Quote: Biff Tannen "Yep. You would think during the end of season brief, what was and was not available to him for 2016 would have been made clear to Smith. Once them restraints have been set, and you decide to go on and live by them you can't then throw the toys out of the pram blaming the club whose stance was made clear some time ago. That is assuming Smith wasn't fed false promises of course.'"
Yeah that's how I see it too. I think Smith possibly didn't fully realise what kind of state Wakefield were/are in and it's probably just dawned on him that a good season for Wakefield is not finishing 12th. A truly amazing season would be finishing 8th.
(Now I hope Wakefield fans don't take that as an attack on their club, it's certainly not meant as one.)
I just can't see what issues could be at play at Wakefield that would cause him to quit mid-season other than lack of funding which is well known. Even if he'd been promised some extra funding in some areas and didn't get it, he'd have to know that's a possibility given the incredibly tight financial situation at Wakefield.
It can't be salary cap issues because they're nowhere close to the cap. If it's drugs issues then they need a new dealer because the stuff they're on clearly ain't working.
So sounds to me like he's realised he really can't make much headway and there's the possibility they could be relegated which would be a hammer blow to his career, so he's jumped ship and left Wakefield in the lurch.