I agree with your thoughts on Toump to a point, going back a few years now but wasn't he recruited knowing he needed surgery on his hip?
Alarm bells should have been ringing at that stage, hips are very troublesome ask Bo Jackson of NFL and MLB fame.
Toumps game was built around speed on the outside, once he lost it all areas of his game were shot to pieces eg. decision making, kicking, handballing, awareness( hearing footsteps).
Never the same player you and i saw play for the Eagles in the SANFL.