Adelaide Crows skipper Nathan van Berlo, right, training with Richard Douglas. Picture: Sarah Reed Source: The Advertiser
ADELAIDE'S players are delivering their most-meaningful strike at turncoat forward Kurt Tippett by signing long-term deals at West Lakes.
Captain Nathan van Berlo has joined lead ruckman Sam Jacobs and key defender Daniel Talia in committing to the Crows until the end of 2016 to signal their belief in Adelaide's AFL premiership bid is worth more than money on offer elsewhere.
Significant in the unprecedented pre-season signings is West Australian van Berlo and, in particular, Melbourne-born Talia have ignored the go-home factor and the potential to auction themselves to big money clubs at home.
By contrast, Tippett last year not only passed over his critical part in Adelaide's premiership jigsaw, but overlooked his home base in Queensland to score a million-dollar deal with AFL premier Sydney.VAN Berlo yesterday did not miss the opportunity to point out the stark difference between Tippett and the loyal crew he commands at West Lakes.
"(Tippett's defection to Sydney) was a clear example to the playing group of the feelings that occur when you don't want to be part of the playing group," said van Berlo who has personally challenged Tippett on his exit from West Lakes last year.
"The Kurt Tippett case was not handled well from his point of view - and the players certainly acted accordingly. They felt they were let down in many ways.
"They've seen the way they should not do it if they choose to leave our system.
"But I don't think we will have that case to deal with again any time soon. The players we have all want to be here - and that is the important thing. We want players who want to play for the Adelaide Football Club.
"Sam Jacobs, Daniel Talia, (Victorian) Richard Douglas," added van Berlo of players who have recently re-committed to Adelaide, "are all saying they can see what exciting opportunities lie ahead for us as a football club. They want to be a part of it - it signals to me they believe in where we are going."
Van Berlo arrived at West Lakes as a second-round draftee in 2004. He will return to Perth as a one-club player and the first non-South Australian to lead the Crows.
"I love the club and I feel I owe them a lot for the opportunity they gave me as an 18-year-old," said van Berlo who signed his extension after a month of smooth negotiation.
"I feel indebted to the Adelaide Football Club and feel I owe it to them."
Despite the go-home factor and extra lure at Fremantle where his younger brother Jay is listed, van Berlo says he has never considered living in Adelaide a burden - as Tippett did.
"I certainly still miss home and when my football career is over I will head back to Perth to live with my family," said van Berlo, a 163-game player at Adelaide.
"But while growing up, if someone said to me to do my dream job I had to move interstate or overseas, I would jump at it. People sometimes forget to do your dream job you might have to re-locate and it might mean some tough times.
"Half our playing group is from interstate - and it helps if we all agree to hang around and make success count."
Transport Safety investigators arrive at the scene of the fatal Salisbury Spitfire crash, a suspected arson attack at Mitchell Park and van Berlo signs a three-year deal with the Crows
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