Tim Clarke looks at the strange situation created by John Mitchell's decision to leave the Western Force in 2011 in WA Today.
"It will be the longest farewell tour since Frank Sinatra, or Elvis, or John Farnham.
But that is what John Mitchell and the Western Force have apparently agreed to, with the announcement the former All Black coach will leave the club at the end of his current contract.
"That deal, brokered before the team launched a mutiny in the build up to last season, runs out in 2011. So that gives the team the rest of this year, and the whole of next year's Super Rugby season, to impress a bloke who is not going to be there.
"A strange situation indeed. Mitchell's time in Perth should be remembered fondly for the immediate boost he gave WA rugby and the Force by choosing to take on a new franchise."
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