Today was a very emotional day for me as I was at a funeral where we laid to rest a very passionate Tigers fan and sitting there today thinking about how she lived her life and remained loyal to her friends/family regardless of what went on around her and her health battles, it caused me to re-evaluate my opinion of this situation with Dusty.
The way he has dragged his feet and seemingly put cash ahead of the relationships he has built up with his team mates, coaches and other off field staff at Richmond, I'd rather he take one of the offers that are presented to him by a rival club and take his off field issues elsewhere. I'd much rather the club put it's time and effort into rewarding players who are taking less money than they would otherwise get to stay here and help build the club back to being a powerhouse it once was.
So while it may hurt to lose a very good player right now I back the club, in particular Hartley/FJ and then Hardwick and the other coaches to get the player/s we get in place of Dustin to continue the job they set out to do back in September 2009. So get to it guys, get the best deal that you can for the clubs future and lets move on towards 2014.