not eddies friend anymore

[3rd degree]

I dont think it needs to be dragged out again, an event that shouldn't be revisited, disapointing that it is.

[RudeBoy]

I wouldn't be rushing to criticise Goodes over this. He was probably just responding to a question from the media. I thought at the time the whole thing was blown out of proportion, but nevertheless I think Goodes was genuinely hurt over the silly remarks by Ed. Given his genuine hurt, it's only natural that he would no longer consider Ed a friend. That's his right.

[Lazza]

[Dark Beanie]

[Funkadelic]

Ed should've never made the comment in the first place, and once he did he should've manned up and taken some responsibility for it, like stepping away from his media commitments, but he didnt. Personally I lost a lot of respect that day for ed.

[The Prototype]

He apologised more than once, even appeared on 360 with Harry and offered to step away from the work he was doing with Michael Long. Even did some stuff with Adam Goodes to try and make things right.

I think that would count as "manning up" and "taking responsibility" right?

[King Monkey]

Lesson 1.01.......... on how to lose (dubiously claimed in the first place) the moral high ground.

Adam Goodes himself has provided a magnificent running commentary over the last 12 months or so, with a mixture of actions and words, that clearly highlight his lack of maturity.

I don't listen to Ed's morning radio show - but I really really hope he just let this one go through without comment............

[Funkadelic]

Only my opinion but be should've stepped away from the media for 3 months, perhaps the season. When ed apologised he said he was tired when he said it, sounded like be needed a break anyway. TBH if you spend 24/7 yapping away you're gonna say something stupid eventually, and when it happens you need to be accountable for your words

[35forever]

What the hell kind of AOTY goes around spitting the dum about a year-old sentence which was apologised for profusely?!
Carrying grudges does NOT fit with being effectively called the 'best Australian there is'.
I have had cause to be unhappy with Ed over a couple of things (though the "Goodes Gaff" wasn't one), but the media fascination with beating up the crap out of anything that could possibly be construed as a flaw in Eddie's character is bordering on obsession and is yet another aspect of the anti-Collingwood bias which has become a feature of Victorian culture and which has cost us so much over the years. It's time Melbourne people, the media in particular, start behaving like something other than petulant children. a label which also fits our so-called "Australian of the year", an award which lately seems to celebrate highly successful people rather than the selfless, often less well-known few who devote themselves to the welfare of others, and to the betterment of the nation.

I do happen to agree that Aboriginal Australians have been and still are treated poorly, and are at a disadvantage in many aspects of Australian life, but Adam Goodes is hardly the epitome of the downtrodden, being employed in a sport which takes racism very seriously (even over-reacting to imagined slurs on occasion), and where Aboriginals are regarded at least as highly as
their white counterparts.

We appear to have arrived at a situation where the mere mention of a person's colour is regarded as racist behaviour. If such crusaders spent as much time working to improve the lot of our native cousins, particularly in the poorest communities, as they do spouting off about the problem - yes I'm looking at you Pigboy Demetriou, surely the winner of 'Australian Hypocrite of the year' - then we might get some way toward a more even society where Aboriginal people are truly treated as equal. Just bitching about a problem doesn't make it go away, nor does vilifying those who don't fly the banner of political correctness quite high enough.

As many have said before me here: Grow a pair Goodesy!

[ronrat]

As AOTY he should be trying to help people like Liam Jurrah and even teach Buddy to drive and not sucking up to corporate heavy weights and biased media. He has not done one scintilla of difference to suggest that the award he got was anything but politically motivated.

[Beast]

Weak as piss headline grabbing attention whore who makes Harry look like mr incognito.

And if he has to resort to repeatedly bring up a clueless child's jibe and a very clumsy attempt at humour by Ed to highlight racism in our country we're doing just fine in that regard.

[David]

[Beast]

Yep, calling a 13 year old child from Moe who clearly had no idea her jibe will/can be construed racist the face of racism was very gracious on Adam's behalf.

[David]

Total conjecture on your part as usual. But we've been over this.

The fact that you want something to be true doesn't make it true.

[Beast]

Conjecture? Nah, simply your commie self talking out of your arse and looking rather silly in the process, as usual.