This ^^
Anone who seriously thinks we could somehow have 'forced' Max into signing an extended contract is seriously deluded. Some players see playing first team football in the SPL as a good development route to future, bigger moves, some see going to a bigger team with more money (with the possibility of never actually playing first team football). If a player believes the latter, there is little or nothing could be done to change their mind (or that of the people advising them). Not exactly been a golden route forward for Hastie, Erwin or McKinstry, has it ?