Originally Posted by
1eyedog
I think going hard at Boyd the way we did shows what we really thought of Jones in the end. Added to this we didn't really try to hold onto him and took pittance to help him on his way. Rather than assist Jones' career, Boyd effectively stamped his papers in terms of having a future with us. It became obvious that Jones was more inclined than not to stay when Macca resigned but when Boyd came on-line that seemed to change again. I think Jones would have played under sufferance knowing that Boyd was the man and that he (Jones) could never live up to it. Who knows what was going on inside his head following the VFL GF...