Re: AFLW 2019 Rd 1: Carlton vs North Melbourne
Reply #27 –
I don't get the willingness to accept mediocrity as a price for being a good citizen.
I realise things like mental health are now a big issue with players, but if you want to be a good citizen forget chasing success, it's the Kents who will dominate the top of the ladder in both AFL and AFLW.
Anyway, no matter how well we behave the Kents and the AFL media still point the finger at us and laugh doing so, so why bother? We might as well get in, get dirty, feck up their day and get back to winning ugly!
I reckon that if there is a semblance of that in our AFL playing group that The Terrier will tear it to pieces. Good.
I'd trust Harf to know what to do with our AFLW group to get them back on track.
I don't think there is any correlation between mental health issues and being a 'good citizen'. Plenty of folks dealing with anxiety disorders, depression and so on who are ruthless in their craft. I get your point but let's no confuse good management of a mental illness with mollycoddling.