I do wonder whether Eddie saw the writing on the wall and got ahead of it by publically resigning garnering goodwill from the Collingwood by spinning his usual narrative of what he's done for Collingwood whilst ignoring a lot of what has gone wrong in recent years. There has been a strong push by some consortium (probably the wrong word) that is looking to overthrow Eddie and gathering serious momentum that he knew was gone and didn't want to publically lose face, which would be so Eddie, so he pulled up stumps before they got him. That way his legacy isn't tarnished and he goes out on his terms and he'll forever and a day spout how he served the Collingwood Football Club for 23 years without being overthrown etc., etc., etc.
