I'm a few days late to this party, but I'll type up what I know about the attitudes inside the camp in the build up to the resignation.
Ernie lost the dressing room mid last year.
No disrespect intended to you or your sources, but this is the first time I personally am hearing any of this, which seems odd that this player revolt against Ernie has been covered up for almost a year. I have become skeptical of anonymous internal sources since one told me that Stephen Joyce was going to be the next Prime Minister and Bill English was a distraction.
I get what you mean entirely, and as my info is coming from a biased source I'm only getting parts of the information.
They did say that the players were upset to see Ernie go as a person, and the regret in the presser was very real on that front from Dura, but they were more than happy to see him go as a coach.
I am also remembering this through a wee bit of an alcohol fog so there could be inaccuracies too!