claimed in his autobiography The Boy from Boomerang Crescent that he received insults from camp instructors regarding his upbringing and his mother. Jeff Bond, former Chief Psychologist for the Australian Institute of Sport, told The Age that "Using people's personal trauma to drive them is so illogical and dangerous it's not funny". Bond also compared many of the measures taken in the camp to ones used for training commandos in the military. Adelaide themselves have "strongly disputed" this version of events. Social interactions Social interaction at the camp was extremely limited, players were ordered not to talk with each other when not performing exercises, and as all phones had been confiscated most players had zero contact with the outside world. The only outside contact allowed was for players who had pregnant spouses, who were allowed a few minutes a day to speak. Aftermath The camp was not effective in improving the results of the Adelaide Football Club. Adelaide had a poor 2018 season, finishing 12th on the ladder and missing the finals. Midway through the 2018 season, Adelaide cut all ties with Collective Minds, who claimed that the decision was mutual. After the cutting of ties, Adelaide coach Don Pyke admitted that the camp was a failure. Several Adelaide players left the club over the next few seasons. Among the most notable departures were Eddie Betts, who had declared "That [camp] was one of the main reasons why it was so hard to enjoy footy", and returned to his old club Carlton; and Mitch McGovern, who left the club after the 2018 season, also to play for Carlton. In June 2020, McGovern's manager Colin Young singled out the camp as the singular reason for McGovern leaving the club. All in all, 8 out of Adelaide's best 22 players in 2017 left the club as of July 2020, a turnover amount described as an "exodus". Pyke also left the club, resigning at the end of the 2019 season after another subpar season, with Brett Burton and assistant coach Scott Camporeale being sacked a month later. In September 2020, Collective Minds sued Nine Entertainment for defamation. As a result, Nine retracted 13 publications about the camp in February 2022. In August 2022, Eddie Betts released a biography containing previously unknown revelations about what happened at the camp. In response the Adelaide Football Club publicly apologised to him. Following the release of Betts's