Quote: Hudd-Shay "...or we are happy to just plod through the season as nobody knows where the game is going?'"
So, so far we've 'plodded' our way to 3rd in the table!
I guess you'll never really know what has gone on but, as a leader, having a disgruntled employee in your team (no matter what you are doing) can very easily upset the balance and lead to poor performance all round. One bad apple and all that....
Better to prune out the dissent before it goes too far. For me this is a sign of a leader who understands his team and is not afraid of making the difficult decisions.