Tiger Troy Taylor accused of assault

[The Coon Dog]

* Matt Cunningham, Darwin* From: Herald Sun* January 07, 2010 12:00AM

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A RICHMOND draftee has been accused of assaulting three people in Alice Springs on New Year's Eve.

Troy Taylor, 18, was taken by Richmond with pick 51 in the 2009 national draft.

But his AFL future is in in doubt after his alleged involvement in an incident in which one man was taken to hospital and another two injured.

Northern Territory police last night confirmed they were investigating the alleged assault of three men aged 33, 39 and 47, at a party in Alice Springs about 12.30am on New Year's Day.

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[The Bulldogs Bite]

If these reports are true, send him back because he doesn't deserve an opportunity at AFL. He has already been in a serious trouble prior to being drafted, but it was alleged that football was getting him back on track. It doesn't appear to have lasted long.

Another fool.

[Mofra]

That's the risk you take with head-cases. Always a boom or bust prospect.

Interesting that it happened at Richmond who, under Hardwick, are almost actively avoiding any media involvement this summer so far.
Their search for a new coach must have involved a single criteria only - must be as un-Wallacelike as possible.

[comrade]

That's the risk you take with head-cases. Always a boom or bust prospect.

That's why we have Griffen in the side, and not Buddy.

[Sedat]

Long may we continue to adopt a "no douche bag" policy in our list management decisions.

[Swoop]

What's the clubs responsibility in this situation now that he has actually been drafted and is a listed player. His problems were well known beforehand and Richmond obviously assesed the risk/reward as being worth the gamble.

Are they responsible to assist him through this or are they entitled to cut themselves from him entirely? I ask the question more from a moral point of view as oppossed to a technical point of view.

[ledge]

What's the clubs responsibility in this situation now that he has actually been drafted and is a listed player. His problems were well known beforehand and Richmond obviously assesed the risk/reward as being worth the gamble.

Are they responsible to assist him through this or are they entitled to cut themselves from him entirely? I ask the question more from a moral point of view as oppossed to a technical point of view.

Would be the same as Lovett at St kilda and i dont know what the rules are.
Would imagine they would have put something in the contract if the AFL doesnt already have it in normal player contracts anyway.

[EasternWest]

That's the risk you take with head-cases. Always a boom or bust prospect.

Interesting that it happened at Richmond who, under Hardwick, are almost actively avoiding any media involvement this summer so far.
Their search for a new coach must have involved a single criteria only - must be as un-Wallacelike as possible.

I'd imagine this would be an across the league mandate.

As for Taylor, if the report is true, then it's hard to see Richmond not cutting him away.

[bornadog]

Innocent till proven guilty. Always two sides to every story and a reason why he did what he did.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

Innocent till proven guilty. Always two sides to every story and a reason why he did what he did.

There's no justification for king hitting two blokes when you tried to 'crash' their party.

Stupidity doesn't need a reason.

[chef]

There's no justification for king hitting two blokes when you tried to 'crash' their party.

Stupidity doesn't need a reason.

Not that I'm condoning what he did, but it sounds more like he was defending himself(after he was dragged outside) rather than king hitting those guys.

[Sockeye Salmon]

Not that I'm condoning what he did, but it sounds more like he was defending himself(after he was dragged outside) rather than king hitting those guys.

That's not how I read it.

[EasternWest]

Not that I'm condoning what he did, but it sounds more like he was defending himself(after he was dragged outside) rather than king hitting those guys.

I guess you'd have to know why he was dragged outside. If everything was as reported and he crashed a party and behaved like a boor, I'd have no problem with a responsible adult physically escorting him out.

[The Adelaide Connection]

It doesn't sound too good but we all know how the media can be. It could be a case of "not sounding too good" because they report it in a way that makes it sound that way.

I once knew of an african guy that was an ex-boxer who knocked out a guy and left two others with bloodied broken noses in a car park. Sounds bad until I add that he was hotel security and they were bikies that had been ejected earlier and attacked him from behind with an iron bar when he went out to have a cigarette.

Don't clubs have significant support systems in place now (especially for young Aboriginal players) after a case out at Geelong several years back? Perhaps getting Taylor to the club and giving him some focus, structure and a support network could be the best thing for him.

I would say that if guilty he doesn't deserve another chance but we all know it has little to do with that. It really boils down to how highly they rate him. I bet Michael "the next Jonathon Brown" Hurley won't be let go if he is found guilty, Byron Pickett made a career out of changing clubs by being the worst bloke ever and despite reports to the contrary Fevola was picked up.