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buddy didnt make a mistake. he made himself very rich. its sydney that made the massive mistake.
This has been a common theme through the thread but it makes little sense - tis is Buddy Fing Franklin we're talking about! It would be pretty hard to avid getting rich when you are as good as he is. He might be marginally richer (though not by much after tax) than he'd have been if he stayed. But then again if he had stayed and we'd still won the three (which of course is by no means certain) how much might he be making from merchandise of various kinds?
Point is anyway, getting rich was inevitable for Buddy. Winning more than 2 flags and having a more satisfying career is still up in the air. Maybe he wins more at Sydney in the coming years and Hawthorn take a long time to compete again. Maybe not. But clearly he has reasons to wonder about what might have been. Money is a given. Success is not.