People can spin things any way they want - negative people will find something negative about anything and everything. Tony reminded me a bit of John Humphreys the English shooting sports columnist. I read Humphrey's weekly column for years and although I never met the man I felt I knew a bit about him and admired his character. (I wrote a bit about him in the "Silent Doubles" forum and am a bit surprised that nobody who actually knew him added anything)
Humphreys also wrote eloquently about his diagnosis, treatment and impending death. Neither he nor Tony laid a guilt trip on anybody - they dealt with a very difficult situation in a very decent way.
Both made great contributions to our sport and I would not fault either for their personal decisions to speak of their terminal illness.
