Rumour Rumors of cat player in big trouble

[sam giancana]

Geelong would be doing exactly what the legal professionals and AFL tell them to do regarding the situation.

To lie??? You’re hilarious. A lawyer is not going to tell you to lie…especially when it will come out in a few months. Why didn’t they say he’s taking leave for personal reasons….because that would be a news story.

 

[PhatBoy]

Finger injury……..do I need to say more

What do you want us to say? He played a practice match with it strapped so in all likelihood he probably did actually have an injury.

We can’t make a statement about it. So what do we do mate - where is this magic guidebook entitled ‘how to deal with a rape case when you’re an AFL club but you aren’t legally allowed to talk about it, By Neil Balme’

Can you point me to it? Because I’d love to read it.

 

[tiger_tough]

As for the media, I'll add that I watch every Chris Scott presser in full. In the lead up to opening round and round 1, he was asked in depth about each player on our injury list (Guthrie, Mannagh, Kolodjashnij and others) and provided updates on how each was tracking. The status of the accused player has not once been asked about, despite him being a member of our best 22, and currently on the injury list with no timeframe.

It is very clear that the league, club and accredited media have a firm plan to ensure the suppression order is followed which at the end of the day will hopefully allow for a fair trial for the alleged victim (assuming it goes to trial).

If the rumors are true, it's a bit strange that he was allowed to play in the practice matches though, isn't it?

 

[PhatBoy]

To lie??? You’re hilarious. A lawyer is not going to tell you to lie…especially when it will come out in a few months. Why didn’t they say he’s taking leave for personal reasons….because that would be a news story.

Because it immediately prejudices the case and puts him in the spotlight: ‘why is Tanner Bruhn taking personal leave? Uh oh, something’s happened?’

It means the media virtually HAS to report on him.

You can’t be this naive surely

 

[7700]

I agree with the North fan, innocent until proven guilty.

My concern is that the clowns are already calling the accuser a "victim," it's as if they know something that we don't about this player that represents the Geelong football club?

Me, I'm always wary of the accusers in these cases because they know going in that they can accuse with impunity.

Let's just wait and see if the accuser can prove they were a victim I say.

 

[PhatBoy]

If the rumors are true, it's a bit strange that he was allowed to play in the practice matches though, isn't it?

He didn’t. He played in one of them.

 

[PhatBoy]

I agree with the North fan, innocent until proven guilty.

My concern is that the clowns are already calling the accuser a "victim," it's as if they know something that we don't about this player that represents the Geelong football club?

Me, I'm always wary of the accusers in these cases because they know going in that they can accuse with impunity.

Let's just wait and see if the accuser can prove they were a victim I say.

Fair point

 

[tiger_tough]

He didn’t. He played in one of them.

Then got injured. Bit odd.

 

[PhatBoy]

Then got injured. Bit odd.

Odd or not, does it matter? What is this big ‘gotcha’ you think you’re trying to prove? That you’re the 11 millionth person that’s realised he’s under investigation for a serious crime? Next you’ll work out what goes in sausages.


Ooh well done. Go Tigers

 

[tiger_tough]

Odd or not, does it matter? What is this big ‘gotcha’ you think you’re trying to prove? That you’re the 11 millionth person that’s realised he’s under investigation for a serious crime? Next you’ll work out what goes in sausages.


Ooh well done. Go Tigers

What is your deal, man? You don't need to make everything Geelong V Richmond. I'm just asking, if the rumors are true, why was said player allowed to play one practice match and cop a mysterious injury ever since, when the allegations were already known? Something doesn't add up.

It was a legit question, I'm not trying to prove anything. Hell of a chip on your shoulder.

 

[Partridge]

I'm going to go a bit more abstract here for a moment - it doesn't seem at all unreasonable that an AFL player feels like they have a privileged status. I'm sure that the fact that he has (even a relatively small) public profile & young & athletic basically guarantees footballers will often have relationships/interactions with a massive power imbalance.

The AFL is far from the only code to have seen the combination of those factors lead to players committing atrocious acts - criminal or otherwise. And if you look at statistics of the general population the rate of offending would suggest there are probably more than a few in the league that simply don't ever get caught. Who knows what club they play for? I doubt it would have anything to do with it.

Of course they do. Anyone who thinks that footballers (not all, but definitely some) don't think they're better than the common herd is absolutely kidding themselves. There are players like that at every club. Think about the combination of very fit, very competitive young men, way too much money, a good dose of fame, then add women and all the other enticements, of course some of them will think that.

That does not mean they think they have impunity to get away with crimes. But to deny that they imagine themselves above most mere mortals is delusional.

It's nothing to do with any one club either. Would happen everywhere.

 

[craffles]

Even before the named was leaked on the website.
everyone knew including the biggest media journo's, AFL media use BigFooty/Reddit

It's the casuals that may not have been aware.
His name was trending twitter/x last night and has been trending all day today.
If some people weren't aware of it, everyone is now.

Nobody uses twitter anymore except for RWNJ’s

 

[ShadowCat]

Then got injured. Bit odd.

What is your deal, man? You don't need to make everything Geelong V Richmond. I'm just asking, if the rumors are true, why was said player allowed to play one practice match and cop a mysterious injury ever since, when the allegations were already known? Something doesn't add up.

There's still plausible deniability, because his finger was in a splint, in a photo during training. Whether anyone believes it or not, is another story entirely.

Timeline re charges and practice matches:

Allegations brought up and player released with no charges - 24th October, 2024
Match Sim - 15th Feb, 2025
Article announcing charges brought against said player - 22nd Feb, 2025
Pre-season match where said player not included due to alleged finger injury - 25th Feb, 2025

So club played him in the first PS match, because nobody knew anything/they were just allegations at that point. Once charges were brought against player, player was 'injured' and not named in second match

Timeline works, and suggests no-one knew anything until article was dropped/journo announced they were dropping article to Geelong/AFL a few days prior (as usually happens).

People getting so up in arms over lying about an injury is a little soft though. Even if we did 'breach' that (as nearly every club does - see Max King being ready for Round 1 and suddenly now not ready for another 2 to 3 weeks), it's a fine from the AFL and we move on. Happens in NBA all the time. The real seriousness would be if we were to breach a suppression order, by leaking any notion that he may be guilty - on leave for personal issues being a damning look for a defendant.

It's a rock and a hard place, and I doubt anyone here has any idea what is true or not. We'll just have to wait until that time.

 

[PhatBoy]

What is your deal, man? You don't need to make everything Geelong V Richmond. I'm just asking, if the rumors are true, why was said player allowed to play one practice match and cop a mysterious injury ever since, when the allegations were already known? Something doesn't add up.

It was a legit question, I'm not trying to prove anything. Hell of a chip on your shoulder.

Mate read back through the thread.

 

[gambinotosserflog]

I'm going to go a bit more abstract here for a moment - it doesn't seem at all unreasonable that an AFL player feels like they have a privileged status. I'm sure that the fact that he has (even a relatively small) public profile & young & athletic basically guarantees footballers will often have relationships/interactions with a massive power imbalance.

The AFL is far from the only code to have seen the combination of those factors lead to players committing atrocious acts - criminal or otherwise. And if you look at statistics of the general population the rate of offending would suggest there are probably more than a few in the league that simply don't ever get caught. Who knows what club they play for? I doubt it would have anything to do with it.

To zoom back in and reflect on the current incident - I think you could absolute suggest that there would be an entitled/arrogant mindset. And that mindset belongs to the individual holding it, not their employer - if there are failures/gaps in the education that players are getting then by all means attack on that angle and hopefully it leads to improvements. But I think that's where the club angle ends.

There's only so much a club can do. Even as an onfield rival particularly the last 18 years, I have nothing but admiration for the Cats overall. They collectively took a good hard look at themselves in 2006, and it, along with a few other clubs, has been the benchmark.

 

[ShadowCat]

Mate read back through the thread.

He's actually being pretty reasonable, and I'd scale back a bit mate. Genuinely asking a question about what is a questionable circumstance - there's nothing wrong with that.

 

[gambinotosserflog]

I agree with the North fan, innocent until proven guilty.

My concern is that the clowns are already calling the accuser a "victim," it's as if they know something that we don't about this player that represents the Geelong football club?

Me, I'm always wary of the accusers in these cases because they know going in that they can accuse with impunity.

Let's just wait and see if the accuser can prove they were a victim I say.

This. The cultural narrative has gone too far now. We are told everyday by the media how awful and entitled men are by default, and that women are perpetual victims and do no wrong. I used to believe that as well when younger, but from life experience I have seen and heard about directly, hundreds if not thousands of incidents that show otherwise.

 

[PhatBoy]

He's actually being pretty reasonable, and I'd scale back a bit mate. Genuinely asking a question about what is a questionable circumstance - there's nothing wrong with that.

Which has been explained numerous times, though. And again, as many people have said: what is it that he expects us to do, and again, what is this huge ‘gotcha’ moment he thinks he has come up with?

 

[ShadowCat]

There's only so much a club can do. Even as an onfield rival particularly the last 18 years, I have nothing but admiration for the Cats overall. They collectively took a good hard look at themselves in 2006, and it, along with a few other clubs, has been the benchmark.

Something others haven't considered either, that has also bothered me a bit, is the fact that this may not have been a first time incident. There's nothing to say he didn't engage in this behaviour as a youth, and as a young AFL player in Sydney.

Comes from a privileged private school background, good looking kid, and seems very assured of himself. Incident only happened after he'd been in Geelong all of 5 months. Suggests behaviour that isn't new, and it's only now he's been caught.

All highly speculative comments I know, but, with the alleged nature of the crime, offenders aren't created overnight - there's usually a history of escalation.

 

[sam giancana]

Because it immediately prejudices the case and puts him in the spotlight: ‘why is Tanner Bruhn taking personal leave? Uh oh, something’s happened?’

It means the media virtually HAS to report on him.

You can’t be this naive surely

No problem, let’s lie and look silly down the track

 

[ShadowCat]

Which has been explained numerous times, though. And again, as many people have said: what is it that he expects us to do, and again, what is this huge ‘gotcha’ moment he thinks he has come up with?

I think it's more of a question of the timeline, which I explained above. He may not have been aware that he didn't participate in our second practice match, and only the match sim, which was prior to the charges being announced via the HS article.

tiger_tough is actually pretty reasonable in my experience. I think we should separate asking a question vs trolling for the sake of it because of hatred towards the club (even if it is the 100th time the question has been asked). Personally, I can't see anything wrong with what he's asked, or how he's asked it. Even his follow up was 'this isn't Geelong vs Richmond', so he's clearly not on that bandwagon either.

 

[ShadowCat]

No problem, let’s lie and look silly down the track

You need to stop. It has absolutely no relevance to the case at hand. Even if the club lied, it's a white lie at best - which as I've explained, pretty much every club does. It's a fine, and the world moves on. Prejudicing a case with the seriousness of these allegations is much, much more serious.

EDIT: Your entire posting history is just main board threads pissing and moaning about Geelong. Yet another Richmond alt. account. 'Rent free' as they say.

Reported and ignored.

 

[Strange Cat]

This thread really needs to be nuked imagine using such a serious incident to troll a opposition club

Really pathetic

 

[PhatBoy]

No problem, let’s lie and look silly down the track

How do you know they’ve lied? Again, before he was even charged, he was literally playing with his finger strapped. They’ve stayed silent on an issue since that they are legally ordered to stay silent on.

If I didn’t know better, I’d almost think they’re doing exactly what the legal system has ordered them to do.

 

[sam giancana]

Something others haven't considered either, that has also bothered me a bit, is the fact that this may not have been a first time incident. There's nothing to say he didn't engage in this behaviour as a youth, and as a young AFL player in Sydney.

Comes from a privileged private school background, good looking kid, and seems very assured of himself. Incident only happened after he'd been in Geelong all of 5 months. Suggests behaviour that isn't new, and it's only now he's been caught.

All highly speculative comments I know, but, with the alleged nature of the crime, offenders aren't created overnight - there's usually a history of escalation.

Look, let’s hope not. No one wants to see a young lady in that situation and we don’t want a talented young man in that situation either. The fact that something has happened is not good at all although we have no idea whether he is innocent or guilty. I’m sure that this is not something that is new to the AFL. The difference is that people are held accountable these days compared to the 70s, 80s and 90s. Time will tell where this case lies.