From the outside looking in Foran was the main reason Tooves was sacked.
Even before and especially after DCE signed with the Coast the club banked on him being the next captain and leader and he told them he would only play under Brad Arthur and he would never play under Toovey.
Tooves was essentially a dead man walking from then on.
Yeah, I remember little things like:-
1. Foran demanding a "clearing of the air" meeting with Tooves
2. Foran claiming Arthur would take his career to the next level
3. Foran openly stating he awoke to the feeling he wanted to leave us at times
4. Foran's missus claiming Karma the day he signed with Paramatta
5. Holes in Foran's stories around timing & our club
6. Really, really poor form for 95% of his last 25-30 games
My feel is that he has thought that he is bigger than the club, and you know what - no player is. I think that's where our club has slipped a little in the last few years.
Players have been able to rule the roost. Like I say, if Tooves didn't want to sign Glenn Stewart, so be it. Same goes if he didn't want Burgess in the team.
I stated very early his behaviour would spell the end of his coach - in fact, I wrote that to Kelly. Sad, sad day. Hell, I was actually on the other side of the fence until recently. They treat Foran like he's gold (they say he has all this valor and honour about him), yet Ballin is shown the door - wtf?