ThePsychologist wrote:
So what people are saying is there are reasons for bullying? Is that right?
So if someone is not good at their job or insecure or asks a stupid question it is then okay to belittle them or treat them with contempt? Is that what some on here are saying?
Is it also okay for MM to speak to some people the way he does because he is a Senior Football coach and dealing with the media is not his primary role and he doesn't like doing it?
FFS
Must be great to be so intellectually superior you can treat anyone the way you want no matter what the repercussions.
Bullying you say!
Lets get it straight here
1.Mick has NO option , he is obliged/forced/expected to do these interviews by the afl contractual arrangement stemming from the sale of the tv rights. Big dollars rules ok? So he is stuck in this fish bowl after every match whether he likes it or not.( yes he gets the big $ too)
2 Channel 7 in particular have unscrupulously tried to sensationalise what used to be a simple way for the coaches to communicate with the public about their team and their efforts. This used to be covered in an amusing and convivial atmosphere many years ago on a sunday afternoon on world of sport. Now it is merely a continuation of the gladiatorial spectacle. The coaches are still to get back into normal adrenaline levels and really just want to be with their players. But they are stuck in the fish bowl.
3 unscrupulous media hacks who have all week to concentrate on their little moment in the sun after every match, have a golden opportunity like shooting fish in a barrel to create sensationalistic, opportunistic headlines. They have little else to concentrate on other than how they can create headlines by interacting with the players and coaches.
Mick on the other hand lives and breathes football not interviews. Football ie the players and strategy and injury management, and development and opposition analysis and selection and management of assistants and a whole lot of other stuff occupies his mind for 99.5% of the time
4 mick out of all the coaches is a known quantity. He is the most predictable out of all the coaches because he is opinionated and he has been around for as long as jock mchale. That makes him the go to target. Lazy journalists can more easily predict the way mick will reacte because he is a known quantity. Better bang for their hourly buck if you like. Why put time into a hinkley who we dont really know yet when we can just go to our ever predictable mick.
Do you honestly think that Mick is the bully here?
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