Well, if I were Kotoni Staggs, I would be very happy to have not been party to that stink fest. Even had Fitler had the brains to play, I don't know, say Cam Murray instead of Cook when Turbo went down, that edge was always going to have a hard time of it. Payne Haas looked like he was having a PTSD relapse when he was playing fullback for Teddy on the Hammer try. No way would I want anyone other than him being headficked by that dogshit blues team. Haas is probably the only one who could handle it, because noone would dare criticise his work ethic. Staggs would just be a scapegoat, even when it is basically all those Panthers players not being able to play on a flat track as per usual.
I said it way back when Penrith started conveniently getting all the 50/50s their way (Broncos opposite) that they were being played into confident football. Because that is a huge factor in the game. That Penrith team would have crashed and burned harder than the Broncos if the calls had gone the other way. Even with a huge benefit of calls in this game, they melted.
It was glorious! I hope the whole thing ruins them for the next 5 seasons. Except Haas and Cook. They are guns, and noone deserves to have happen to them what Cook suffered. That was the rough end of the pineapple.