Melts like this are what happens when you put these blokes on pedestals and treat mere mortals as demigods.
I'll sum it for you quickly - players, coaches, their assistants etc. are paid employees of the club. It's their JOB.
They are free to change, jobs anytime, within reason, just as you are.
I'm guessing you are not in the same job you were in when you were first employed? No, you move on and better yourself or improve life for your family.
AFL personnel are exactly the same.
Might surprise you, but they are not unabashed, one-eyed, ultra-obsessed club fans like you.
It's their job and they are free to come and go.
Don';t reckon i am putting him on a pedestal - I believe in being accountable for your own actions. If you think you can quit mid-contract they way he did and then return to play for our arch rival and still be beloved, you got another thing coming. I am completely 100% positive that outside of the total fanboys here that think any speck of negativity directed towards these blokes is a sin against god - the majority of Tiger fans out there will be the same if he does end up playing for the Bombers in the AFL. Your only as good as your last game etc.
Putting someone on a pedestal is thinking their shit don't stink even when they are doing it on your front lawn.
FFS - ya'll shitted on 'Higgins for leaving & that kid had brain tumours, surgery etc. He left to play for the club he supported after he nearly died! Zero ****s were given when he requested the trade. I remember Ottens leaving and people booing that guy to hell and back & laughing when he was sucking it up. NO ONE felt happy for Brad when he won a flag for Geelong. Rances turncoating would be far worse if it played out they way we are suggesting.
You ****ers will melt like the witch from the wizard of Oz if he ends up playing against us one day & flogging us. Mark it down. Difference with me is, i don't hold MYSELF on a pedestal. I completely know that i support the club & not individuals. I will love the player when they do right by the club, but the second you bite the hand that fed you....DEAD TO ME!!!!
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