"A couple more heads should roll so we can put this whole thing away," said Dean, who could quote chapter and verse from the report of former Chief Justice Sir Thomas Eichelbaum.
But he was just as angry over the cup-grabbing antics of John O'Neill and his Aussie administrators: "I don't see why we should be the ones trying to cuddle up to them now. We built Australia rugby up in the first place."
Jason was simply amazed by rumours of a six-figure payout to apparent scapegoat, ex-chief executive David Rutherford.
"If I screwed up that badly in my job and jumped before I was pushed I wouldn't leave with a payout and a 'thank you very much for your efforts, mate'."
And in response to a Holmes show poll last night, an overwhelming number of callers said the union had not done enough in response to the report. Of 5102 votes, 93.9 per cent said it had not, with just 6.1 per cent saying it had.
The sentiments were similar in club bars and on the practice fields.
Grammar Carlton president's grade player Neil Gibson felt outgoing NZRFU chairman Murray McCaw should have been crash-tackled out of office rather than moved sideways.
He wants someone like Grassroots Gary running our national game: "He doesn't have to be a top player, but he has to have rugby in his veins."
His team-mates were concerned about the direction professional rugby seems to be taking.
They are worried money-focused businessmen are eroding the joy and spirit of their sport and hope fragments of the old amateur culture will still be around for their sons to enjoy.
Te Papapa-Onehunga prop Amosa Amosa is just bitter he probably won't see a World Cup match in the flesh for another 15 years.
"Yeah, kick them all out. They lost it for all of us. I remember the first World Cup and we shared that one with Australia, but now they can't work together."
But when the top-level carnage ends it'll be time for the new NZRFU to pucker up and apologise to the world, says Kamo Rugby Football Club president Ivan Pohe.
"We have to get ourselves back into the international scene. We'll probably have to kiss a little bit of butt, won't we? But we have to start somewhere."
Sir Thomas Eichelbaum's full report
