Smith's Crew in SA

[JonHenry]

This is the end result of the AFL not going hard enough on EFC.

The ironic part is the TV deal is currently being negotiated, and these blokes took a stand last winter saying they deserve more $$$ and more say in how the game runs.
We now know they are not qualified/honest enough to run a chook raffle.
I think there are some great lessons here about professional sports people being so shut off from the real world.

I think any of us that have played sport can agree that you get wound up in the contest and want desperately to win, but these guys live their entire life like that, with very little external influence except for WAGS that are so drunk on the lifestyle they would do nothing but praise their partner for his "commitment".

The management of the team needs statesman of the game to oversee the team.
Clearly Lehman was either implicit or has lost the control of his senior players. Either way he is not the man for the job
Someone like Gilchrist should be in and around the team, but they need to sit back and not get involved unless they see that the playing group is starting to lose touch with public expectations.

The moment the Rabada appeal was upheld, there was always going to be issues. You would have thought, the CEO of Cricket Australia would have been prepared.
James Sutherland and Pat Howard both were sitting on their asses back in Australia. Both should lose their jobs.