Sherman banned for vilification

[LostDoggy]

Can't wait to see what Aker has to say.....

I probably would have given Sherman a couple of extra weeks, but a season long ban is overboard. What makes it all worse is the fact that it happened basically all day long & the young GC player was obviously very upset about it, considering the GC players approached the umpires during the match.

Also good to see Gia actually walk over after the game to talk to the young lad, great leadership.

If you are Jones, Hill or DJ, how do you front up & play with the guy again?

[Dry Rot]

What makes it all worse is the fact that it happened basically all day long & the young GC player was obviously very upset about it

If so, other Dogs players must have been aware of it, and possibly the coaching staff.

Why didn't the onfield leadership group (and coaching staff if they were aware of it) stop it?

Not the best day for our club, nor the best day for Hill, DJ, Stack or Jones.

[Sedat]

If so, other Dogs players must have been aware of it, and possibly the coaching staff.

Why didn't the onfield leadership group (and coaching staff if they were aware of it) stop it?

Not the best day for our club, nor the best day for Hill, DJ, Stack or Jones.

More than once might be twice, it might be 100 times. Damian Barrett has given no more information than it happened more than once, and he is doing what any journo would and is allowing ill-informed viewers/readers draw their own conclusions and make their own assumptions about what happened (which you have been too happy to make ill-informed assumptions in your above post), which of course is intended to keep the story bubbling along.

What is certain is that one of our on-field leaders offered support to young Joel as soon as the siren sounded - that is about as swift a response to the issue as is humanly possible. Did you want our leaders to renounce Sherman and stage a sit down protest while the game was still on? How you can possibly draw conclusions that our club was slow to move and lacked leadership in relation to this issue defies logic. It has already been resolved to the satisfaction of the aggrieved party less than 2 days after the match, with our club having been in constant contact with GC, the player and the AFL in the interim to ensure that the player and his club were given a satisfactory resolution to the issue. Sometimes no matter what our club's actions, some people will find fault.

It is a shocking situation handled as sympathetically and as quickly as could possibly be handled by our on-field and off-field leaders.

[Dry Rot]

If it was all day and if they were aware (and it seems some knew by full-time) then they could have stopped it earlier, couldn't they?

[Sedat]

If it was all day and if they were aware (and it seems some knew by full-time) then they could have stopped it earlier, couldn't they?

You wanted our players to 'do something about it' while the match was still in progress? Are you serious?

[Ghost Dog]

Sherman...trade bait anyone? It's that serious for mine. The West is all about cultural inclusivity.
Still, if he can take his medicine and learn from it, all fine and good. Maybe Jones, DJ and some of the others should sit down and talk to him, so he can walk in their shoes.
At least he put his hand up and took it like a man.

Andrew, the worst thing is it doesn't really sound like one moment does it.
I knew from the moment I saw his Chippendale style photos all over the net he was going to be a handful.
he better work damn hard and keep his nose clean.

[AndrewP6]

Sherman...trade bait anyone? It's that serious for mine. The West is all about cultural inclusivity.

No way.

Andrew, the worst thing is it doesn't really sound like one moment does it.
I knew from the moment I saw his Chippendale style photos all over the net he was going to be a handful.
he better work damn hard and keep his nose clean.

According to who, Damo Barrett? The beacon of journalistic integrity that he is. Still the point remains - he made a mistake, and as you said, put his hand up and copped the penalty. If we wiped our slate of all our players involved in regrettable incidents, how many would be left?

[Topdog]

Still, if he can take his medicine and learn from it, all fine and good. Maybe Jones, DJ and some of the others should sit down and talk to him, so he can walk in their shoes.
At least he put his hand up and took it like a man.

The press conference and him and the club offering the suspension would seem to indicate that he has acknowledged it was wrong. The "volunteer" work that he will do will allow him to walk in their shoes.

[GVGjr]

Sherman...trade bait anyone? It's that serious for mine. The West is all about cultural inclusivity.
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It's been dealt with to the satisfaction of the AFL, the Dogs and the Suns so there is no grounds for this action.

[BulldogBelle]

Sherman...trade bait anyone? It's that serious for mine. The West is all about cultural inclusivity.
Still, if he can take his medicine and learn from it, all fine and good. Maybe Jones, DJ and some of the others should sit down and talk to him, so he can walk in their shoes.
At least he put his hand up and took it like a man.

Andrew, the worst thing is it doesn't really sound like one moment does it.
I knew from the moment I saw his Chippendale style photos all over the net he was going to be a handful.
he better work damn hard and keep his nose clean.

No way. For one incident and his first offence?

The Western Bulldogs should be advocates for cultural inclusion, as we represent one of the the most diverse geographic areas in the country.

If we want to attract supporters from different backgrounds away from the round ball game, we needed to be very clear with our messaging surrounding Justin - and we have.

[LostDoggy]

The four weeks will pass quickly, the $5000 will be forgotten, but Sherman will be boooed and taunted for the rest of his career by the crowd. He has really screwed himself over.

On another note:
Do I think the four weeks are harsh? No! Look don't get me wrong, anything verbal bounces off me, I honestly couldn't give a toss about teases and people trying to get under my skin. But as I'm trying to teach my son at the minute: If you are wearing a uniform then you have lost certain rights as a individual and are representing something else. In this case Sherm was representing the Western Bulldogs Footbal Club. Somethings are bigger than the individual. Bad PR is bad business in any field.

Sorry to get off topic, but where the hell is all this pace that everyone is saying Sherman has????? Nearly every kick I see him have on the run is a last minute rush to get off as not to get tackled by someone who has just ran him down.

[BulldogBelle]

The four weeks will pass quickly, the $5000 will be forgotten, but Sherman will be boooed and taunted for the rest of his career by the crowd. He has really screwed himself over.

On another note:
Do I think the four weeks are harsh? No! Look don't get me wrong, anything verbal bounces off me, I honestly couldn't give a toss about teases and people trying to get under my skin. But as I'm trying to teach my son at the minute: If you are wearing a uniform then you have lost certain rights as a individual and are representing something else. In this case Sherm was representing the Western Bulldogs Footbal Club. Somethings are bigger than the individual. Bad PR is bad business in any field.

Sorry to get off topic, but where the hell is all this pace that everyone is saying Sherman has????? Nearly every kick I see him have on the run is a last minute rush to get off as not to get tackled by someone who has just ran him down.

Was Monkhurt booed for the rest of his career for a one-off incident? Spider Everitt?

For the next 4 weeks he will be able to hear the abuse and boos from spectators at the VFL

[LostDoggy]

Personally I just like watching footy and all this extra stuff really does annoy at times. The media will crap on about this until the next incident. Can't wait until the Melbourne game is over so we can move on.

[LostDoggy]

Personally I just like watching footy and all this extra stuff really does annoy at times. The media will crap on about this until the next incident. Can't wait until the Melbourne game is over so we can move on.

It will be interesting to see what happens AW.

After the Aker fiasco last year we came out firing and smacked Freo. The club was under siege after that ridiculous Sam Newman / Akermanis setup on the footy show.. Aker is a narcissistic ballbag and i can see how his rantings and ravings totally galvanized the group.

This week seems different . From what i've read the playing group feel deeply ashamed by what has happened. Will they go into their shells? Will they come out firing? Again the club
is being heavily criticised but this time the criticism is warranted.

..an interesting study in player psychology this week .

Also, I wonder if Bob will dare tackle the issue in the Age this week? It will be a tough article
for him to write, a lot of conflicting loyalties / emotions.

[Dry Rot]

If so, other Dogs players must have been aware of it, and possibly the coaching staff.

Why didn't the onfield leadership group (and coaching staff If they were aware of it) stop it?

Not the best day for our club, nor the best day for Hill, DJ, Stack or Jones.

If it was all day and If they were aware (and it seems some knew by full-time) then they could have stopped it earlier, couldn't they?

If it was "going on all day" a quiet word at the end of a quarter isn't that hard, is it?

Who's to say that didn't happen? And you are assuming that the vilification was going on all day when it might have only happened twice.

Hm, a few comprehension problems here and in some other people's posts about my "assuming" that the racial sledging occurred all match.

If clearly signifies that it might have happened or might not, and of speculation and doubt not certainty.

I don't know what actually happened on Saturday nor does anyone else here. It might have been a one-off, happened a few times or happened all game.

There was an allegation it happened all game, and so I commented IF this was true. I didn't assume it was true.