Certainly was rumoured to be the case with Manteit last year. Witts' body language coming off the ground strongly suggested he knew it was his last game in black and white, whether it's by his choice or otherwise I don't know. Also Channel 7 stated pre-match tonight that the hawks told Bruest during the week and before last nights final that they'll consider trading him, so if it did occur we wouldn't be the only club.
The other option is it's both, but we'll never know.
Why would u sabotage your own clubs chance of success when all can be revealed so soon anyway
Makes no sense to me