The Tigers have named Ben Cousins for Sunday's farewell match against Port Adelaide, but the 32-year-old did nothing at all to advance his case for selection at training on Thursday.
Cousins, who's nursing a hamstring injury picked up in last Saturday's loss to St Kilda, completed a handful of run-throughs away from the main group at Victoria Park before quitting the session after just 15 minutes.
He stopped for a brief chat with coach Damien Hardwick, got into his car and drove away with a smile and a wave for the media.
Cousins, who announced his retirement last week, had been keen to make Sunday's match at Etihad Stadium the 270th and last of his colourful and controversial 15-year career.
It's likely he'll undergo a fitness test on Saturday and be given until the last minute on match day to prove himself.
Team-mate Jack Riewoldt said he doesn't expect Cousins to play unless he's 100-percent right.
"It would be a great story for football and a great story for Ben if he played on the weekend but that's going to come down to Ben and I know that he's not going to sell his team-mates short," said Riewoldt before training.
"He's not going to go out there if he doesn't think he can play."
"The medical staff have got to make a decision on him as well and I fully trust that they're going to make the right decision, but if the fairytale does happen and he does play then it's going to be great for the club."
Asked for his impressions of part one of the highly-anticipated documentary on Cousins and his battle with drugs which was televised on Wednesday night, Riewoldt said: "I've only seen half of it ... so I can't really make any decisions on what I think about it now."
"He's obviously been through some horrifying incidences and it shows how drug use can affect a person."
"The (documentary) is promoting that drug use is bad and people in our community should step away from using drugs."