I have been contemplating Management's and the coaching staff's reaction to this news.
I think there are two choices
1) Confess they need to put a line through this season. Forward pay some contracts. release some players, and make this year about blooding in some prospects
2) Be emotionally intelligent and realise the fans will not accept a quitter mentality and keep trying and striving and believing they can make the playoffs until mathematically ruled out.
OF those two options i see them going with Option 2. Option one is too risky for a coach like Hasler who has just joined that organisation to recommend.
They will figure they are getting back Campbell and Fifita and they will boost them this weekend. And that overall it is important and healthy to think positively.
I personally wouldn't recommend either strategy if I were Des instead would develop a strategic options paper and present to the board and the CEO and let them choose this important strategy and then I would implement whatever they chose.
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