The fan edit threads are full of ideas like that.
Duke Dooku warning the council about something serious happening on the outer rim and the council sending his pupil 'Quiggly John' to a noble double-end.
The Separatists as greedy chancers all conned into getting themselves kicked out the Republic rather than opting to leave and rallying to Dooku for sympathy.
The official version is both confusing and boring at the same time.