If I remember correctly, we had Caldwell on the hook, ready to come down after agreeing to terms. And then we snared Brad Crouch and tried to reduce the terms of Caldwell's offer due to our lessened desperation, and he walked away disgusted, and now it is a proud Bomber who ridicules Saints players when they talk about their special commemorative jumpers, so I think that ship has sailed. Shame really.
It’s a perfect example of short term vs long term decision making. I like Crouch and he’s been pretty good for us but he was always a short term decision. We did that to be more competitive for a few years at the expense of the future. It failed. Ideally we wouldn’t do that sort of thing this time around.