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You're damn straight it cost the club. There's hundreds who would've worked their backsides off for their opportunity. RTB doesn't get seduced by talent. He cost the club alright. Massive waste of a first rounder.
It's not about him being delisted, it's about a player having a good debut and being dropped for a player struggling with injury, woefully out of form, and who we are now debating whether he should keep his spot in the team. Simpson was dropped for Mayne. Mayne has played like shit since then aside from one stellar game against Melbourne.There was more to the delisting than just him not rocking up. I'm glad he's not with Freo anymore.
It's about a coach having a philosophy where form isn't rewarded when good or punished when bad, but you earn selection on whether you have 'buy in'. What happened after Simpson was dropped is on Simpson. Why he was dropped is still puzzling.
'RTB doesn't get seduced by talent'.
And that says everything. He wouldn't have recruited Dew in 2007, either.
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