to sign SBW or another great star like we did with BK in about 1999 - We havent signed any superstars since - apart from Carney who went back to England on compassionate grounds only to play Rugby for Ireland.
We can have all the money in the Salary Cap free we like but there are only so many players that clubs are silly enough to let go of. So we wil generally on get the dreggs with our management's expertise. We dont even have a REAL CEO for F sake. We've known since Dec 2006 or really 4 years before that we didnt have a real CEO. And we still dont.