I heard that opinion many times before 2012-16 too
Short memories on some people here. The near exact same things were being said about a team that was about to go on an all time great type series of appearances in Grand Finals.
No-one can say for sure what was going to transpire if he stayed. Just as no-one can say for sure what's going to happen at the HFC now he's left.
One thing I guess we all agree on though, is that we want Sammy to do just as well. Pretty sure Clarko would want that too.