If he just refused to go back to Brookie or attend Club functions ... asmall amount of creditability could possibly be given to the story ... but to refuse all contact with team mates he spent the best part of a decade with, Killer, Snake Jorge etc .. is just improbable ..
And the reality was his form was slowly dropping, and seeing him bent over holding his neck every game was hard to watch ... nobody likes to see a champion who's heart is bigger than his self preservation struggle ...
And it says the club paid him out in full for his last year ... so hardly "punted" .. simply rightly or wrongly saying your time has come to an end ..
And I would say in 2016 ... Fulton would have been as much or a greater chance of calling the shots than Barrett ....