Geelong Cats confident in management of Bailey Smith’s behaviour after Mad Monday posts
Cats made a statement last Wednesday after Smith received recoil for social media mission, sexist and homophobic two days ago.
The problem came after Smith abused a female photographer in education before the club’s pre -final.
Then, two days after losing the Grand Final, Smith published a photo of his teammate Max Holmes. Age Football journalist Caroline Wilson. Later, an aggressive emoji was accompanied by the subtitle of Smith.
Bailey Smith and cats Captain Patrick Dangerfield.Credit: AFL Photos through Getty Images
In a column for this Masthead, Wilson condemned Smith’s behavior and described the reaction of cats as “painful .. He also reported that Kilit Geelong officials did not know where Smith was between the best and most fair count of the best and the most fair count on Monday and Thursday.
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“This is not an example of a professional anger. Drave Smith, the media or AFL’nin other parts of the women working in other parts of women with strong insulting and such a sexist message,” he wrote.
Smith also published a photo of Patrick Dangerfield, who was dressed like a cowboy with a subtitle condemned by members of the LBGTQ community.
On Monday, Mackie admitted that the club was not perfect, saying that players would be more trained about what is acceptable.
When asked about the report that the club was sure of Smith’s management and that the club was not aware that it was found after Monday, he said:
“Really confident. Yes, really confident. No, they were not all real. I was aware of what he was doing. But as I said, I am interested in Bailey. But this year is a real success story for the game. As I said, we are not all perfect.
Mackie asked how cats manage Smith again, “It is not our style to communicate with the media about how we talked to our players and we are working on these things.”
Disappointed cats are watching the great finals in Brisbane after they have lost their presentation to Brisbane.Credit: Getty Images
Smith came third in the club’s best and most fair, Brownlow Medal, and won the All-Avustralia election on a bright return from knee construction. He also retrospectively last year that mental health wars led him to voluntarily accept EPWorth’s mental health facility for a month.
However, a series of events containing Smith led to questions about how cats handled it from the field.
AFL’s Football Performance General Manager Greg Swann told ABC Radio that he did not think that the issue was completely solved.
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Swann, “I don’t think it’s over yet.
Geelong’s captain Dangerfield apologized to the best and most fair count of the club on Thursday night, and admitted that the players normally misunderstood in a light -hearted celebration.
“We’re not perfect, Mack Mackie said. “We don’t stop here and we don’t behave like that. When you have a game list and staff like us, there is no finished product. As a club, we continue as a club, we continue as it should be. We are not different. [wouldn’t]. But we can only learn [and] Educate our players and people from here. “
