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#StandBySmith
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- Oct 7, 2012
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Joe Jackson thinks so
SHAME!!!
NATIONAL DISGRACE!!!
WON'T SOMEBODY THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!!
STONE THE BASTARD!!!!
NAH..........BETTER STILL.......CRUCIFY HIM!!!!.......TWICE!!!
*Later*
"OH *sob* ......it's so sad"
That is a question for Hannah Mouncey.
Kapow!!!
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#toxicmasculinity
Smith and Bancroft have owned up, being honest and contrite and are serving their penance. Even Lehman fell on his sword for allowing the culture to exist and showing genuine sorrow for it.
What more do people f***ing want? I feel genuinely sorry for them because, well, people stuff up. When that happens all you can really hope for is that you/they take responsibility for it, serve your punishment as penance for it and move on.
I'm very interested to hear Warners take.
Pretty standard for this sort of thing, hound them till they break them show some fake concern to alleviate any guilt you might feel then move onto the next target with a clear conscience.
Thornton Melon
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Did anyone else notice that, at Smith's press conference, while he pretended to cry, and looked like he was crying, there were no actual tears? His face remained dry the whole time. Did he fake cry?
Was that even Smith or just an actor posing as Smith?
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Looked like the media adviser told him to shed a few tears to get the public behind him, but the harder he tried, the weirder it looked.
Sauras
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Who says stuff like this? Honestly you couldn't make this shit up.
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I’ll stand by Smith to return after his penance
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Disagree in that being a real man is toxic. It is about being a mature adult who owns their behavor and on that front Smith, Bancroft and Lehman have owned their parts, and as a result, there can still be a place in the game for them. Making an error is one thing but how you deal with the error is what really matters and those three seem to have handled it properly.
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The whole camp knew about it and used these methods for a while.
Lehmann suddenly felt guilty that the other guys had been thrown under the bus , for something he probably organised or gave the go-ahead to.
I'm surprised that a new captain doesn't get the responsibilities of the position stated to him when he takes the role.
More likely it was pre-organised so he wouldn't implicated. If he was thrown in the same boat as the other 3 then a) you couldn't really deny the whole team knew about it and b) his future as a coach at all levels would pretty much be over.
one game
CA have decided to ban three guys for a collective of about 50 international games
Utterly ridiculous
That's the price they pay for ruining Australia's reputation on the world stage plus costing Cricket Australia $$$$$$$$$$ in lost sponsors.
Other countries have done and and got off light because that is the ICC penalty. ICC don't see it as a huge issue as it's only a level 2 offence, same as umpire dissent.
they will lose money in sales because the best player in the world isn't playing this summer
they have massively over done it
There's no I in team. If the public want to go and support the team they still can regardless of a player suspension or three.
Smith was severely overrated as captain and in way over his head with the responsibility.
Cricket attendance and tv ratings were already on a downward spiral.
The thing that gave it away for me was how still he was sitting.Couldn't possibly have been him.
