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Club Legend
- Oct 13, 2017
- 2,270
- 2,101
- AFL Club
- Geelong
- Banned
- #1
Gee, those in cricket must be pretty forgiving, or at least, they are when it involves their "golden child".
I have seen a lot more ads lately pop up, promoting Steve Smith as a hero, and the media talk about him like a hero and a great captain.
Did I dream "Tampergate"? Did I imagine it?
It is like nothing ever happened.
The cricket media LOVE Steve Smith. They talk about him in Bradman terms, and think he is a champion bloke and captain. They acted like he could do no wrong.
Except that he did.
He knowingly didn't step in and stop Tampergate from happening. As captain, he should have taken responsibility.
Also, if he wasn't responsible, then why did he get 12 months, and I didn't hear all his fans saying that he was hard done by. He had let the country down, and failed as a captain.
Now, I am not one to say that Smith should be banned forever. I have no problems with the accolades he gets when he hits hundreds.
But I think things should not be the same. The over-the-top gushing should stop, and watered-down to respect for him as a great player.
And he should NEVER be captain again. He had his chance, and blew it. This isn't some minor thing, it was the biggest scandal since the Underarm Bowling, and I don't remember Greg Chappell getting off the hook with people as easily.
What bothers me is that people act like nothing has changed. It has, forever. This has put an indelible black mark on his legacy.
If the unpopular Michael Clarke did this as captain, there would be a lynch mob, and he would never be allowed to forget it.
People would say "I knew it! I knew there was something off about Clarke! The tattoos, the earrings, the fancy car, the model girlfriend. I knew behind it all, there was something more sinister".
But because it is media darling Steve Smith, who the media pushed for as captain, even though he hadn't paid his dues, and because Smith speaks everytime a microphone is shoved in his face, he gets forgiven too quickly. Just because he looks like a little boy doesn't mean that what he did should be dismissed as impish and cheeky, rather than the massive breach in trust and integrity that it was.
Praise Steve Smith as a brilliant batsman. That hasn't changed. He is probably also a good team-man. But he was a poor captain to allow this to happen, and while we should all forgive, we shouldn't forget, and when considering the next captain, he shouldn't be looked at, and the media need to cool their jets getting excited about him, and saying what a great human being he is. he let us all down, and he should be made to earn back our trust and respect, not just have it handed back like nothing happened.
I have seen a lot more ads lately pop up, promoting Steve Smith as a hero, and the media talk about him like a hero and a great captain.
Did I dream "Tampergate"? Did I imagine it?
It is like nothing ever happened.
The cricket media LOVE Steve Smith. They talk about him in Bradman terms, and think he is a champion bloke and captain. They acted like he could do no wrong.
Except that he did.
He knowingly didn't step in and stop Tampergate from happening. As captain, he should have taken responsibility.
Also, if he wasn't responsible, then why did he get 12 months, and I didn't hear all his fans saying that he was hard done by. He had let the country down, and failed as a captain.
Now, I am not one to say that Smith should be banned forever. I have no problems with the accolades he gets when he hits hundreds.
But I think things should not be the same. The over-the-top gushing should stop, and watered-down to respect for him as a great player.
And he should NEVER be captain again. He had his chance, and blew it. This isn't some minor thing, it was the biggest scandal since the Underarm Bowling, and I don't remember Greg Chappell getting off the hook with people as easily.
What bothers me is that people act like nothing has changed. It has, forever. This has put an indelible black mark on his legacy.
If the unpopular Michael Clarke did this as captain, there would be a lynch mob, and he would never be allowed to forget it.
People would say "I knew it! I knew there was something off about Clarke! The tattoos, the earrings, the fancy car, the model girlfriend. I knew behind it all, there was something more sinister".
But because it is media darling Steve Smith, who the media pushed for as captain, even though he hadn't paid his dues, and because Smith speaks everytime a microphone is shoved in his face, he gets forgiven too quickly. Just because he looks like a little boy doesn't mean that what he did should be dismissed as impish and cheeky, rather than the massive breach in trust and integrity that it was.
Praise Steve Smith as a brilliant batsman. That hasn't changed. He is probably also a good team-man. But he was a poor captain to allow this to happen, and while we should all forgive, we shouldn't forget, and when considering the next captain, he shouldn't be looked at, and the media need to cool their jets getting excited about him, and saying what a great human being he is. he let us all down, and he should be made to earn back our trust and respect, not just have it handed back like nothing happened.