The Jamarra Thread

[Sharkey66]

I'm kind of getting the feeling that Jamarra doesn't think he has an issue, and its all on the club for not letting him play.
Correct me if I'm wrong but i cannot recall him ever acknowledging having mental health issues.
Even that doorstop interview he did earlier in the season seems to reflect this.

 

[The Inbetweener]

I’m really interested by his dad’s comment if it’s directed at Bevo. I’d love to know what their narrative is. Seems pretty inexcusable from the outside

 

[Westerndog11]

I’m really interested by his dad’s comment if it’s directed at Bevo. I’d love to know what their narrative is. Seems pretty inexcusable from the outside

It was posted before Bevos interview, more in relation to Riewoldts comments.

 

[The Inbetweener]

It was posted before Bevos interview, more in relation to Riewoldts comments.

Great thanks for clarifying.

 

[Angak]

I'm kind of getting the feeling that Jamarra doesn't think he has an issue, and its all on the club for not letting him play.
Correct me if I'm wrong but i cannot recall him ever acknowledging having mental health issues.
Even that doorstop interview he did earlier in the season seems to reflect this.

Listen to the interview he did before the Indigenous All-Stars game and tell me—does he sound like someone who thinks he has mental health issues? He even says this is the happiest he’s ever been we've been taken for a ride

 

[maddog37]

Club wants him placed on long term injury list so we can use spot in mid season draft.

 

[cherrypie]

In Jamarra’s mind he’s probably thinking he’s having a great time doing what he wants and getting paid a fortune for it. Clearly the club have done everything they can but he hasn’t sufferered any real consequences because that’s not something our club can do without AFL support.

In the real world, if you didn’t turn up or try, you’d be fired - in the footy world you’re rewarded with free paid leave.

 

[DiamondDogs8]

Club wants him placed on long term injury list so we can use spot in mid season draft.

Think that would be a fair outcome in the short term.

 

[Anja_Nees]

I’m really interested by his dad’s comment if it’s directed at Bevo. I’d love to know what their narrative is. Seems pretty inexcusable from the outside

In a sense it barely matters. The behaviour is plainly terrible and even if there are mitigating circumstances the club will eventually have to make a call on him if it continues.

It’s a disaster, and I hope the people around him know it and are trying to make sure he does too.

 

[Kermit]

I just find this whole thing very sad. For the club, for Marra, for the other players and for Marra’s family who are witnessing it. And for all the supporters of the club who only wanted the best for him. It’s just sad

 

[Anja_Nees]

In Jamarra’s mind he’s probably thinking he’s having a great time doing what he wants and getting paid a fortune for it. Clearly the club have done everything they can but he hasn’t sufferered any real consequences because that’s not something our club can do without AFL support.

In the real world, if you didn’t turn up or try, you’d be fired - in the footy world you’re rewarded with free paid leave.

I knew people who failed a year of uni because they were out on the piss for a year after school. Maybe he sees this as being similar.

In a sense it is quite similar, but whereas you can get back on track after a bad year of uni, an opportunity in the AFL is fleeting and he’s risking leaving millions behind long term. Very sad.

 

[Mantis Toboggan]

If it’s a mental health issue then he should be moved onto the long term injury list.

If not, he’s being a dick and not meeting his obligations.

It’s a messy situation, of course, but the AFL clearly need to do something here.

I think we should be able to delist him and he should be prohibited from joining another club for a year or two. If the AFL want to continue paying him for the remainder of his contract then that’s their prerogative.

 

[Hutchymundo]

Not sure if this has been covered, but speaking to a current day Adelaide player, I’m guessing players would have a good idea of what’s going on with other players from other clubs, was telling me yeah Marra was off the rails before the final last season for the whole week leading up to that final, apparently took no responsibility for it and continued it in the off season, also he’s new group of “mates” are a well known biker gang.
Players are well and truly over him to.
Just info I’ve been given.

 

[Anja_Nees]

Not sure if this has been covered, but speaking to a current day Adelaide player, I’m guessing players would have a good idea of what’s going on with other players from other clubs, was telling me yeah Marra was off the rails before the final last season for the whole week leading up to that final, apparently took no responsibility for it and continued it in the off season, also he’s new group of “mates” are a well known biker gang.
Players are well and truly over him to.
Just info I’ve been given.

I remember all that wishful thinking on the Essendon board in 2021 that they’d take him off our hands at the end of the year and I wish to Christ it had happened.

 

[JohnnySteel]

Putting him on the long term injury list would make sense if he is no chance on getting back / he isn’t able to train regularly. That way Marra can step away for the year & see where he is at in 2026.

 

[glenashley]

Ok. After watching bevos presse,r juh is never playing for us again....

 

[Optimistic Dog]

In Jamarra’s mind he’s probably thinking he’s having a great time doing what he wants and getting paid a fortune for it. Clearly the club have done everything they can but he hasn’t sufferered any real consequences because that’s not something our club can do without AFL support.

In the real world, if you didn’t turn up or try, you’d be fired - in the footy world you’re rewarded with free paid leave.

In some ways Jamarra reminds me of Bermard Tomic. Tomic thought he could do what he wanted party hard, plenty of cash, women fame and so called friends. Then in no time it was all over and the fame, cash, women and so called fiends were gone. Marra is doing the same.

 

[Doggy]

In some ways Jamarra reminds me of Bermard Tomic. Tomic thought he could do what he wanted party hard, plenty of cash, women fame and so called friends. Then in no time it was all over and the fame, cash, women and so called fiends were gone. Marra is doing the same.

Except Geelong are trying to get him for nix.

 

[Outback Footy]

I don't agree that we should receive compensation for this. The situation very much sucks, but it opens up a can of worms - what about players who end up with career ending injuries etc? The compensation is an extra list spot and salary space (assuming we're allowed to cut him early), everything else is sunk.

Agreed if he’s lost to the game. If he ever fronts up on another team we absolutely should be compensated.

 

[Unorth]

I’m not sure about the sacking approach.

He’s gone off the rails but still an asset that a number of clubs would fall over to get on the cheap, if there isn’t already a contract in place (Geelong or Sydney).

Acting emotionally and sacking him might feel good but doesn’t get us anywhere. It doesn’t send any messages. I would point to the fact that it’s what we did with Stringer - did that prevent any of the Hunter or Bailey Smith

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or Jamarra incidents? Nope. Because these are sometimes quite silly, cashed up, egotistical young men that won’t listen to reason.

The approach should be maximising whatever we can out of his value as an asset. we got lucky with Darcy as a father son, but losing Dunkley, Smith and Jamarra in short order is disastrous for any aspirations of climbing the ladder. We don’t get ready made A grade talent walking in, we have to source them from the draft…and keep them. Or get appropriate returns for big talents which will most likely not happen yet again.

It’s a bit like the talk of sending Smoth to the draft - a Pyrrhic victory. We can thump the chest while another club uses his talents for nothing.

My fear is we let Bevo do the decision making (as we usually do), and he’s a very emotional type. He won’t care about future returns. He cares about coaching the group he has now, and the impact Jamarra getting paid for nothing has on the team. Which is fine but it shouldn’t be his call.

 

[BulldogMuscle]

“Dogs will seek compensation pick if the AFL rip up his contract” - coming from my player manager mate

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

I'm kind of getting the feeling that Jamarra doesn't think he has an issue, and its all on the club for not letting him play.
Correct me if I'm wrong but i cannot recall him ever acknowledging having mental health issues.
Even that doorstop interview he did earlier in the season seems to reflect this.

Yet he doesn’t go to training or give any impression he is keen to mend fences and get back into the team.

I still can’t see him suddenly reversing his behaviour at another club. If he did, it would look as if he had issues with the Bulldogs, which so far we have seen no sign of.

 

[Norm De Guerre]

From the outside, its just sad watching a guy with immense talent flush his career down the shitter.

What's sadder is that he can sit back safe in the knowledge that he will still have plenty of suitors ready to have dangerous conversations. If he decides he actually wants it at just about any point in the future.

With Bevo exasperated but pointedly deliberate comments today it feels like the club hasn't yet burnt its bridges with JUH, but it is standing by with gasoline and matches just waiting for the bureaucracy at AFLHouse to give them the go ahead.

Ultimately the only loser in this situation is going to be the club that invested so heavily in him.

As this boards resident player management Pollyanna, if they're ready to move on from JUH, then so am I.

Either way, its pretty clear that the situation is being bought to a head by a club that is tired of a player who appears unwilling too buy into and fully commit to the life of a being professional athlete.

C'est la Vie. No player is bigger than the club.

 

[Mojorisin]

I believe the swans have taken their hat out of the ring after showing interest earlier in the season.

 

[Doggy]

I believe the swans have taken their hat out of the ring after showing interest earlier in the season.

No doubt Geelong will be showing the most interest. They are entitled to everyone.