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The assassination of Will and his character by media is the most disappointing and frustrating aspect of this case and before any findings on the matter have been reached, that he is a serial offender, a recidivist, has form, that he must be condemned etc etc.
For example, M Rucci writes,
and yet provides one reference from Brad Ebert and then from the same jock
From Robert Walls of all people. Has the world gone mad.
It's all very well for the media puritans to condemn Will for his actions behind their battle regalia of a pen and paper but in his and Danyle's office the warfare is not only mentally demanding but physically intimidating and imposing. Lines will and do get crossed for fleeting moments in such a workplace.
Does anyone believe that Will would convey words or thoughts resembling what he has been alleged to have said outside of his weekend battleground ? Not a chance. What has been conveniently missed in all this tripe on his character is the other side of Will, that is, his ongoing work as a social advocate and ambassador. For those not familiar look up Red Dust Role Models and his work with the Club's chaplain, John Van Groningen.
Issues like these must and should be resolved through conciliation where possible rather than with a huge stick as the AFL and media would seem to prefer to wield to resolve such issues.
Please don't hang him out to dry in what likely was a few stupid and regretful words said in a pressure cooker environment that no AFL media expert like C Wilson, M Rucci, Hutchison, or P Smith would have any real appreciation of. The problem of course is that nothing sells more or generates more hits than controversy.
The assassination of Will and his character by media is the most disappointing and frustrating aspect of this case and before any findings on the matter have been reached, that he is a serial offender, a recidivist, has form, that he must be condemned etc etc.
For example, M Rucci writes,
WESTERN Bulldogs ruckman Will Minson is being condemned by current and past players for taking sledging to a no-go zone - a rival's family.
AFL rivals yesterday described Minson as a serial sledger
AFL rivals yesterday described Minson as a serial sledger
Fellow Hall of Famer Robert Walls said: "Sledging family members is not acceptable. I don't like it. There are some things you can say but (family) is out of bounds."
It's all very well for the media puritans to condemn Will for his actions behind their battle regalia of a pen and paper but in his and Danyle's office the warfare is not only mentally demanding but physically intimidating and imposing. Lines will and do get crossed for fleeting moments in such a workplace.
Does anyone believe that Will would convey words or thoughts resembling what he has been alleged to have said outside of his weekend battleground ? Not a chance. What has been conveniently missed in all this tripe on his character is the other side of Will, that is, his ongoing work as a social advocate and ambassador. For those not familiar look up Red Dust Role Models and his work with the Club's chaplain, John Van Groningen.
Issues like these must and should be resolved through conciliation where possible rather than with a huge stick as the AFL and media would seem to prefer to wield to resolve such issues.
Please don't hang him out to dry in what likely was a few stupid and regretful words said in a pressure cooker environment that no AFL media expert like C Wilson, M Rucci, Hutchison, or P Smith would have any real appreciation of. The problem of course is that nothing sells more or generates more hits than controversy.
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