This was a coup, for Chick's plane ticket had all but been stamped. And it was suggested that it would trigger a series of moves that would see Fraser Gehrig at Collingwood, Shaun Rehn at Hawthorn and Mal Michael and Sav Rocca at Adelaide. Since Hawthorn's gallant loss to the Kangaroos on Friday night, Dicker had spent much of his time proving to Chick why he should stay. He did not so much ''wine and dine'' him as ''tennis and talk'' him. Dicker, a former fine tennis player, is not a big drinker but he is long on talk.
Nothing is lost until the last syllable is spilt.
Look at the fight he gave the AFL over Waverley Park. It was more just to shut him up. But we can learn a lot from the comings and goings at football clubs. Watch not the number of people who leave but the manner in which they snatch their time. Note not the number of people who stay but the quality of those who do.