News Glen Bartlett launches legal action against MFC's Kate Roffey and other club officials; "Appeasement" over Goodwin's behaviour; Tissue required...

[Devington]

Was Goodwin the coach that was rumored to have a drinking and gambling problem a couple of years back? Or was that Bevo? Or both?

Anyway, interesting allegations but he does come across as a bit precious. Gil trying to get out of a photo and people not holding the lift for him... for heavens sake. Almost comes across like he's had some type of breakdown and is blaming people for it, but he also wouldn't be the first person to have a legitimate claim and then dress it up with a bunch of superfluous nonsense.

 

[Pure_Ownage]

Drug testing employees who aren't players seems like total overreach and an unnecessary invasion of privacy.

Thats not the relevant part though. The afl response is and its damning.

 

[Chief]

Shit is gonna get blown WIDE OPEN.

 

[Sumwun]

Drug testing employees who aren't players seems like total overreach and an unnecessary invasion of privacy.

I'm sure the players also think it's an invasion of privacy. However, if the players have to get tested, then management should get tested as well.

 

[Buzz Hawk]

In my industry there is no mandatory drug or alcohol testing but if there is the slightest suspicion you are under the influence of anything they’ll ask you to sit in a room by yourself while they call the people in to drug and alcohol test you.
Never happened to me of course.

 

[Bluelegs]

I'm sure the players also think it's an invasion of privacy. However, if the players have to get tested, then management should get tested as well.

As I've said, I don't think either should be tested for illicit substances on the basis of any illicit drug policy. Players must get tested for banned substances to participate in the sport.

 

[Bluelegs]

Thats not the relevant part though. The afl response is and its damning.

It's all conjecture at this stage. I find a lot of Bartlett's claims quite dubious. He's essentially alleging he lost his job and was frozen out of the league for a suggestion. The AFL could have simply just 'taken it under consideration' and quietly buried it.

 

[ITCHY EYEBALLS]

Sorrento Pub is frequented by many Demons ( and other club players) over the summer period, and I’ve seen Goodwin there many times having a drink and socialising. Nothing wrong with any of that. What an absolute beat up.
BTW I’ve also seen Gill stagger out of there shitfaced after the Portsea Polo one year.
If he’s raising concerns about Goodwin, perhaps he needs to analyse his own behaviour….. what a flog.

 

[GWT6]

Bartlett sounds like a bitter, petty man. He missed out on being part of Melbourne's first flag in 60s years and now he is out for revenge.

I have heard a certain other coach of a recent Victorian premiership club has also had gambling and alcohol issues, but that club stood by their man, which I find refreshing.

I have no doubt the majority of footy fans will back Goodwin in (as they should)

Why should we back him?

 

[Elmer_Judd]

Why should we back him?

I see why not, given his success rate as coach at the Dees.

Quite Frankly I would forgive Vossy if he did a Hansie Cronje or other such scandals (ish) if he coached Carlton to a flag..

As a Boston Celtics fan, i am still bitter we sacked our last coach Ime Udoka, cause he couldn't control his boner and have affairs with a very influential wife of an high up executive at the club (we replaced him with a young dud in Joe Mazzulla)

As long as the MFC/Dees players are not unduly influenced or affected by Goodwin's alleged indiscretions, what is the problem ?.

Caro Wilson just spent the whole pre season with sanctimonious lectures about Al Clarkson and his supposed bad behaviour, which would have made Helen Lovejoy and Ned Flanders cringe in embarrassment.

There will always be flawed/imperfect coaches and players in footy..

I say let bygones be bygones and let the good times roll..

The fact footy identities are now supposed to be held up to greater moral scruples and behaviour than our politicians really annoys me.

 

[Forever North]

The guy is a bitter old fool. AFL clubs are highly charged environments full of arrogance, ego’s and young men full of testosterone and plenty of cash. It’s not some government department that has wellness and yoga classes every Thursday afternoon.

 

[mattyc25]

It happens in many industries though

No it doesn’t. Hair testing is very, very rare. Urine testing used to be common but becoming less so, mouth swabs are the most typical today.

 

[PrinceCharles]

I see why not, given his success rate as coach at the Dees.

Quite Frankly I would forgive Vossy if he did a Hansie Cronje or other such scandals (ish) if he coached Carlton to a flag..

As a Boston Celtics fan, i am still bitter we sacked our last coach Ime Udoka, cause he couldn't control his boner and have affairs with a very influential wife of an high up executive at the club (we replaced him with a young dud in Joe Mazzulla)

As long as the MFC/Dees players are not unduly influenced or affected by Goodwin's alleged indiscretions, what is the problem ?.

Caro Wilson just spent the whole pre season with sanctimonious lectures about Al Clarkson and his supposed bad behaviour, which would have made Helen Lovejoy and Ned Flanders cringe in embarrassment.

There will always be flawed/imperfect coaches and players in footy..

I say let bygones be bygones and let the good times roll..

The fact footy identities are now supposed to be held up to greater moral scruples and behaviour than our politicians really annoys me.

No one cares.

 

[Lavender Bushranger]

It’s not some government department that has wellness and yoga classes every Thursday afternoon.

I think they actually do these days

 

[Consolaçao]

I kind of think yes and no.

But if you're overseeing the training and well being of a bunch of people including teenagers and early 20's kids, you need to hold yourself to a higher standard and maybe the AFL needs to oversee things a bit more.

Hmm, yeah.
Why don’t the Federal Government just administer a national drug testing regime? No need for it to be limited to football, right? I mean we’re all overseeing the development of young people in one way or another aren’t we? Most of us are either parents, uncles and aunties, managers and mentors.

 

[00Stinger]

So footballers operate machinery, etc and could possibly kill an opponent?

When you have that sort of divide, you potentially harness cultural unrest

An organisation has a duty of care to all employees. Imagine a coach high on a substance, thrashing his players on the track, leading to injury

A premiership winning culture?

 

[Arr0w]

A premiership winning culture?

Separate yourself from it being your club, as I am sure your views would be different if it was another club

 

[00Stinger]

Separate yourself from it being your club, as I am sure your views would be different if it was another club

A bitter ex president that was booted from the club. Then goes to watch said team at the end of the year in the grand final and makes a big hoo har about how he wasn't invited into the change rooms to celebrate with the players? Sounds a bit like a jilted ex to me

The accusation of a coach not being allowed to go to a pub and have a few beers and a couple of bets with the players is astonishing to me. Team building and bonding not allowed? And I've been in the corporate world world almost 20 years and seen teams function better when the coach/boss comes across as one of the guys, makes the tough conversations a bit easier

As for drug testing the administration, why would would one club allow itself to go through that if the rest of the league didn't have too? No way 90% of people would accept that, even if they didn't have anything to worry about

His mrs tried to commit suicide on the night of the preliminary final but then he still ants to attend a match the following fortnight.......Not something I would probably be doing if I was in that situation

For what ever reason the club is united as a whole now he is gone

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Goody and the good gear

 

[Arr0w]

A bitter ex president that was booted from the club. Then goes to watch said team at the end of the year in the grand final and makes a big hoo har about how he wasn't invited into the change rooms to celebrate with the players? Sounds a bit like a jilted ex to me

We don't know all the facts, but it's strange that they stopped him entering the change rooms. Did they take the same stance with all ex players and administrators?

The accusation of a coach not being allowed to go to a pub and have a few beers and a couple of bets with the players is astonishing to me. Team building and bonding not allowed?

Poor if true, I agree, everyone coming together at the same level can create strong bonds and culture, as long as people aren't stepping too far outside of exceptable behaviours

And I've been in the corporate world world almost 20 years and seen teams function better when the coach/boss comes across as one of the guys, makes the tough conversations a bit easier

Seems like I am older, as I have been part of the corporate world just shy of 40 years. Techniques have changed dramatically, but nothing wrong with old school bonding sessions, but one size doesn't fit all

As for drug testing the administration, why would would one club allow itself to go through that if the rest of the league didn't have too? No way 90% of people would accept that, even if they didn't have anything to worry about

This is the concerning attitude. Great organisations, have no fear of being visionaries, or embracing new methods.

If there was drug issues, why not embrace a testing process, a blanket procedure to stop illegal activities?

Why would the club, lean on the AFL to conceal those activities?

His mrs tried to commit suicide on the night of the preliminary final but then he still ants to attend a match the following fortnight.......Not something I would probably be doing if I was in that situation

Let's not pass judgement, we have no idea of the circumstances or the level of support that was put in place

For what ever reason the club is united as a whole now he is gone

That's great, but it doesn't absolve an organisation of past poor behaviours.

On the flip side, I wouldn't have gone public unless it was necessary to expose any wrong doing by the club or to an individual

 

[ferball]

It happens in many industries though

Yes and most of the time its an over reach and an invasion of privacy.

 

[ferball]

The fact footy identities are now supposed to be held up to greater moral scruples and behaviour than our politicians really annoys me.

Same here.

They're footballers ffs, not jeebus.

 

[Chadwiko]

Everyone who has worked in media/football in SA knows about Goodwin and his drinking and "recreational" activities. It's been a long, long pattern of behaviour that has never really changed.

This famous story back from 2005 sort of glosses over the fact that this incident happened at like 10am in the morning, Goodwin was ****ing blasted and had clearly been awake for a long-ass time on a massive bender.

Adelaide Crows AFL midfielder Simon Goodwin

Simon Goodwin

Age

47

Ht

185cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

20.9

5star

K

12.1

4star

HB

8.8

5star

M

4.0

4star

T

2.5

4star

No current season stats available

D

9.4

3star

K

7.2

3star

HB

2.2

2star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.2

4star

has apologised following allegations he threatened to kill a photographer.
The Adelaide Football Club has denied the claim but conceded the star player told the photographer: "If you use those photos, I will punch your lights out".
Goodwin and other Crows members were drinking at a city hotel morning when a photographer from Adelaide's Advertiser newspaper started taking their photos.

The newspaper said Goodwin approached photographer Tait Schmaal and told him: "If you run any photos, I'll f***ing kill you".
The paper reported that Goodwin then pushed Schmaal against a wall and pressed his forearm against Schmaal's throat, threatening: "You're f***ed if you run this".


The paper, which dedicated four pages to the incident on Friday, said Schmaal had not entered the hotel but remained on the public footpath at all times.
In a statement posted on the Adelaide Football Club's website, chief executive officer Steven Trigg said Goodwin realised what he did was wrong and had since spoken to Schmaal and apologised.

 

[Rusty Brookes]

I don't even understand why he is suing. He tried bringing in a policy at club level that was rejected by his board and then quit. Somehow that's the club, the AFL and Channel 9's fault. If there were issues with Goodwin's behaviour - well, that was the club president's job to sort it out. You take the coach aside and explain this is what we expect of you as senior coach. You screw up and we give you the boot. Make it clear of what is expected and the ramifications of not adhering to the expectation. The vague reference to serious behavioural issues means nothing unless we know what that actually means.

As for the all of the negative media stuff he's claiming, this is the first time I've ever heard of the guy.

 

[Power Raid]

Drug testing employees who aren't players seems like total overreach and an unnecessary invasion of privacy.

Completely acceptable and more important absolutely required

In a mining company the risk is drugs vs trucks and heavy machinery. but you can't have the bosses in the head office leading one lifestyle and enforcing another onto workers for a variety of reasons including fairness, culture and enforcement of policy (please refer criminal negligence concepts for further detail)

One in all in.