I was told the 24-hour deadline was only given to Aloiai after Tigers got word he was speaking to Manly, and it only applied to the offer that was already in front of him.
It's not like the Tigers gave him a fresh offer with a 1-day take/leave deadline. That just makes no sense - why would Tigers drop such an abrupt and aggressive offer on Aloiai after carefully developing him over so many seasons and different administrations? Esp. with a year remaining on his contract.
I can totally understand that Aloiai may have been aware that other forwards were getting paid more than him, and it may have been upsetting to him. We all know there were/are players in the roster who aren't giving an appropriate return on investment.
HOWEVER you can't just do to your employer demanding to match or beat the salary of someone you "think" you are better than, esp. when that person was signed by a previous coach. I was told that the club originally gave Aloiai an offer that they felt matched his output, status in the club and future potential - and he was stalling in making a decision. Time has shown that Aloiai was stalling because he was negotiating with another club.
Tigers are certainly being much more selective and strict with roster management. On paper this approach is working out on the positive side of the ledger.
Now that's a good clear articulate response. If that was the first response to what the Tiger19 posted, he (or she) may still be around. It seems their take on the situation was quite different to the mostly agreed take on here, but that doesn't mean we have to drive them away.
For the record, my opinion is that JA is scum. Going for better deal is fine, no loyalty shown but fine. But disrespecting the team by that stupid lawn mowing pic was just childish, and he lost all respect I had for him. Looking forward to playing against him, if he makes manlys run on side.
Yep I can take on board what you’re saying but to be fair me and others articulated in some detail what went down when this originally happened. Becomes a bit frustrating reading agendas.
@jirskyr did articulate this very well.
I think the observation that the old poster stopped posting and the new account being made on the same day was a bit of a give away, lol. :wink:
I'm curious as to why that agenda was being pushed. Trying to clear JA's name? No chance, but why even bother, why would JA or a fan/friend of JA's even care?
I’m guessing but I think they were trying to control the narrative - try to make tigers look bad as has been perceived before. Didn’t work though. **He was mown down pretty quic**k?
