I as an opposition supporter would not begrudge a certain brown and gold team receiving a compensation pick that has 1 in it and nothing else.
I'll pen a letter to AFL HQ tomorrow.
Hope you did the same for when was poached from the mighty Catters.
I think it's because we (cats and now hawks) presumed that they were going to franchise clubs that weren't a threat during their premiership window and thats why very few begrudged gaz, buddy on the other hand is going to a club that can effectively win anytime over the next few years and that's a knife from a guy who ad nauseam spoke about his love for the club
This was before anybody had any inkling that Sydney was in the picture though and everybody was convinced he was headed for GWS.
Non-Hawthorn supporters have shown significantly more empathy towards the HFC than they ever did to Geelong and this is not a biased skewed perception, it is overwhelmingly so. Just take a look at the comment quoted above. Not a single neutral footy fan came on our board and share sentiments remotely similar to that. Quite the opposite in fact; we just got trolls mocking us
I hope that this isn't misinterpreted as a troll but I have a slight more respect for Franklin because his move was not solely for financial gain; he had other motivations to make the move whether you agree with it or not.
Whereas with GAJ Pickering told the Suns in no uncertain terms that it will take an unprecedented financial offer for him to sign. Pickers then successfully negotiated roughly 10 million smackaroonies for 5 years work, that's what Franklin is purported to be earning in 9. It was about the money with GAJ, no doubt about it and I really can't respect that on any level.
I put it down to the fact that Ablett elicits a more favourable opinion from neutrals, for whatever reason, than the average player.