There’s considerations over Kangaroo Tarryn Thomas’ AFL future amid contemporary allegations of inappropriate behaviour in direction of ladies.
North Melbourne confirmed on Wednesday evening Thomas had been stood down from coaching on Thursday “until it gathers more information” on the newest matter.
It comes only a month after the 22-year outdated returned to Arden Street following a interval of depart because of claims from a girl that Thomas wished to “beat” her. It was additionally alleged Thomas informed a girl “your time is coming”.
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Speaking on Channel 9’s Footy Classified, AFL journalist Damian Barrett revealed all events concerned stay at nighttime over the specifics surrounding the newest allegations.
“The landscape has changed on this. There’s an element of North Melbourne now pondering if they did the right thing by bringing him back,” he mentioned.
“It must be said that … Thomas and people around him and people at North Melbourne don’t exactly know the nature of these latest allegations.
“Do they relate to a period of time after he’s been allowed back at the club, or are they continuing from the time in question before he was stood down the first time?
“He himself does not know the answers to those questions at this stage.”
Barrett feared for Thomas’ AFL profession amid investigations into the newest alleged indiscretion.
“I think it’s line ball tonight, I really do,” Barrett mentioned.
“The preparation for playing again wasn’t quite up to the standards the club would’ve hoped.
“The rehab and the education he’s getting, even elements of that … there was just some issues there that have got the leadership group questioning their own decisions and the support of him to this point.”
The news was adopted by Thomas posting a now-deleted image to his Instagram account, suggesting he was on the Gold Coast with the caption: “Are you still thinking of me?” — nevertheless Barrett clarified Thomas in truth wasn’t in Queensland.
Geelong nice Jimmy Bartel slammed the optics of the social media submit and believes Thomas must be higher suggested.
“I get that the whole that it’s a different generation of social media and we don’t understand it the way that generation does,” Bartel mentioned on Footy Classified.
“(But) Whoever is advising him needs to be on the phone because it’s (the Instagram post) incredibly tone-deaf — the caption in particular.
“I know a lot of athletes like to look to the US and it’s a big thing at the moment being cryptic in your Instagram posts or your Twitter posts … but you open yourself up for all these questions.
“Whoever’s giving him the advice (should say): ‘Just tone it down mate, read the room.’ It’s absolutely not reading the temperature.”
Bartel, who’s the soccer director at GWS and was part of Geelong’s management group throughout his taking part in days, thinks North have to first deal with the newest allegations after which Thomas’ help community.
“If the alleged behaviour is to be anywhere near true, it is completely disrespectful to women and it‘s abhorrent behaviour, and that needs to be dealt with first,” he mentioned.
“Whoever the person is involved, they need the care first and foremost, then Tarryn Thomas — if the alleged behaviour is true. We need to get the order right.
“We‘ve got to understand who’s actually around him. Who is his camp? Every player has a camp, we’ve all had people in our life that we lean on. Who is advising him at this point? Football is so far away at the moment.”
The view was shared by former Essendon skipper Matthew Lloyd, who additionally questioned Thomas’ AFL future.
“To see them stand him down so quickly just makes me wonder — is this the final straw for Tarryn Thomas?” Lloyd informed Footy Classified.
“They’re a new, young leadership group (led by co captains) Jy Simpkin and Luke McDonald and what I find — and I’ve been through this before at AFL clubs — is just the drain that one player can have on a team.
“Often you‘ll find that all your resources and all your energies are going towards a player who is probably the least professional at your football club.
“The other thing is, this isn‘t a $300-400,000 player, this is one of their most highly-paid players who hasn’t performed in a long time. He was well off his game last year and you could see something wasn’t right with the way he was — obviously he had some family concerns too.
“But I think the drain that he is becoming, he is becoming a major distraction.”
Lloyd known as for the Roos to ship Thomas again to the VFL completely and to set him up extra construction in his life.
“I’m talking not even train with the AFL,” the three-time Coleman medallist mentioned.
“I‘d say go and train with Tom Lynch, who is the coach. Get a job, get a full-time job, work from 8am to 5.30 and then you start your training from 5.30 to 7.30.”
Thomas has played 57 AFL games since joining North Melbourne with the eighth overall pick in the 2018 National Draft.
Originally published as North Melbourne’s Thomas slammed for deleted tweet after contemporary allegations
Source: www.news.com.au
