Pulverisor rightly getting stuck into media, again.
Personally the blaming off the media (and to a lesser extent, the public), is just ridiculous. If Link really resigned because he didnt like the media speculation and innuendo then he was in the wrong game anyway.
I think there is not much need for conspiracy theories, as Link said, he had lost the support of part of the playing group, thats what made his position untenable and caused him to resign.
Doesnt matter whether you are in politics, sport or the entertainment business, you need the media to succeed and you rely on them for publicity and coverage, but the price you pay for that is scrutiny of all your public and private actions. Sometimes thats nasty, ill informed, inaccurate and plain incorrect, but its part of the game and you need to be able to let it go and get on with the job at hand.
I believe Link knew that, either there is some truth in the allegations, to the extent that roles were unclear, lack of team manager, interpersonal clashes unresolved over time, poor relationship with some players, and he realised it was time to go or it was even simpler - the other stuff was irrelevant and incorrect, but he simply lost the support of a significant number of players.
The timing of the resignation seems to me to suggest it was simply the loss of support of the players, otherwise why do it right now, days before flying out on tour?
As to a replacement, well I really dont know. Jake is not the right choice IMO, Chieka doesnt seem to want it, there is no one that jumps out as a likely candidate at such short notice.