Eddie McGuire calls for AFL to better outline player responsibilities after Wright suspension
Peter Wright was slapped with a four-game ban by the tribunal for his contact with Sydney's Harry Cunningham, which left the Swans player unconscious…
Both Dean Robinson and James Hird could well believe they are telling the truth because that’s how they remember things now.
The actual truth could be either version or somewhere in between.
The fact is memory is an unreliable tool. A person’s memory is shaped by their perceptions, emotional state, ego, and understanding of the events unfolding.
Over time memories can be become distorted and even suppressed. That’s why eye-witness testimony can be so unreliable.
That’s why Bob Hawke and Paul Keating disagreed about the nature of their conversation regarding Bob Hawke’s retirement.
It’s why my sister and I disagree on the nature of certain events and conversations on the morning after our father passed away.
And that is why it’s vital the ASADA investigation is as thorough as possible and interviews as many people as possible, regardless of the time it takes.
Having recognised the fallibility of memory, I also recognise Dean Robinson’s interview is contradictory on one point and the editing of it has allowed James Hird and the Essendon Football Club to obfuscate and deflect on a couple of other key points.
Here are the questions I want answered:
1) For the Essendon football club
No one, not even Dean Robinson, has suggested either Danny Corcoran of James Hird ever used the term “Black Ops”.
But was it their intention, at the meeting with Stephen Dank and Dean Robinson, to set up a highly clandestine, cutting edge supplement program that pushed the boundaries as far as they could be pushed?
And why wasn’t Dr Bruce Reid also present at that meeting?
2) For James Hird
Have you ever spoken to anyone, anywhere about the use of a non-detectable testosterone cream?
3) For Dean Robinson
How can a program be a “Black Ops” program and simultaneously be out in the open, with seemingly everyone at the club knowing about it?
Regardless of the ASADA findings, I can’t see a happy ending here for anyone.
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