I've avoided commenting much about players WT have let go. On this one I think they have made a mistake.
I think you will find the WT made him an offer which JAC rejected for the offer to move to Storm,,,his choice not ours….
If that is truly the case then bye-bye Addo-Carr. We don't want players that don't want to be here. But if we simply missed the bus or stuffed up the negotiations it was a mistake.
Addo-Carr rejected Wests Tigers offer for a number of reasons;
1\. The WT offer was much lower than what WT were offering. The offer was much lower because Wests Tigers have squandered their CAP money over the years leaving them with little or no money to buy a quality player. WT also have a noose around their neck because of their short sighted decision to play the back ended contract game with players such as Farah whom they signed for a long term contract. They only paid him small money in the early years and now have to pay big money in the final two years of his contract. Wests Tigers have only themselves to blame. Decisons like these have really come to back to bite the club.
2\. Addo-Carr would see Bellamy as a much better coach than Taylor.
3\. Addo-Carr could not help but be tempted by the chance of playing in this year's finals games with Melbourne.
Who could blame Addo-Carr for going to Melbourne? It is up to Wests Tigers to clean up their act and become a competitive professional club, which is a long way from where they are now.