I knew it was coming, but that didn’t make it any easier to deal with. Earlier this morning I woke up and checked Twitter. Caroline Wilson had called 3AW to announce Gary Ablett was indeed off to the Gold Coast Suns for reportedly close to 10 million over 5 years.
I cannot wait to talk to dad about it. He will probably say “so what!” Players or coaches for that matter who switch clubs aren’t really a problem. Dad’s always been a player fan and not a team fan. He mastered the art of following Barassi.
Earlier in the week, he mentioned how he had been to the last Grand Final draw. I couldn’t work out why he would have attended; Collingwood were playing North Melbourne. A man who is so careful with his money must have had a pretty good reason to pay for the ticket price. The answer was revealed: dad went along to see his hero, Ron Barassi, lead the kangaroos to glory.
