{"id":16146,"date":"2017-01-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/patrick-smith-sprays-graham-cornes-over-james-hird\/"},"modified":"2017-01-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-01-16T00:00:00","slug":"patrick-smith-sprays-graham-cornes-over-james-hird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/patrick-smith-sprays-graham-cornes-over-james-hird\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Smith sprays Graham Cornes over James Hird"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Everyone agrees they want James Hird to get better after his recent overdose, but the fighting about the roots of his fall continues.<\/h3>\n<p>On Monday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theaustralian.com.au\/sport\/opinion\/patrick-smith\/james-hird-has-plotted-his-own-tragic-course\/news-story\/52b8eee1cdb4885b25381990e78b7283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Australian\u2019s Patrick Smith wrote a column<\/a> laying the blame solely at Hird\u2019s own feet, and criticised other commentators, including Graham Cornes, for suggesting Hird gave up after being bullied.<\/p>\n<p>Cornesy &#8212; whom Smith referred to as \u201cloud but uneducated\u201d &#8212; has previously written that he believed opposition fans, the AFL, the wider footy world and Essendon all shared in the blame for Hird\u2019s demise.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThere must have been great angst in the newsroom as to whether this drivel should have been printed,\u201d<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theaustralian.com.au\/sport\/opinion\/patrick-smith\/james-hird-has-plotted-his-own-tragic-course\/news-story\/52b8eee1cdb4885b25381990e78b7283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Smith wrote<\/a>. <em>\u201cIf Cornes means by scapegoat that someone had to be held responsible for an illegal and secret drug regime then, yes, Hird had to be held to account. He was, after all, the coach.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHis suggestion that it should have been kept within AFL walls proves his frightening lack of understanding of sport, not just football.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/cornesy-calls-out-reporters-over-hird-vendetta\"><strong>Cornesy has spoken on FIVEAA about reporters he believed had a \u201cvendetta\u201d against James Hird<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; including Smith &#8212; and written about the vilification of Hird:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThose of you who have vilified James Hird,&#8221;<\/em> Cornes wote,&nbsp;<em>&#8220;the media, particularly the Fairfax Press, who hounded and ridiculed him; the keyboard cowards who act from their cover of anonymity and lack of any moral filter\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe opposition fans whose prejudice and hysteria blinded them to the facts; the AFL, which lost control of what should have been an internal matter; the football world in general, which has ostracised him; and indeed those from within the Essendon Football Club who were desperate for a scapegoat \u2014 must all face the consequences of their comments and their actions.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cFor it is you who have driven James Hird to what could have been his last, desperate act.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>MOST POPULAR<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/high-profile-reporter-confirms-he-was-put-on-afl-blacklist\"><strong>HIGH PROFILE REPORTER CONFIRMS HE WAS PUT ON AFL BLACKLIST<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/videos\/channel-7-news-blooper-goes-viral\"><strong>CHANNEL 7 NEWS BLOOPER GOES VIRAL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone agrees they want James Hird to get better after his recent overdose, but the fighting about the roots of his fall continues. On Monday, The Australian\u2019s Patrick Smith wrote a column laying the blame solely at Hird\u2019s own feet, and criticised other commentators, including Graham Cornes, for suggesting Hird gave up after being bullied. 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