Congratulation Sam Walsh - B+F winner 2021

[Thryleon]

What happened?
Did you expect him to go on...I didn't.
He played 19 games.
Many of those he was hardly sighted.
But he obviously performed a role that the coaches were happy with...whether that was as a decoy, or his forward pressure.
He did what was asked of him to the extent he earned votes.

Betts is only retiring because of the north Melbourne match where he hurt himself he looked done.  Before that he looked like playing to 400.

A cynic might say that his decision was made based on income he might be getting vs what he would have gotten to play on.