DownUnderChick wrote:
Virgin Blue wrote:
Dr.SHERRIN wrote:
And I still want an explanation from Ian Coutts. We can't cover this one up - it's out there in all its glory - so get on the front foot and do what you're paid for. It would literally take 3 and a half minutes to write up that statement - run it past Sticks and co for approval - and send it to the media...instead - it's being left out there to fester on SEN and then TV tonight.
We're a bit more professional than that these days don't you think?
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What is your problem?
You want the club, via their Comms Manager to release a statement virtually straight after the incident, without having done any sort of internal investigation, without ascertaining whether Cloke said something outrageously unacceptable that provoked the hit? I;'m not saying this likely was the case, but surely the club should investigate the incident in full before releasing a statement.
Ratten;s comments were fine. They were non-commital because the club hasn't as yet fully investigate all the facts.
Doc, are you after the club to release a statement along the lines of......
Following the incident between Carlton players Cloke and O'Hailpen, the club is investigating the incident at which time, we will make an announcement.
If that is what you are after, then I would have to agree with Indie and Melvin. There really isn't anything that needs to be announced as its there in technicolor for all to see. Making a statement about an event that EVERYONE has already seen, seems odd and stating the bleeding obvious.
Dr Sherrin said this earlier in the thread...
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Now - we have a lot of new people at Carlton, but Ian Coutts is the veteran Communications Manager who should never have let Ratts talk to the press. Coutts needed (before the end of the match) write up a brief statement from the Football Club saying that ...
"...the actions by Setanta O'hAilpin today were not acceptable and he has been suspended indefinitely - that suspension commencing immediately. The Football Club will review the incident and discuss what further actions will be taken within the next few days and will release a statement to the media once the dust has settled."
He didn't - he still hasn't and that's a disgrace in my book.
Why would you do a knee jerk reaction and suspend him indefinitely, without ascertaining the facts first?
Maybe Cloke said to Setanta "You're a failur, a hopeless Irish &%NT". I reckon the smack in the face would have been deserved in such a situation.
Again, I know it's very unlikely, but I jsut don't think you can come out and make an official statement saying X and Y will happen, so quickly, without at oeast finding out what the provocations was, if there was one.