Dog of a day
Peter Hanlon - The Age - 1 September
BEHIND the Whitten Oval smiles there was sadness, as reality took a deep bite. As much as they'd hoped and prayed he might stay, all knew that Callan Ward really had no choice but to go.
On the terrace, clusters of die-hards watched training and held where-to-from-here discussions. ''Take the draft picks and move on,'' said Ross, a lifelong fan and pragmatist. ''I don't feel any ill will, I don't think too many do. Clearly it's a money decision.''
Another son of the west, Bob, tried on a player-manager's hat, and declared a preference for 3 per cent of $900,000 over 3 per cent of half that. ''His manager's going to have pushed him to go, and the manager's doing the right thing by the kid,'' he said. ''The kid would have to be off his head to stay here.''
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