Garlett Gonski

[Hotdog60]

Re: Garlett Gonski

All I see out of this is a waste of talent. Could have been anything and a star of the game.

Hard to make judgement without all the facts but it a shame that the passion for succeeding in a football career wasn't stronger than other forces in his life.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Garlett Gonski

Oh Dayle

[Twodogs]

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Let's not turn this very sad story into an occasion for self-congratulation.

Agree.

[Cyberdoggie]

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Hindsight is a wonderful thing isn't it.

I think Hawthorn took a risk sure but if you play safe all the time you don't win big very often.
Pick 38, big deal. We got Fuller at 42.
Both clubs missed out on Ben Brown at 47, Josh Walker 54 and Tom Langdon at 65.

At least Hawthorn took a risk and tried, I think we look worse than they do especially considering we have been after key talls for eon's!

hopefully Garlett can learn some life lessons and turn his future around. It's not too late for him and maybe he will follow the path of Andrew Krakouer

[LostDoggy]

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Good luck to the kid, but if he thought life in the AFL was tough, I worry about how he'll fair in the real world. No wellness officers out here!

[Maddog37]

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Sad, sad story.

[westdog54]

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Let's not turn this very sad story into an occasion for self-congratulation.

Quite right. This is nothing short of a tragedy. It's not a football story.

[Bulldog4life]

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Good luck to the kid, but if he thought life in the AFL was tough, I worry about how he'll fair in the real world. No wellness officers out here!

Correct just parole officers.

[Greystache]

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Quite right. This is nothing short of a tragedy. It's not a football story.

Yet any mention of Laurence Angwin and everyone writes him off as a dickhead who wasted his chance and deserves what he got.

[EasternWest]

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Yet any mention of Laurence Angwin and everyone writes him off as a dickhead who wasted his chance and deserves what he got.

Can't both sides be true for both guys though?

Sad stories of wasted talent by two guys obviously not equipped with the emotional maturity to make it (dickheads if you will).

[Bornadog]

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Can't both sides be true for both guys though?

Sad stories of wasted talent by two guys obviously not equipped with the emotional maturity to make it (dickheads if you will).

How can you say that when you don't know their backgrounds and their personal circumstances?

[Greystache]

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Can't both sides be true for both guys though?

Sad stories of wasted talent by two guys obviously not equipped with the emotional maturity to make it (dickheads if you will).

Absolutely. Yet I'm still to see that balance applied equally to those 2 particular cases despite the stark similarities. That's what I find confusing.

[EasternWest]

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How can you say that when you don't know their backgrounds and their personal circumstances?

Easy. With the available evidence in the public domain.

Both talented guys. Both made multiple, very public dubious/criminal/illegal choices.

I'm not sure why you're even asking me that. It's not like I'm making the comments based on rumour and innuendo.

[Topdog]

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Absolutely. Yet I'm still to see that balance applied equally to those 2 particular cases despite the stark similarities. That's what I find confusing.

I think with Angwin it was the fact that it happened 10 years ago. A lot has changed in 10 years and looking back on it I find that whole episode sad too.

[ledge]

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I've no doubt garlett was given the best chances at hawthorn to learn and be a better person but sometimes you can't help people who don't want to help themselves.