Lol welcome to Smith World.
Its one thing to break up a cliquey club, its another to be a weird distant asshole.
Smith will never win you a premiership. The only question is how much damage he does before he is sacked.
There is no doubt the club needed a culture change, and that that would involve some players leaving. But what the Knights needed was a coach who would invoke change, but do so with an ounce of diplomacy. Something Smith has none of.
There is a reason this guy is the coach players least want to play for. Buderus has worked it out, eventually you guys will too.