Calling these guys rats and vermin is way too harsh.
I quit my job and moved to another company because I didn't like the way that business was run, am I a traitor? Because they trained me for years and I'm going to apply that training somewhere else, they'd feel bad but in the end no1 says I'm a rat.
I don't get how this is any different. If we were a better club, they wouldn't have left. Only got ourselves to blame.
i agree to the majority of what you've said
teddy shouldn't have said "bulldogs and roosters will always be strong" but i cannot understand the overreaction to all of this at all. teddy and woods have already played under 4 different coaches (not counting webster) in 6 years. everyone has a personal goal- win premiership, play origin, play for australia etc and they have the right to make a decision according to that.
now at this point, they were forced to make a decision by friday 5 pm. they werent ready for it, so now they don't have to worry about next year. you can't force players to make a decision in april about next year. however, im sure the club has taken this decision so that the focus can be shifted back on this year; and it seems to work coz teddy and woods definitely didn't let anyone down with their performances.
everyone has a right to disagree with me but there's nothing personal here- judge them for their on field performance coz we know less than 10% of what goes on off field.