James Gallagher

Yeah.

So one of the things I did in my first few months was sitting down with the players, I started to talk to them about what role do we have in growing the game?

It's really important.

We're partners in the game through the CBA.

It's really important for the players to play a role in the continued growth of the game.

So I asked that question.

And one of the things that was really strongly put forward by the players, we want to give more of ourselves.

We're actually really happy to show a little bit more of our personality, to give a bit more perspective on the game.

Post-game interviews, particularly when you're in a losing team, are one of those opportunities.

The writer on that, the major concern with that is when we do that, there are examples where it's used against us.

And whether that's in the broader media scrutiny or whether that's unfortunately now in this case, I thought it was really surprising that I think from a broader game perspective that was used against Zach last night.

I don't think it's helpful because what we all want, I think,

is for players to give more of themselves to grow the game.

And they're up for it.

But when we have incidents like this, they second guess it.

And that's not good for any of us.

And it's certainly not good for the AFL as well.

And that's a conversation we'll definitely be having in coming days.

Well, it's not one that's really built for success, right?

And so I think it's incumbent upon all of us to make sure that we get through those challenges.