Alex Malcolm

Well, I think to that end, mate, like Stokes has referenced his mental health on numerous occasions.

He tweeted about when he had a hair transplant being in support of mental health.

Um, he spoke about it at length during the Phoenix from the ashes documentary.

He spoke in Adelaide post Noosa about his main concern being the welfare of his players.

Um, the coaches worried about him now, uh, again, referencing his mental state, his mental health.

I mean, when I, when I, when you piece these things together, you know, and the pattern, I mean, how can the ACB possibly, uh,

reinstate him in clearly the most stressful position in the game all these things come up all the time you know as trivial as some of these things might be you know like his team being pissed which is worried about how they are as people you know he breaks a curfew worried about his mental state having a hair transplant mental health you know like

And then there's been a lot of talk recently about what the impact was of him as a person during the Ashes.

He obviously had a fallout with the coach mid-series.

He spoke about he sort of distanced himself from the tactics.

He had a pop at his team saying there's no place for weak men.

There was obviously the horrible incident where the freak accident in the nets where he had the facial injury.

People were worried about how he appeared, how he looked.

He looked gaunt.

He looked unwell.

And to me, like all of this and then being like, let's just get him back on the park and wheel him out again as captain is, I would have thought there'd be a duty of care to the person.

But at the same time, this guy is so extreme.

He's so mercurial.

He has just given so many people so much.

That they like, they wheel him to the line and wheel him out and go, just, just give us one more.