Let's get real here.
The season is 13 weeks old. JAC has played 4 NRL games and was decent in one.
He has potential you say - How much potential and will it be realised. Who knows, it is a gamble. How much is he worth? Is he worth more than 120 and 180 - does that amount put him in the top 25, if it doesn't, then that amount will come out of our second tier cap. We have potential coming out of our ears. Brooks and Moses are just two, Most people on here want to drop them back to NSW Cup until their potential is realised. Why does JAC have more potential than them? Moses has more potential in his little finger than JAC has in his whole body and yet - back to reggies.
Apparently he was made a competitive offer and refused to take more money and play for the Storm. It was his choice. You say "Regan" that he wanted to play for us, he said we were his favorite team and all his family supports us. Obviously he didn't want to play for us THAT much!
The trouble with these kids is that they want a lot and they want it now. He has had 7 NSW Cup games and 4 NRL games - get real JAC, how about earning a new contract. He is a Mercenary just like Koro and Tapau that chased more money than they were worth. Austin signed with someone else in preference because he wanted FG and thought he wasn't going to get it at the Tigers - Martin was the same as Austin. We wanted to release Blair because he was a DUD playing for us.
Why are you getting your knickers in a knot over mercenaries and people who WANT to leave. He made his choice and I for one would be dropping him to reggies for the rest of the season. I would not be helping the Storm, by refining his skills for them for next year. Rankin should be given his place back - he didn't do anything wrong and HE wants to play for us.