I have given this matter a little thought. Something does not add up.

I thought the same

Then the article came out saying how he told the club he had gastro and couldn't play vs Gold Coast, and while the team was playing he left the hotel room and went to the beach with his girlfriend and was dumb enough to post pics to Twitter mid-game

So yeah i think its clear why he was sacked, kid is a moron

I have given this matter a little thought. Something does not add up. It is quite rate for a player to be summarily sacked mid season and usually when it has happened is for serious criminal allegations. And even rarer for a club like Carlton to openly crucify a player for his moral and ethical failings. My take is Bootsma's sacking was orchestrated to deflect scrutiny from yet another severely embarrassing loss and drown out the increasingly loud "sack Malthouse, sack Kernahan" sharks that are circling. Now they can chant the culture change mantra to stall for more time.

As much as I love a good conspiracy, I think a more likely explanation is that he did something highly inappropriate, which was bound to become public, and as it was at the end of a lengthy changes of other unprofessional conduct, they sacked him for it.

As much as I love a good conspiracy, I think a more likely explanation is that he did something highly inappropriate, which was bound to become public, and as it was at the end of a lengthy changes of other unprofessional conduct, they sacked him for it.

Well he might have that. But this is unique treatment for a miscreant Carlton player. And the timing also.

I thought the same

Then the article came out saying how he told the club he had gastro and couldn't play vs Gold Coast, and while the team was playing he left the hotel room and went to the beach with his girlfriend and was dumb enough to post pics to Twitter mid-game

So yeah i think its clear why he was sacked, kid is a moron

He could have felt better in the arvo and went out for a bit fresh air. Gastro can come and go pretty quickly. Agree very dumb to go on twitter though.

I thought the same

Then the article came out saying how he told the club he had gastro and couldn't play vs Gold Coast, and while the team was playing he left the hotel room and went to the beach with his girlfriend and was dumb enough to post pics to Twitter mid-game

So yeah i think its clear why he was sacked, kid is a moron

Where was this article?

If true, that is absolutely hilarious. What an utter dipsh!t.

As much as I love a good conspiracy, I think a more likely explanation is that he did something highly inappropriate, which was bound to become public, and as it was at the end of a lengthy changes of other unprofessional conduct, they sacked him for it.

I was in the conspiracy theory box, but I've changed as well. I don't for one second believe they would've sacked a senior player for snapchats unless the girl was under 16, Sam Gilbert and the saints all got caught with pretty much the same thing going on. But it's certainly a very serious strike. Add in the lying about illness. Add in late to trainings. Add in missing appointments and meetings. There are enough strikes there to add up to dismissal.

What I don't understand is why Mick Malthouse was so keen to play him and play him on some of the games better forwards last year. This sounds to me like a kid who should've been in the VFL for the whole of last year and not even played senior footy until he behaved like it.

He could have felt better in the arvo and went out for a bit fresh air. Gastro can come and go pretty quickly. Agree very dumb to go on twitter though.

I'm pretty sure the article was a leak from Carlton for a bit of supporting evidence. But he looked well, happy and carefree. I don't know about you but the last time I had gastro even after the symptoms had cleared I wasn't keen on trips to the beach. I wanted to be in close proximity to the loo! Doubt my girlfriend would want me hovering over her taking photos either.

the sad thing with all of this, like others before him, is that if he was of some football/star quality it would have been swept under the rug and/or he would have been given more opportunities to right himself even though he has had plenty, like Buddy, and Dusty etc. which are the world's worst football secrets in terms of their private "hidden" behaviours.
But as he hasn't amounted to much of a footballer he is used to make an example of, like others before and many more ahead of him. In the AFL world, it pays to be smart and it bloody pays to be talented.

Edited June 4, 201411 yr by The Song Formerly Known As

carlton tried to trade him to WA last year and no one wanted him. Lets face it the guy wasnt even that good of a player. And for those saying if murphy or judd did the same thing they wouldnt get sacked, well no they wouldnt because they wouldnt be that dumb in the first place.

Where was this article?

If true, that is absolutely hilarious. What an utter dipsh!t.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/carlton-sacks-defender-josh-bootsma-over-inappropriate-behaviour-on-social-media/story-fni5f22o-1226942658309

Bootsma’s social media indiscretions stretch to last year and an away game on the Gold Coast.

The young defender was a late withdrawal from the Carlton team to play the Suns in Round 18 last year, citing gastro. He told officials he was too sick to even travel to the game and stayed behind at the team hotel where he was joined by his girlfriend.

While the Blues were having a convincing 43-point victory, Bootsma managed to rise from his death bed and find his way down to the beach.

This escape would have gone undetected if not for his fascination with social media. It seems he was so taken by the surrounds that he put a picture on Instagram.

I'm pretty sure the article was a leak from Carlton for a bit of supporting evidence. But he looked well, happy and carefree. I don't know about you but the last time I had gastro even after the symptoms had cleared I wasn't keen on trips to the beach. I wanted to be in close proximity to the loo! Doubt my girlfriend would want me hovering over her taking photos either.

Well he may been sick enough not to play but felt better later. We all have woken up crook, taken the day off work then felt better in the arvo. I believe Carlton after yet another disastrous loss felt they had to make a swift positive statement. They had some solid ammunition on this guy built up over time. Easier than sacking the coach. Curiously no Malthouse under pressure articles in the media this week.

Edited June 4, 201411 yr by america de cali

He could have felt better in the arvo and went out for a bit fresh air. Gastro can come and go pretty quickly. Agree very dumb to go on twitter though.

Agree - very dumb to go on twitter full stop. Am I sounding ancient?

Well, all you young smug whippersnappers, I have witnessed MFC Premierships.....far more fun than twitter :-)

If there wasn't a great deal of substance to the dismissal there would be a risk of alienating the playing group and the Players association would have been all over it. Even Carlton wouldn't be that stupid. Or.......

If there wasn't a great deal of substance to the dismissal there would be a risk of alienating the playing group and the Players association would have been all over it. Even Carlton wouldn't be that stupid. Or.......

yet other "marquee" players seem to get away with a great deal of substance !

Agree - very dumb to go on twitter full stop. Am I sounding ancient?

Well, all you young smug whippersnappers, I have witnessed MFC Premierships.....far more fun than twitter :-)

A 100% with you. The consesus with Bootsma is that he is a diquehead and no great loss to the game but he has managed to grab all the headlines from the real story that Carlton are shyte and in crisis. Arguably the best contribution he has made to the club.

Edited June 4, 201411 yr by america de cali

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/carlton-sacks-defender-josh-bootsma-over-inappropriate-behaviour-on-social-media/story-fni5f22o-1226942658309

Bootsma’s social media indiscretions stretch to last year and an away game on the Gold Coast.

The young defender was a late withdrawal from the Carlton team to play the Suns in Round 18 last year, citing gastro. He told officials he was too sick to even travel to the game and stayed behind at the team hotel where he was joined by his girlfriend.

While the Blues were having a convincing 43-point victory, Bootsma managed to rise from his death bed and find his way down to the beach.

This escape would have gone undetected if not for his fascination with social media. It seems he was so taken by the surrounds that he put a picture on Instagram.

*Blinks*

Wow. That is so unbelievably stupid that it's actually alarming. As if sending a pictures of his penis to a teenage girl isn't evidence enough, but the guy must be seriously lacking in the intelligence department.

carlton tried to trade him to WA last year and no one wanted him. Lets face it the guy wasnt even that good of a player. And for those saying if murphy or judd did the same thing they wouldnt get sacked, well no they wouldnt because they wouldnt be that dumb in the first place.

...and that's exactly why you don't come out with a stupid answer that if they did the same thing they would be sacked. McKay was asked the question, he would have been better off not answering on the grounds of it being a dumb question.

Had it been Goldsack the headlines would have been "Goldsack sacked for showing his sack"

Well he might have that. But this is unique treatment for a miscreant Carlton player. And the timing also.

Well unique, perhaps, in the last 9 years. Laurence Angwin was sacked mid-season in 2004.

Blues have been trying to sack him for a year...

Well unique, perhaps, in the last 9 years. Laurence Angwin was sacked mid-season in 2004.

Yeah, but he came straight to training from Revolver, didnt he?

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