Seriously, these are professional writers, belonging to the Writers' Guild, and this is what they come up with. Were they told to write some sort of nonsense, to mark time, til May sweeps? I already know that the Days viewers here have come up with better material or ideas.
O.K. This was all done 8 or more months ago. We viewers have nothing to do with the problems of casting, finding actors, etc. But the producers and directors do, and if Corday isn't able to know when a script, character or actor works, (his parents sure did) then he really needs to focus on getting an assistant who does. Check the cast lists of canceled soaps, am sure there are a few who were huge success on their soap, and are still around.
Yes, Days is hampered by a lack of money, the need to stay within a low budget. Thus NBC needs to step up and open the pocketbooks a bit. Shame on them for not doing so now, especially after subjecting the cast, crew & especially the viewers to the machinations of that fired guy for so long.