Sydney coach Dean Cox, who played with Adam in West Coast’s 2006 grand-final winning side, on Wednesday urged the AFL industry to do more to destigmatise mental health issue and spoke of his struggle to comprehend the news. Collingwood coach Craig McRae broke down in tears in a press conference on Saturday as he offered his support and love to Scott, an assistant coach at the Magpies, and the Selwood family, while Geelong coach Chris Scott said emotions were raw.
“It was a tough weekend – for the Selwood family, for the footy club, and also a lot of us close mates to Adam,” Cox said.
“We spent a lot of time together. [It was] devastating to see that … there were some tough conversations on Saturday you had to have, which you never want to have.”
“Having people talk more about how they are feeling certainly would help. And for men, that’s probably the toughest thing to do. The conversations you have to have, I’ve certainly learned over the short period recently … you might think things are going well, but you don’t actually know. The more the awareness, the more opportunity that it is put in programs as much as possible, can hopefully avoid it as much as possible as well.”
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