No haven't heard that one, as this is a Poole thread i would have thought you would be talking about Poole, if you think you are you have quite a few nationalities wrong!
You won't find a quote from me! I too thought there were a couple of possible problems. Letting Hans go, Sundstrom hasn't ridden here for a while, Josh G always been a bit inconsistent, why should they be better than Hans.Holder coming back would help a lot but we don't know when or even if that will happen
To be fair the biggest under performer on current form is Brady but I can't see him being released so Josh is the most likely to go, Sundstrom has been better lately and a very low average so could be worth keeping. It is difficult to find the best solution and probably a lot depends on the respective individual performances over the next couple of meetings.
Football is completely different players get dropped and others are drafted in from their squad when they don't perform. I certainly don't think the team is lacking motivation and Middlo hasn't lost the dressing room.
Sport is a contest and if you don't want to win why enter. Most sport at the top level is professional and it means more when money is involved. Like any job if you don't perform you get the sack.
As far as I know a rider can sign a temporary contract for 28 days so that the rider he is replacing can come back in to the team on his previous average, I don't think it is a minimum, it is just done to protect the average of the unavailable rider but I think you can sign anyone for as long as you like but if he is not needed then you will have to rebuild the team to the team limit or replace with a rider on a lower average.