Have they learned though? The environment still appears toxic, Moses,Matterson,Aloiai, Leilua all seeking and receiving early releases. Nothing has really changed and nothing will for a few years yet. Missing the top half of a 16 team Comp, 11 years in a row is abysmal. And were no closer to improvement. I want this Club to prove me wrong every year, but it doesn't, it used to be "next year", were so poor, it's now "3 years and look out".
There's no accountability.
Why should we have to accept pain after 11 years of failure?
The question is: who needs to be sacked, in your opinion, for this all to be fixed?
They've sacked several coaches and recruitment staff, assistant coaches, pathways people over the 2 decades, so that's been attempted. We've had several CEOs come and go, though I assume you'd advocate for Pascoe to get the punt, we also cannot forget that we were not successful with Pascoe's predecessors either (Pascoe has "only" been CEO for 6 years and we've failed to make the finals far more often than that).
I do not agree with your contention that there is necessarily a toxic environment, indicated by a handful of releases. We also released Marty Taupau and Blake Austin early, but there is no evidence of menace or malpractice in these, or Luch, other than we were outbid and made a tactical decision to cash the funds early rather than persist with a player who is leaving.
We early-released Gareth Ellis on compassionate grounds; Benji Marshall also got a release for rugby, and you need to consider each release on its own merits rather than just clump every "release" together as some sort of key indicator of "toxicity".
Releases are also very common now - even just yesterday Warriors released Reece Walsh, Broncos are reportedly releasing TMM and Raiders releasing CNK. Raiders released George Williams and Titans released Jamal Fogerty to take up that position. Even just recently Tigers secured early releases for Offa, Daine Laurie, Ken M, Doueihi etc.
My opinion on the releases is that Tigers' basic issue is not a toxic culture, it's a lack of a winning culture. They are distinct - one is an unpleasant workplace, the other is a reasonable workplace but the team does not achieve high success. And rugby league is an atypical workplace because most jobs you don't have the competition literally physically trying to stop you achieving.
Moses, Matterson and Aloiai all agitated for a release for higher pay at clubs with a better chance of playing finals football. The mechanism they used was disrespectful, but Matterson in particular has proven that is his typical MO and not specific to the Tigers.
Of course it stands to logic that if a more successful club comes to a Tigers player with a bigger offer, that player may be incentivised to try and leave. No different to Stefano asking Eels for a release once he signed his Tigers deal.
