Taranto and Hopper very much knew our window was small. I think they could have been filthy at Dimma for leaving half way through their first year in their first year, more so then filthy that we are now bottom and rebuilding. 7 year contract they would have been highly naive in thinking we would be competing for the flag each one of those 7 years after having 4 years of Prelim and Grand Finals plus 3 years of finals before that.
Players don't just go for premierships and success their contracts are very well paid and they get to leave GWS and play on the MCG every 2nd week. The wheel will turn and Taranto will be playing in front of 60k every fortnight again. Hopper will too if he gets his body right and improves.