It's far easier to change the coach than it is to clear out half of the players.
I dont think that Kear would come back for a 3rd spell but, i'm happy to wager every penny that I have, that Kear would get more out of the players that we have than Mr Chester is doing.
He's a proven first grade coach, unlike Mr Chester.

IF we make a change in Head Coach, we may find that some of our players arent too bad.

Apart from Leigh being below us, our current situation has all the ingredients of the Tony "Casper" Smith reign and look what a difference a new coach had with that same set of players

Didn't we sign him when Kershaw for injured last season with a long termer and TJ out as well.

Maybe in future we shouldn't be looking at hiring a coach who'd sooner be on the golf course

What about the article the other day saying the club was on the verge of making some 'notable' signings and CC said all that needs doing is crossing the t's and dotting the i's.
The uncertainty surrounding the coaching situation is only fuelled more by imminent signings being overseen by CC.

He did claim his own uncertainty with regards his own contract impacted on us retaining Westerman.

Probably didn't want his game to deteriorate if CC was still coach!

Did Westerman sign for Cas when he found out that Chester was staying

That's always the defining issue. There is simply no way around it, CC may be a fine Coach but he'd only be one of hundreds who paid the price for the actions of his players. He may also be totally rubbish. Either way, I'd be amazed if we went down the get rid of players route first rather than sack the coach as it's just not practical as far as I can tell.

Last season maybe, this year?