After the disgraceful sociopathic behaviour meted out to him during the RWC by NZ crowds, and then often being directly blamed for RWC playing deficiencies that were as much Deans' truly odd game plan reversals as they had anything to do with him, QC (Quade Cooper) must surely be tempted to leave rugby and head for league and largely avoid NZ rugby forever.
Re staying with the Reds, if he's inclined to do so, I'll bet that he'll rely heavily on his old school mate the Force Captain for an assessment of RG's style, character and capability before he'd contemplate a re-sign. BTW, other Reds in similar circumstances will undoubtedly consult their Force counterparts re RG.
Finally (1) , if the Reds have a truly bad ending to S15 2012 - now a very distinct possibility - I suspect the morale inside the camp will be a world apart from that in late 2011 and this may influence 'stay or go' calculations. Next (2), it's likely that the Force and the Rebels and Tahs will be desperately after better 10s for 2013 and the 2013 salary cap will probably rise and so offers for Cooper (and Genia?) in $ terms could be big.