Player Watch Brayden Maynard

[OniAu]

And last week he helped fill a lady’s car with petrol and refused payment what a nice young man

Did that actually happen

 

[Anzacday]

Gabbo64 Ed is entitled celebrate all he likes and arrange for it to be filmed/posted if he wishes.
For me, it's just another example of misreading the tea leaves.
Common sense prevails instead of justice prevails would be a bit more palatable.

 

[PonsfordMagpie]

I want to know how this guy reacted to Cripps being cleared because of a legal technicality.

 

[PIEWITHSAUCE]

How well does he fit the stereotype?

 

[Gabbo64]

Gabbo64 Ed is entitled celebrate all he likes and arrange for it to be filmed/posted if he wishes.
For me, it's just another example of misreading the tea leaves.
Common sense prevails instead of justice prevails would be a bit more palatable.

The thing is, what Eddie says or does carries no weight anymore. He may be just another moron supporter but he has the right to celebrate how he feels fit and nobody has the right to take that away from him.

 

[OniAu]

That guy looks like he stinks, all i got out of that video

 

[sam_e]

What we're seeing at the moment is multiple layers of dishonesty.

People are dishonest about the nature of Maynard's actions, but they're also refusing to grapple with the fundamental nature of the game.

We've sped the game up, made it more athletic, put more players at every contest, and yet we think that head injuries can be eliminated from the game? That they should only be a thing of the past?

There seems to be a view that the game should now perfectly reflect our modern sensibilities. We hate head injuries, and so we should be able to reconstruct the game to reflect that abhorrence.

It is a terrible conceit and a horribly misguided notion.

That doesn't mean we give up on trying to make the game safer, but we also acknowledge in ourselves that the game we love is inherently dangerous and will always have a capacity to harm.

Eloquent & well considered piece.

It's also fair to say there needs to be more focus on the AFL's strategic (top-down) response to concussion vs the transactional (bottom-up) reaction to individual incidents that often creates more confusion for players, supporters & the media.

The strategic response in addressing complex matters such as this, where the medical science continues to evolve/emerge, is often more critical in moving the dial. It would be useful for the AFL to be way more transparent around their concussion strategic plan and how they're delivering to /tracking against their own priorities.

https://resources.afl.com.au/afl/document/2023/03/12/7143b500-8c11-49a8-bc1a-e84c0af0f1e3/AFL-Concussion-Strategic-Plan-2022-2026-FINAL-.pdf

 

[3rdMan]

I'm not sure rules will be tweaked as a result of this decision. There is already provision for an unreasonable action to be punished. I don't think there's any way to legislate Maynard's action, a mostly vertical smother, as dangerous, unlike the bump and dangerous tackles. An unreasonable smother attempt where there is significant forward movement and momentum could already be punished, maybe they make a change for that to be more clear.

 

[Anzacday]

The thing is, what Eddie says or does carries no weight anymore. He may be just another moron supporter but he has the right to celebrate how he feels fit and nobody has the right to take that away from him.

Technically he's just another moron supporter as he's no longer President, (thankfully).
I'm not taking his rights away, questioning his judgement is all.
Anyway, I am extremely grateful common sense prevailed and Bruzzy can play.

 

[cfc19902010]

That guy looks like he stinks, all i got out of that video

Can someone let this guy know The hospital called saying his brain won’t be ready for a few more weeks

 

[PIEWITHSAUCE]

I'm not sure rules will be tweaked as a result of this decision. There is already provision for an unreasonable action to be punished. I don't think there's any way to legislate Maynard's action, a mostly vertical smother, as dangerous, unlike the bump and dangerous tackles. An unreasonable smother attempt where there is significant forward movement and momentum could already be punished, maybe they make a change for that to be more clear.

Before they outlaw Bruzzy's smother they'd surely have to ban the flying knee to the back of the head as part of a marking contest. Far more "careless" and far easier to avoid. And when they do that the game really will be on the way out.

 

[Pistol Night]

How well does he fit the stereotype?

Under Carlton flog in the dictionary there's a photo of this pencil head

 

[Grapie]

I had no doubt that the AFL would not lodge an appeal. They had no chance of success. Possibly even more importantly, I believe there is strong chance that the AFL received legal advice if they continued to pursue Maynard without any real justification, and he suffered psychological harm as a consequence, they could be sued basically for “malicious prosecution”. After all, initially the vast majority of ex footballers said there was no care to answer, Stewart the person responsible for deciding if there was a case to answer apparently decided in the negative, and the Tribunal was very strong in rejecting the AFL’s case. Or put another way, the AFL’s witch-hunt against Maynard for political purposes, associated with proving how strong they are in protecting the head for both PR and legal reasons, had run its course.

 

[Rorzza]

The only winner out of all of this was CFC, apart from the ex prez, handled with aplomb! Big tick for Writty and club!

 

[3rdMan]

Before they outlaw Bruzzy's smother they'd surely have to ban the flying knee to the back of the head as part of a marking contest. Far more "careless" and far easier to avoid. And when they do that the game really will be on the way out.

Marking attempts are interesting, because they are already treated differently. As far as I understand there isn't any specific carve out, just that a marking attempt is almost always seen as a reasonable action no matter how clumsy or mistimed.

If they wanted to outlaw jumping for a smother they'd need to do that specifically, like they have for bumps and dangerous tackles. Don't see it happening, they'll leave it as unreasonable footy actions and Maynard's act will remain legal in my view.

 

[Scodog10]

I'm liking this due to the use of the phrase, 'heavens to betsy'.

It’s a nice throwback, but I did chuckle at the use of “windmilling our dicks” on the main board in reference to our collective euphoria over Maynard being cleared. Windmilling my dick might have to be added to the repertoire if we manage to go all the way this year!

 

[BillyElliott]

Now Shaun Smith is calling Maynard “thug” and the verdict “disgusting”

I’m getting tired of the constant digs on either the player or the club and it’s becoming fast distasteful and disrespectful.

Time people like Smith, Schofield and H. Brayshaw etc started pulling what’s left of their heads in.

All these outbursts by Smith, Hamish, etc would have to be making things pretty awkward at the MFC with so many Maynard links to the club, wouldn't it?

His brother, Corey played there & is friends with many players. Corey's gf plays for Dee's AFLW team. Bruzzy's Dad works for Casey FC as their GM & is an ex Dee's player.

Funny how the media is portraying the Brayshaw's as a big football family (not sure the relevance to this incidence) but arguably the Maynard's are also a big football family.. with more links to the MFC than the Brayshaw's!

 

[Pistol Night]

It’s a nice throwback, but I did chuckle at the use of “windmilling our dicks” on the main board in reference to our collective euphoria over Maynard being cleared. Windmilling my dick might have to be added to the repertoire if we manage to go all the way this year!

I was just proud that someone thought mine was big enough to windmill

 

[Scodog10]

Marking attempts are interesting, because they are already treated differently. As far as I understand there isn't any specific carve out, just that a marking attempt is almost always seen as a reasonable action no matter how clumsy or mistimed.

If they wanted to outlaw jumping for a smother they'd need to do that specifically, like they have for bumps and dangerous tackles. Don't see it happening, they'll leave it as unreasonable footy actions and Maynard's act will remain legal in my view.

By reasonable action are you referencing a free kick or reportable offence? The thankfully rarely used extended leg rule does fit into that box if in reference to a free kick.

 

[Scodog10]

I was just proud that someone thought mine was big enough to windmill

It was a proud moment for all Collingwood fans with that appendage

 

[sideswipe]

I was just proud that someone thought mine was big enough to windmill

You can windmill anything.

 

[live fast pieyoung]

Marking attempts are interesting, because they are already treated differently. As far as I understand there isn't any specific carve out, just that a marking attempt is almost always seen as a reasonable action no matter how clumsy or mistimed.

If they wanted to outlaw jumping for a smother they'd need to do that specifically, like they have for bumps and dangerous tackles. Don't see it happening, they'll leave it as unreasonable footy actions and Maynard's act will remain legal in my view.

they should make a distinction for plays at the man (tackles, bumps) and plays at the ball (loose ball, smother, marks). Different duty of care because one is a positive action on the player by definition, and the other incidental by definition.

 

[3rdMan]

By reasonable action are you referencing a free kick or reportable offence? The thankfully rarely used extended leg rule does fit into that box if in reference to a free kick.

Report. Extending of the leg when marking is a another good example for what they'd need to do to outlaw some smothers if they needed to - don't think it's possible to outlaw Maynard's specific one. I don't think any change is needed and that unreasonable action is enough to catch any dangerous smothers.

 

[Bramax]

Cheeseboards at 10 yards you mean?

Glass of Shiraz to the face.

 

[Bramax]

How well does he fit the stereotype?

Yet another example of the consequences of an obvious head injury. Poor guy.