Bucking Beads
Brownlow Medallist
I think it's the principle of it with Leppa. Only last year he was complaining about our players getting poached and now he's joining in. He knows too well the predicament this club is in. He's just sticking the knife in now.If Fagan had the opportunity to prise away a valued player from Hawthorn, but refused to do so because of some sense of loyalty to his former club, I'd be ropeable. We pay his salary, and we recruited him in large part because of those existing contacts and networks that might give us a slender competitive edge when it comes to recruiting players.
So by the same token I can't criticise Leppitsch if he's using his relationship with Schache to bring him to Richmond. It sucks for all kinds of reasons, but his responsibility right now is to his current employer, not to us.