I'm with threefingers on this one.
Let's remember that there was another man who left hawthorn and donned the number 23 and is one of our best ever players.
His name is Dermott Brereton.
Sure Dermott's best years may have been behind him, but we were all raw when that happened. The club also seemed to be imploding at the time. Mass exodus/retirements, terrible debt.
Think where we are now. The club has never been more powerful. We have a successful side with good administration. We just won the premiership for gods sake. With Buddy gone, we can go after some quality others in the market.
I will always remember buddy for his service to us. In time, I'm sure we will forgive him and remember what he gave to us.
For me, I will always remember witnessing him kick 100 goals against Carltank and kicking those two amazing goals against The Scum.
Those goals against The Scum were the highlight of my day, as I had just gone through the stress of an exam and it really let me end the day/week on a high.
We are Hawthorn.
PS. Dear mods, I wanna change my username to "RoyalRoughead" or something similar. PM on the procedure.
PPS: I see the irony in that the exam was on "Equity and Trusts".