Vale Peter Roebuck

[damochandler]

i'll probably get a card for this. but anyone else find it odd that the police say he jumped. when they were in the room. it just seems a bit odd

 

[fairdinkum]

That and the obvious other issue on the table.

Quite a number of posts in this thread have gone something like 'I didn't mind him too much until his articles about Ponting/the Sydney Test'. Those are the posts to which I have referred.

 

[happy punter]

i'll probably get a card for this. but anyone else find it odd that the police say he jumped. when they were in the room. it just seems a bit odd

Nothing odd about it if you take into account Roebuck's past...

Confirmed now that the police were questioning him about an sexual assault allegation of a 26 year old man prior to his jumping.

 

[Drummond]

Was absolutely shocked when I heard this.

I never liked Roebuck, and that was before all the stuff he wrote during that Indian series which was the tip of the iceberg for me.

Being a high profile guy, with a lot to lose, for him to jump from the 6th floor of his building, he must have done something very wrong. Obviously the news of what he’d done coming out was too much for him to handle.

Crazy how this can happen. He was just on air a few days prior, had just written another article, and then this. Wow.

 

[CamTinley]

says he was found in his hotel room, then says somewhere else he jumped off the 6th story.

police could have been checking on his welfare for all we know.

Already we are being fed crap. Who reported that he died in his room ? The police ?? There's a bit more to this story I think.

 

[Ant_]

Already we are being fed crap. Who reported that he died in his room ? The police ?? There's a bit more to this story I think.

He jumped with Police in the room

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-11-15/maxwell-details-roebucks-final-moments/3666356/?site=newcastle

 

[Mego Red]

Was absolutely shocked when I heard this.

I never liked Roebuck, and that was before all the stuff he wrote during that Indian series which was the tip of the iceberg for me.

Being a high profile guy, with a lot to lose, for him to jump from the 6th floor of his building, he must have done something very wrong. Obviously the news of what he’d done coming out was too much for him to handle.

Crazy how this can happen. He was just on air a few days prior, had just written another article, and then this. Wow.

You don't know that he did something wrong. But you can assume he was about to be accused of something and didn't want the infamy of having to face those charges.

 

[Drummond]

You don't know that he did something wrong. But you can assume he was about to be accused of something and didn't want the infamy of having to face those charges.

If he jumped, I'm assuming the charges were not only serious, but true. He jumped out of a freaking window.

 

[frankrizzo]

edit...

 

[Andrew Mc]

If he jumped, I'm assuming the charges were not only serious, but true. He jumped out of a freaking window.

Well, we can only assume he jumped...

 

[new breed]

Pretty good article in the Sydney Morning herald .

http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket...-that-is-all-i-can-assume-20111114-1nfmw.html



Sums it all up really , an unfortunate incident from a brain snap / Panic attack , over worry of similar conseqences he experienced from an incident years before .

All Up pretty Sad

 

[iluvparis]

Reading through this thread has confirmed my previous thoughts that if I was ever doing job interviews a great question to ask a potential employee would be a) if they were a cricket fan and b) their view of Peter Roebuck.

If they responded with anything like - idiot, pommy ****, who uses flowerly language and has no idea on the game, is anti-Australian etc etc - then they would be instantly shown the door.

Given some of the views put forward on this thread I think it would be a great first screening process.

 

[Bombers 2003]

Yes
very sad and unfortunate death

 

[smoovy]

How must Jim Maxwell feel. Since the last summer he's had one colleague attempt or at the very least contemplate suicide and another jump off 6 floors.

 

[fairdinkum]

How must Jim Maxwell feel. Since the last summer he's had one colleague attempt or at the very least contemplate suicide and another jump off 6 floors.

Who was the other guy?

 

[smoovy]

Who was the other guy?

Glen Mitchell

 

[CharacterFirst]

Never liked him to be honest. Was good early on then rapidly became full of himself. It's one thing to write eloquently but he'd do it at the expense of a good article.

I'm sure there will be more information to come on this.

We don't always agree Partridge, but we are close on this one.

Perhaps his writing suffered as his life spiraled further into blackness?

 

[dugrene]

Reading through this thread has confirmed my previous thoughts that if I was ever doing job interviews a great question to ask a potential employee would be a) if they were a cricket fan and b) their view of Peter Roebuck.

If they responded with anything like - idiot, pommy ****, who uses flowerly language and has no idea on the game, is anti-Australian etc etc - then they would be instantly shown the door.

Given some of the views put forward on this thread I think it would be a great first screening process.

Que ?
Sorry....
There is nothing I can highlight to resemble any or all unintentional or intentional random feelings I'd likely be able to explain to my next prospective employer.
My wife and I after our last bathroom renovation, and now we are older have also thought of a different type of screening.

Do adopted boys count... wht if he doesnt like girls

I am looking forward to fixing my screening processes.

 

[XFactor1979]

Glen Mitchell

Even though things are proxy over there at the abc and they make it an impersonable environment, the ABC gets a fair bit of drama

 

[Partridge]

We don't always agree Partridge, but we are close on this one.

Perhaps his writing suffered as his life spiraled further into blackness?

Yeah he could write, no doubt at all, but I thought he wrote to a certain style rather than what would serve the article better.

For what it's worth I actually like journalists who are game to criticise players, most of them won't for fear of losing their job. Been like that since the days of Simpson being in charge.

 

[King Elvis]

I agree, but there is a difference between valid criticism, and being vindictive.

 

[beatnik]

I was furious with one P Roebuck at the time for his grossly one-eyed take on that whole Indian summer but I'm disappointed to hear the spiteful vitriol on here and elsewhere all but condemning him to death without established facts

I can't believe that some people can't separate an annoying occurrence in a sport/hobby several years ago from what now amounts to a tragic loss of life, however you look at it

The fact that I raged at his coverage at the time does not blind me to his strengths as a cricket analyst and neither does all the sordid innuendo which many are indulging in after his death

I'll wait until the facts are sorted and verified before I make any moral judgements, if i make any at all

It's a sad reflection on the anonymously nasty keyboard warrior culture that small and petty minds seek to make themselves feel bigger by making sweeping and ill-considered statements with no understanding of or respect for the presumption of innocence or a level of respect for the dead or their loved ones

I agree there's no need to try to deify him but there's no excuse either for demonising him with unproven supposition and slander...shame on you, you dirty little grubs

I hope anyone reading this thread feeling helpless or without hope does not make the same decision as Peter did - there are other avenues and help available for anyone considering hurting themselves or others

Life is precious, rest in peace Peter Roebuck

 

[sherb]

I was furious with one P Roebuck at the time for his grossly one-eyed take on that whole Indian summer but I'm disappointed to hear the spiteful vitriol on here and elsewhere all but condemning him to death without established facts

I can't believe that some people can't separate an annoying occurrence in a sport/hobby several years ago from what now amounts to a tragic loss of life, however you look at it

The fact that I raged at his coverage at the time does not blind me to his strengths as a cricket analyst and neither does all the sordid innuendo which many are indulging in after his death

I'll wait until the facts are sorted and verified before I make any moral judgements, if i make any at all

It's a sad reflection on the anonymously nasty keyboard warrior culture that small and petty minds seek to make themselves feel bigger by making sweeping and ill-considered statements with no understanding of or respect for the presumption of innocence or a level of respect for the dead or their loved ones

I agree there's no need to try to deify him but there's no excuse either for demonising him with unproven supposition and slander...shame on you, you dirty little grubs

I hope anyone reading this thread feeling helpless or without hope does not make the same decision as Peter did - there are other avenues and help available for anyone considering hurting themselves or others

Life is precious, rest in peace Peter Roebuck

 

[glenferry23]

I was furious with one P Roebuck at the time for his grossly one-eyed take on that whole Indian summer but I'm disappointed to hear the spiteful vitriol on here and elsewhere all but condemning him to death without established facts

I can't believe that some people can't separate an annoying occurrence in a sport/hobby several years ago from what now amounts to a tragic loss of life, however you look at it

The fact that I raged at his coverage at the time does not blind me to his strengths as a cricket analyst and neither does all the sordid innuendo which many are indulging in after his death

I'll wait until the facts are sorted and verified before I make any moral judgements, if i make any at all

It's a sad reflection on the anonymously nasty keyboard warrior culture that small and petty minds seek to make themselves feel bigger by making sweeping and ill-considered statements with no understanding of or respect for the presumption of innocence or a level of respect for the dead or their loved ones

I agree there's no need to try to deify him but there's no excuse either for demonising him with unproven supposition and slander...shame on you, you dirty little grubs

I hope anyone reading this thread feeling helpless or without hope does not make the same decision as Peter did - there are other avenues and help available for anyone considering hurting themselves or others

Life is precious, rest in peace Peter Roebuck

Superb post

 

[Outshined]

Fwiw...
http://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/cr...ied-to-groom-him/story-e6frg26c-1226197871819