Looking back I don't blame Joel.
Last game, no one wants to finish with a black eye or in a stretcher.
Nathan Brown stood there and waited for the ball to be thrown up, which should be worse since he's playing for his career. If Browny was in throwing guys off i think that woudl have signalled taht his head is fit for another year, instead he elected to try and get a kick possibly a cheap one with his opposition in a fight.
If it was the last 30 seconds of the game, Joel got it out ball was thrown up and we won the ball behind the Pies back and scored, Joel would be a hero. Just looks a bit bad in the circumstances.
You can also over analyze things, but if it wasn't Joels last year he'd b hung out for dry for it. I've seen many local footy brawls where the oldest and biggest player stands back and watches.