I also thought Garner would do really well at Panthers, but so far that has not gone well. He actually copped what I thought were some pretty scathing comments from Cleary Snr. and I thought they were a bit on the harsh side.
I think they expected a bit too much of him early on in the piece.
Would have actually liked to keep Garner and have often wondered what sort of deal The "Riff offered him to go across, obviously we were not able to match it / didn't want him, or he just wanted to go to a winning side.