Mate, are you okay, you seem to be a bit irrational/unhinged about this whole deal. He is a 20 yo winger after all.
A couple of points:
1. How do you know that the offer was less from Melbourne unless you have sighted the offer from Brisbane and the signed contract with Melbourne. If you are going off press reports you are going off a journo's best guess.
2. Re Coates saying he wanted to be a Bronco for life - this seems to be the crux of your issue. I am not sure how old you are, but unless you are a mind reader or he has told you, how can you possibly know what his intentions were at the time he made that statement? It is equally likely that at that stage he had that very intention to stay. You cannot possibly with respect know that he lied unless you are mind reader.
Is it not possible that after making that true statement in his mind, circumstances changed? Such as, his best mate who he may have been expecting to stay and play with was signed by the Cowboys. This may have influenced him to consider moving on himself. Melboure could have increased their offer to him making him rethink his decision to stay. Melbourne could have sweetened the deal in some other way.
Perhaps his manager got in his ear and persuaded him that it was better for his career development to go to Melbourne under Bellamy and their systems rather than stay in our chaos.
Or it could be that like a lot of 19/20 year olds, he simply changed his mind.
So are you going to remain all bent out of shape if in fact he did not lie but simply had a change of heart?
In terms of the contribution to the wooden spoon, it seems somewhat unusual (if not weird) to be fixated on a 19/20 year old rookie winger, as opposed to the parties really responsible, that is, the club management and the idiot they hired as a coach.
But if you want to carry on like a spurned 13 year old school girl, you go for it champion.
Ok?
Firstly, I'm fine, thanks for asking.
Originally i said i don't want to see Coates return to the Broncos, in response to Sproj saying we will get him back after Melbourne develop him.
Simple as that, no big deal.
My biggest crux is the fact Xavier said he wanted to stay a Bronco yet signed with Melbourne, and the fact that he was spotted having coffee with Bellamy weeks before he said that publicly, says to me that he had already made his mind up, and was straight lying to the club and the fans.
The Fact kevvie came out and said we are not losing him and is confident he is staying supports that claim.
Renegade then asked how i felt about Hodges, as to him, Hodges left under similar circumstances.
I responded by saying i was fine with Hodges coming back, as the situation was quiet different to how Coates is leaving.
I am not "bent out of shape" as you put it, im sharing my opinion with other posters who feel differently and we are having a discussion about it.
The reason i brought up Coates leaving for less, is because it has widely been reported that he turned down Brisbane's offer for less money at the Storm. Again, this is on the back of publicly telling the world he wants to stay a Bronco.
As far as my discussion with 1910 go's, we were arguing the discrepancies between Hodges and Coates respective departures. No problem, conversation was had, all is well.
I already stated in a previous post that i am like a jilted ex in regards to Dearden, Fifita and Coates, as it feels to me like they are abandoning the Broncos after helping us get out first wooden spoon and to me that's a pretty shady act.
So your attempt at an insult by calling me a 13 year old school girl is just you being a douche, nothing more, nothing less.
In regards to Coates assisting us to our first spoon, he played an integral part of it, considering he had the most errors for our team in the 2020 season.
If you don't feel like you can be a part of this conversation constructively, feel free to kiss the hairiest part of my Lilly white butt!
Regardless, why does my opinion on Coates and his obvious lack of loyalty rub you the wrong way so hard you felt triggered enough to reply in the manner you did?