The tarnishing of brand Judd — Part 2

Perhaps Judd has been ill-advised by his Carlton minders. Perhaps his limited sleep in the hours after the Blues exited the season was some sort of excuse for his now-infamous “martial arts” allusion. Perhaps the litany of excuses, pseudo-explanations, self-justifications and pleadings might have been better left unuttered. Perhaps Judd and Carlton would have been better served following the Matthews pattern and simply sucking it up when it came their turn to cop it back.

The Hawthorn hard men of the early eighties could, arguably, be labeled as thugs, but they took what was coming without a whimper when it was their turn.

Judd has not only tarnished his brand with an ill-judged action, but compounded it by whinging when called to account.