It was real simple. I surrendered right away. It's great to have his name on a contract, and now, we can move forward.

I surrendered right away.

If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.

It's very poetic and simple.

Obviously we had been keen to negotiate a two-year contract for Jeff but when Collingwood came in with a four-year deal our hand was forced somewhat. We never wanted to lose Jeff to another club, but we certainly did not want to risk losing him for nothing.

What we have here, plain and simple, is a case of gross mismanagement of a multimillion-dollar contract. Worst of all, it's seriously weakened our border security.