Chris Mainwaring dead

[Sockeye Salmon]

Any one know why? Family problems?

School holidays?

[westdog54]

Guys, lets not speculate on the reasons for this terrible tragedy. If the news sources report soemthing more then thats OK but at the moment we can't have any speculation.

This is spot on. There'll be plenty of time to figure out how this tragedy occured.

In the meantime, lets remember that an original West Coast player, 2 time premiership player, who is so respected that the AFL entrusted him as an AA selector, has been taken from his family before his time.

[BulldogBelle]

This is very bad news.

Mainy was highly liked and respected in the West. Ha was just a likable guy, such a nice person.

There is not much doubt it was drugs though. Ben Cousins involved in a couple of mercy dashes according to the West Australian newspaper. Could be a dirty story unravelling here.

His young kids deserved better, they would have been so proud of their father's achievements.

It can happen to any of us ... even the good ones.

[Sockeye Salmon]

This is very bad news.

Mainy was highly liked and respected in the West. Ha was just a likable guy, such a nice person.

There is not much doubt it was drugs though. Ben Cousins involved in a couple of mercy dashes according to the West Australian newspaper. Could be a dirty story unravelling here.

His young kids deserved better, they would have been so proud of their father's achievements.

It can happen to any of us ... even the good ones.

My boss was real sick earlier this year. He likes a beer (a lot) and drinks heaps of water the next morning to re-hydrate. He collapsed a few months ago and it was touch and go for a while. It turns out he had critically low sodium (salt) levels.

The booze was dehydrating him but because he was re-hydrating with water he was diluting his salt levels further. Over time he simply ran out of salt and collapsed.

I heard a report tonight that Mainwaring had a tough workout Sunday morning. If he was dehydrated or if he re-hydrated with plain water his salt levels would have been down as well. Apparently Ecstasy also dehydrates and drains salt.

[Go_Dogs]

Get on the Powerade!

[Twodogs]

My boss was real sick earlier this year. He likes a beer (a lot) and drinks heaps of water the next morning to re-hydrate. He collapsed a few months ago and it was touch and go for a while. It turns out he had critically low sodium (salt) levels.

The booze was dehydrating him but because he was re-hydrating with water he was diluting his salt levels further. Over time he simply ran out of salt and collapsed.

I heard a report tonight that Mainwaring had a tough workout Sunday morning. If he was dehydrated or if he re-hydrated with plain water his salt levels would have been down as well. Apparently Ecstasy also dehydrates and drains salt.

Dunno about the salt thing but it's fairly common to drink to much water, because of dehydration, and basically drown your internal organs.

[Topdog]

Sounds like he was going through a tough time personally.

Wish his family and kids all the best.

[The Underdog]

Disappointed in the media, as seems to happen anytime something like this happens in footy these days. I feel terrible for his family, an awful way to lose a guy who was a fantastic footballer. Despite being from "over there" I used to enjoy watching the Weagles of the early 90's a great deal.