Penrose Warrior
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Nah f**k it, the Warriors haven't created a mess. This is a professional sport, and these are the realities of a sports-based business. If SJ wants to sook about it, then we'll be doing ourselves a service by driving him away. If he truly wants a Warriors premiership, like he keeps telling us, he'll use it as motivation to get better, have a big 2019 and place the club in a position where they want to re-sign him.
Cameron George isn't saying Shaun is shit, he's saying everyone is expendable and when one guy is on $1m a year, certainly he's as expendable as anyone if he isn't producing performances that match the tag. The only argument I can see here is that George has made it public, but the way player managers operate it would've been leaked that he's been told he can go and look at other offers anyway. So the Warriors are controlling the narrative. They've told him he can go and look at other offers because we're not going to just sign him up again on the spot. And why should we?
And the timing is unavoidable. From Thursday, clubs are open to negotiate with him. So we're not going to re-sign him by then, and therefore we're only being reasonable by telling him that's the case and he has the right to start talking to other clubs. Will it create a circus in 2019? Yes, it probably will. But that's the nature of our game and again, if Shaun uses that as an excuse to underperform or play distracted all year, we're doing ourselves a service by letting go of him. If his ego can't cop this week's statement from the CEO and it can't handle the professional realities of this job, then as I keep saying....see ya.
We'll learn all we need to know about Shaun Johnson in the next 12 months, I reckon. And I think this will be his last year in Warriors colours. I've been a sycophant of his for so long but it's come to the point where I think both parties are best to part ways.
Cameron George isn't saying Shaun is shit, he's saying everyone is expendable and when one guy is on $1m a year, certainly he's as expendable as anyone if he isn't producing performances that match the tag. The only argument I can see here is that George has made it public, but the way player managers operate it would've been leaked that he's been told he can go and look at other offers anyway. So the Warriors are controlling the narrative. They've told him he can go and look at other offers because we're not going to just sign him up again on the spot. And why should we?
And the timing is unavoidable. From Thursday, clubs are open to negotiate with him. So we're not going to re-sign him by then, and therefore we're only being reasonable by telling him that's the case and he has the right to start talking to other clubs. Will it create a circus in 2019? Yes, it probably will. But that's the nature of our game and again, if Shaun uses that as an excuse to underperform or play distracted all year, we're doing ourselves a service by letting go of him. If his ego can't cop this week's statement from the CEO and it can't handle the professional realities of this job, then as I keep saying....see ya.
We'll learn all we need to know about Shaun Johnson in the next 12 months, I reckon. And I think this will be his last year in Warriors colours. I've been a sycophant of his for so long but it's come to the point where I think both parties are best to part ways.
poor bloke.
