He didn't even need to be pushed to say that. He came right out with it. And I don't have a problem with the fact that Mike wanted Buddy to go to GWS. If you put yourself in the Commission's shoes at the time, the idea of a marquee player signing with their new, struggling franchise must have seemed to be a dream come true. Put this together with the feeling that Buddy was looking to get out of Melbourne, and the location of his fianc�e meaning that Sydney (the city) was his desired location, it must have seemed perfect.
That doesn't excuse his dummy spit when things panned out differently.
Mike didn't push Fitzpatrick hard on the post-Buddy response by the AFL, which isn't surprising because Open Mike rarely shapes up as anything other than a cosy, fire-side chat.
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