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Jayden might have some things to blame for in this
But he is barely older than a teenager - and if our player contracts were as tight as they should be - he should forfeit any future salary
Our much older and experienced professional coaches, selectors and welfare personnel - all on the Western Bulldog payroll - are to some extent even if minimal accountable for this
The teenager can not and should not have all the responsibility placed at his feet
We (Western Bulldogs) pay people to provide "checks and balances" to sort this kind of stuff
Maybe it was he (Jayden) is a "rogue" but then again maybe our people failed to do some things
It needs to be investigated and reviewed - and until a finding is made, any posts here supporting or not supporting the club or Jayden are purely speculative.
If a review is considered necessary I doubt it would ever be made public.
I think I know what you are driving at acker, but why, earlier in your post, do you speculate that certain parties may be (at least partly) to blame?
So little known, yet so many people ready to cast judgement or start a whisper. (And that's not particularly aimed at you, acker)
The only statement I've heard on this whole saga that seems to have any factual credibility (apart from the club's brief press statement) is from Schofield's management which said something to the effect of the WB having provided fantastic support to the player. I find that gratifying and we should give some credit to the club for that.
If he's dealing with some problems (whatever sort they may be) then I wish him well, and the strength, time and space to deal with them.
My only interests as a supporter are
(1) disappointment we have lost a promising young talent, seemingly for keeps,
(2) whether our investment in him will have to be written off or can we recoup something from it? (eg is he a chance to come back in a year or so? If he goes to another AFL club will we get any compensation?)
(3) the point I think acker was trying to make - are there any lessons we can learn from this to improve our future recruiting /player management or is it just something that was beyond our reasonable control?
Beyond those questions his personal circumstances are none of our business.