Bad blood between his wife and the Hill's (both at Freo at the time) was the rumour doing the rounds. That's why they weren't in the picture.
Anyway, s**t happens and you can't predict how these things will play out.
-Buddy missed out on 2 additional flags going to Sydney
-Deliedio missed out on the Richmond flags
-Griffin, Higgins, and Ward missed out on the Bulldogs flag
Heck you can make a case that Jordan Clark missed out on the flag going to Freo this year.
Go back far enough Garry Ablett sr missed out on flags going from Hawthorn to Geelong
History is littered with those decisions
Was actually some beef with another player on Freo's list, but Freo got rid of him soon after anyway. TK never would've played with him.