Lethal's posture actually sets up both teams to save a little face, which is ultimately what both teams want.
But it requires Collingwood to come to the party with a GOOD trade offer. Not the bare minimum.
Then Brisbane fans can say "finally, we got properly compensated for a wantaway kid, unlike 2 years ago.. now players and clubs know we aren't just a feeder club."
And Pies cans say say "how awesome are we... I thought Brisso said they weren't trading him under any circumstances... onya Dekka!"
Remarkably similar to the Beams trade really. Including all the ultimately unnecessary Bigfooty consternation.
That's pretty naive.
The very definition of a "GOOD trade offer" is open to interpretation and opinion. In your opinion it might be, say, pick 10. In my opinion it is two second rounders, or one second rounder and a player who wants to come to Brisbane (which you guys have openly admitted to placing a higher value on in your new and improved recruitment strategy).
So if the "GOOD trade offer" comes in the form of your opinion, the part about Lions supporters saying they were properly compensated can be true, but the part about the Collingwood supporters give Dekka their virtual high fives cannot. And vice versa if the "GOOD trade offer" comes in the form of my opinion.
It's never as straight forward as what you make out, and an esteemed poster like yourself with 50% of the websites entire posts, should know that.
The only thing that is straight forward is the juvenilities of Leigh and the rest of your club.