06-12-2022, 03:18 AM
It’s good to see good things happen to good people. No one would have a bad word to say about Massimo. If politeness and friendliness were an Olympic sport, he’d have a handful of gold medals. He always says hello and stops to have a chat with opposing coaches, opponents and opponents’ parents. Not bad for a guy who was identified early as AFL-worthy and had the red carpet rolled out for him in rep footy. Yes, it might just be good sense to avoid being a little sh! t but we see plenty of examples of players breaking simple rules when they have a bit of power. You’d think “Don’t sledge your team mates or fight them” would be simple to follow and “Don’t do drugs and if you do don’t allow pictures or videos of it” is a bit of a no-brainer too. There’s a couple of U/18s who may well be picked up in this year’s draft who aren’t big on politeness. One guy showed himself to be a total arsehole in a NAB League practice match when he started with some pretty arrogant sledging. And there’s another guy who needed to move schools after the way he treated fellow students. So being a good guy and having talent isn’t a double that’s easy to maintain.