Well, I for one will not be booing Neale.
Footy is a pro sport. Players have a representative body that successfully argued for a limited freedom of movement between clubs. They have a relatively short time to establish themselves, develop a reputation and cash in. I suppose that Neale did want he thought was best for himself as an individual, to get the most he can out of the system, while he can. I said good luck to him then and I still say good luck to him, but from now on, he's just an opposition player, nothing more.
Reading anything else into the situation other than 'man quits job to move to better paid position with added seniority' is at best, fanciful, at worst suggestive of the need for a life away from the keyboard.
