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Chapter 1: What is the focus of today's Snap Judgments?
There's so much to delve into in our Snap Judgements today. The Hyundai open line is yours, and the 40 Winks temper text is humming. Graeme in Tasmania to get us underway. Welcome to you, Graeme.
Good morning. This is my first ever call to anything like this, and I hope it's snappy enough for a Snap Judgement. I'm a retired GP and a Carlton supporter, but...
Chapter 2: What insights does Graeme from Tasmania share about mental health in sports?
In a warped way, I have followed the Elijah Holden story and literally, I suppose, wearing my medical hat, barracked for him to recover, play good football and have a happy life. Now, Gerard, I don't know at what age your kids are, but how would you enjoy seeing your son suffer a medical illness in front of probably millions of Australians?
They have their photo on the front page of the Herald Suns. Then you discuss at length his challenges and his problems. And then in a bizarre way down the bottom, you put the five numbers to contact for mental illness if you're having troubles reading his article. Think of him. Think of his family. It's just how people can write those things.
And I know you're a journalist and probably one of the most influential ones. Surely there should be some feedback about how we deal with mental illness, how we deal with people like this and how we deal with their families. It's bizarre.
It's the most unsettling story I can think of, Graham, in 30 years, I reckon, because it played out so graphically, not just on the night, but then in the aftermath. And then there are all sorts of extrapolations being made and those claiming knowledge that just can't be known at a time. And the flaw in this is that he was put into that position and then not rescued from that position.
Yeah.
I've dealt with mental illness. It's not an easy problem to deal with. I don't know. I'm not defending the club. I don't know the information. But these people who seem not only to think they know the information, but add to it by saying he was under the influence of alcohol, turning the story into something who knows just to sell to listeners and readers.
But someone should take a step back and think of his family. If the club made a mistake putting him out there, but you should also, maybe on your 360 report, you show his recovery, his thanking the club, his enjoyment and the safety he feels in that club. It wouldn't have been an easy decision for a club to say, look, I'm sorry, you've warmed up, you're no good, get out of here.
There's so many difficult decisions that would have had to be made But I'm not defending the club. I'm not defending anyone. I'm probably talking about mental illness. What hypocrisy for the AFL to talk about we care about mental illness and then trash this person repeatedly with unfounded things. You know, this Jay Clark, he should be embarrassed.
And I hope as a senior journalist, you should say to him, maybe on the quiet, what are you on about? What are you trying to achieve here?
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Chapter 3: What are the implications of Elijah Holden's situation discussed by callers?
Are you trying to drive him and his family further? What's the point of this? Surely it's to step back, see what decisions were made, were they wrong, whatever, and so find them, do whatever, but not to do to this individual and his family. And again, I ask you, Gerard, do you have children?
I do, I do.
Do you like to see them on that front page of the paper humiliated? Then caller after caller says, Making up stories. And I'm going to say this. Journalist after journalist making up stories. Surely wait and see the facts and then deal with them there. But not this pylon after pylon and then the hypocrisy of writing. Have a look at the article down the bottom.
If you read this article and you're having mental health illnesses, Here are the numbers to call. What garbage? What other garbage?
Graeme, that's a pretty powerful snap judgment to start with. Certainly snappy enough. Thank you for sharing your view. Paul's in Seaview in South Australia. Welcome, Paul.
Yeah, good morning, Gerard. Hope you're well, mate.
I am. Thank you.
That's good. I'm trying to make two points on this. The first one is, all right, like mental health, like whether it was that or not, I mean, like what was he going to find out at some stage?
I'm sorry, personal responsibility on a lot, like instead of going around blaming everyone else for the predicament he found himself in, you know, like a bit of responsibility and owning it that you made the mistake.
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Chapter 4: How do callers perceive Carlton's performance against Collingwood?
It's a recurring lesson we refuse to learn. The effort early on was fine. We played better in the first three quarters, but this is about what happens when the heat comes. Once again, when the heat comes, Carlton have no answer. No adjustment, no composure, no shutdown of the most influential player in the comp, no leadership. Who's going to step up, Gerrard, in the last five minutes?
And now also, I need to touch on the Elijah situation as well, because it is important. You saw he finished with one kick that was given after the game by the stats team. He was visibly erratic involvement for the whole game, given the well-documented off-field challenges. This wasn't just a bad performance, Gerrard. It raises serious alarm bells and judgment around duty of care.
The club's accountable 100%. They are to blame. What were our assistant coaches and medical staff seeing pre-game? What were our so-called on-field leaders like Cripps, Wiedering, what were they observing on the field? The previous caller just said it. His own brother was on the ground with him. How could he not pull him up?
It shouldn't have to take noticing he's on doughnuts at three-quarter time or in the last quarter to finally take him off. Our reigning best affairs from last year, George Hewitt, he was left out of the tent for Elijah Hollands. He plays, we win. It's that simple, Gerrard. It's solely on the club. Geelong wouldn't allow it. Sydney wouldn't allow it. Even Hawthorne wouldn't allow it.
But Carlton did, Gerrard, and it speaks volumes about a club that still doesn't understand culture, standards, structure, or long-term responsibility. And my snap judgment for you, Gerrard, is this. At Carlton, the siren doesn't end games. It exposes them. There are red flags everywhere. I'll speak to you next week, Gerard, because at this rate, mate, silence would feel irresponsible.
Not good enough.
Jarvis, keep having your say in our snap judgments. David, Ankit, Joel, Harrison, you'll be next on the Hyundai Open Line, 1300 736 736. Enjoy early deals at Hyundai Priya Fees. On now at participating Hyundai dealers before we get to the Monday means test with Adam Simpson.
Want to have your say? Ring Gerard on 1300 736 736.
Now, back to Waitley. Your snap judgements from round six of this AFL season and beyond. David's in Camberwell. David, fire away.
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Chapter 5: What criticisms are made about the coaching decisions during the game?
So that's impactful and it's not paid. So I understand what you're saying about what's ā What is blatant and what's not? Well, that's as blatant as it gets, and it wasn't paid. And that was in my neutral lounge room. We didn't deal with that particularly well. David, thank you. Ankit's in Cranbourne. Ankit, fire away. Hi, Jarrod.
How are you? Excellent. I am very happy that I got a chance to talk to you because I'm hoping you'll put some sense and solve the biggest conundrum in my life related to footy. Why are we still giving a warning for the 6-6-6 rule, Jared? That rule came out four or five years ago, if I'm not wrong.
I thought the whole idea of the rule changes and bringing in Tom Harley and Greg Swan was to fasten the game, yeah? So if there's a 6-6-6 problem, or a team has got extra players, why are we still giving warning in the center of the square and not giving a free kick straight away? Can you... Shed some light on that.
It's just an odd one that we're not ready to ā well, the administrators weren't ready to go to a free kick. I think the clubs had some say in that as well. Well, would it give us one or two a game? Yeah. We have had plenty of time to school, so I think it's a fair question. I doubt there's anything I can do to help on that front, but I'm glad that you've tabled it in our snap judgments.
Joel's in Bannockburn. Welcome, Joel.
Good morning, Jared. What a hard weekend of football for myself with the Blues. Jared, I wanted to, firstly, before I get stuck into a few things, I just wanted to say, talk about Nick Dacos for two seconds. These people that come out and say that he's not a champion of the game, they're clearly delirious people. And I'm a Carlton supporter talking about this, so I'm able to speak about it.
Nick Dacos, in my opinion, already has to be up in the top 20 greatest footballers of all time. The things that he's doing, the man should have two Brownlow medals already. He is an absolute champion of the game. And I'm so filthy on Carlton that they couldn't stop him.
Blind Freddy could see that the one thing that Collingwood, the only way in hell that Collingwood was going to win that game was Nick Dacos. And they couldn't do anything about it, Jared. I spoke to Sam Edmund about this on Friday. Carlton could have triple teamed that bloke. They do it in defense. You see the great forwards of the game get doubled and triple teamed. And it wins games, Gerard.
Something needed to change in that match, and Ollie Hollands wasn't the answer, but they had to do something about it, Gerard. Now, quickly, Gerard, with Elijah Hollands, I'm so bitterly disappointed with my football team, and I can't tell you how disappointed I am. I'm actually ashamed of the club right now.
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Chapter 6: What perspectives do callers have on mental health and media coverage?
I hope people can really have a good hard look at themselves with some of the comments they've been saying about him. Because clearly it was a medical episode and, yeah. I'm so disappointed, Gerard, with my club, and I'm very ashamed to be a Carlton supporter today.
Joel, thank you for your snap judgment. Harrison's in Burwood. Go for it, Harrison.
Gerard, Elijah Hollands aside, I love the fact that Carlton and Collingwood played on Thursday because I've had the whole weekend to just listen to Carlton supporters complain, and it has been wonderful. But my snap judgment this morning is on Collingwood. I think Craig McRae needs to have a rethink of his game plan this week because...
In the last quarter, as fantastic and heroic as Nick Dacos was, I think it highlighted that our fastball movement is still there. And the more we use it, the better we are. The first three quarters, we are so slow. We are so boring and so predictable. All of a sudden, you put him one out in the goal square. It didn't matter what forward was there.
When you're getting the ball delivered like that and you're getting it that quickly to one-on-ones, McStay will kick goals. Membry will kick goals. Jamie Elliott will get on the lead, and it happened in the last quarter. So I think Craig McRae, this week, needs to look at his game plan and change it.
Harrison, thank you. Take the four points, learn the lesson. Simon's in Frankston. Simon, what have you got?
How you going, mate? I don't understand. I'm a Richmond spotter, but I don't understand all this piling on Carlton. They had one player short for most of the game with Elijah Hollands. Ben Mackay went off halfway through the game. Nick Dacos played the best quarter I've ever seen and only lost by under a kick. Not that bad.
Good on you, Simon. See if that placates the Carlton public. And Michael and Clyde, last one for now. Michael, what have you got?
Morning, Gerard. It's been great the last six weeks. We're getting wins finally for the Kangas. You know, he can only be here going in front of you. And, you know, based off 2025's ladder, we've played a few of the bottom eight teams and we've actually, you know, kept up with them and beaten them at the same time. Now, I'm pretty pleased with that.
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