Can Joe Daniher Get His Career Back on Track After Another Injury Problem?
Joe Daniher is a gamer with tremendous pledge. He has actually shown a lot of capability during his fleeting appearances for the Bombers, but injury problems have actually relatively hindered his career up until now. The 25-year old looks set to invest another extended spell on the sidelines, and it's yet another blow for both gamer and club. He made a surprise go back to the side, and played a substantial part in Essendon's 58-116 thumping of North Melbourne in Round 5, but a potential recurrence of a groin issue will prevent him from playing any further part this season. Will the star forward be able to bounce back from his most current bad luck?
"You do not understand whether you desire vengeance on life ... or whether you're looking for a blame someplace-- but it's simply the method the penny falls."
Dermott Brereton offers an insight into what Joe Daniher would be going through after another injury problem: https://t.co/dElZWFLQ7a pic.twitter.com/vuTMX3lq6c
-- FOX FOOTY (@FOXFOOTY) All-Australian Group alongside colleagues Michael Hurley and Zach Merrett. After registering a career-best 62 goals in a single season, his AFL future looked very intense, however he's endured a problem 18 months, and has played just twelve times across the last 2 seasons. At this moment in time it is uncertain the length of time Daniher will be required to invest in the sidelines, however the early diagnosis does not look promising and there are recommendations that he has intensified his frustrating groin once again. He was added to the club's injury list on May 22nd, they are priced at 2.25 in the current Aussie Rules betting to receive the finals. Their recent 60-53 victory over the Dockers suggested that they need to be able to cope without the services of their star forward.
Joe Daniher takes a grab https://t.co/kXdzEbToKg pic.twitter.com/nOQzZHgcG7
-- Melbourne Informer (@melbourneinform)
May 18, 2019 Bombers supervisor David Richardson validated that Daniher had actually lost some power and strength in his groin, and admitted that the club will assess all possible choices in order to aid his healing. The forward didn't feature up until week five owing to a calf concern, although the 25-year old did handle to return to action quicker than anticipated. Nevertheless, they'll undoubtedly be cautious of rushing him back prematurely this time around.
It's the latest in a long line of setbacks for Joe Daniher, and the club must thoroughly monitor his development throughout the next 6 months. He will be desperate to return to the field as quickly as possible, and Bombers fans will be hoping he can stay injury-free throughout 2020. The bulk of AFL gamers are impacted by physical fitness problems eventually during their career, however Joe Daniher seems to have actually suffered more than the majority of. He is a gamer with amazing ability, and it's an embarassment to see his body constantly let him down. He has never ever quite reached his complete capacity, and he will be 26-years old by the time he goes back to action.
Joe Daniher still has time to establish himself as an AFL star, however injuries have actually hindered his development over the last 18 months, and it could be a long road back to full fitness for Essendon's leading goalkicker.
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Former athletes are crucial in the media, but are they journalists?
It is almost impossible to turn on the television to watch a game of sport without at least one current or former player being involved in the broadcast.
Regardless of the sport, these people are brought in to give their specialist insight and add to the overall experience for fans watching at home.
As long as sport has been broadcast, so-called ‘experts’ have been involved. Typically a former player or coach, their knowledge and experience is exploited as they explain what is happening in greater detail to the fans watching or listening, and intricately breakdown details.
While these people might be well suited for covering the sport on TV, trained media and journalists are just as important in the grand scheme of things.
Increasingly, former athletes have not only been involved in the broadcast of sport, but the way it is covered in the media as a whole.
Many athletes see working in the media as a natural stepping-stone for a job after their sporting career is over.
Almost every newspaper has articles and previews/reviews written by expert analysts, typically former greats. Retired AFL stars like Matthew Lloyd and Dermott Brereton are penning articles for Melbourne’s Herald Sun, and current rugby league national coach Mal Meninga is featuring in Sydney’s Daily Telegraph.
The insight a former player or coach gives is one that many fans thrive on. Mick Malthouse, one the greatest AFL coaches of the modern era, is a regular sight in Melbourne newspapers, and is trusted because his history of success at the highest level.
This experience and history adds credibility and weight behind the words, a benefit not shared by non-athletes.
Their articles are a pivotal part of the publications they are featured in for a number of reasons.
A traditional journalist may have spent their entire career covering one sport and have just as deep an understanding, however their insight would mean no more to a reader than a former coach or player.
Former athletes add ‘colour’ to stories with the ability to use personal anecdotes and relate to what the current day athletes are doing.
As much as people groan at the ‘back in my day’ generation, it builds the narrative and allows a comparison of the past and present that many love.
Broadcasting teams of NBA games are flanked by greats of days gone by. Anecdotes of playing with and against the likes of Jordan, Stockton and Ewing are constant, specifically with the ever-raging argument of who is the greatest of all time.
All that in mind, ex-players should not be considered journalists.
By dictionary definition anyone who writes for a news publication is a journalist. However in this context, the American Press definition suits better,
“Journalism is the activity of gathering, assessing, creating and presenting news and information. It is also the products of these activities”.
The act of simply writing a story that is featured in a newspaper does not make one a journalist. Uncovering, researching and producing a story does.
What retired players have in terms of name value and experience in the sport, they lack in training and news sense. That is where trained and experienced journalists are necessary.
Former players are best suited for writing opinion pieces and stories that require a history in the sport or expertise. What they are not suited for writing are match reports and news stories that require journalistic intuition and knowhow.
Skills required to write these stories can only be achieved through years of practice and experience in the industry. This training allows people to fine tune their talents and hone their craft.
When the athletes were running around on the field, journalists were refining their skills, covering those who are now their competition.
Also pivotal in writing these stories is the ability to distinguish what is and isn’t newsworthy, and the ability to find an interesting story even when it seems impossible.
With news stories occasionally being difficult to break as they are insensitive, controversial or could ruin someone’s reputation, former players may not want to be the one to break it, having been in those shoes before.
Journalists are able to complete all these duties, but a former player is much less versatile.
Several new platforms have been created for athletes to practice writing and make their voices heard.
The Players Tribune, founded by 14 time MLB All Star Derek Jeter, allows athletes to create and share content straight from the horse’s mouth.
The organisation aims to provide an unedited voice to athletes. A space for them to be free and say what they want without fear of it being misconstrued. It also allows for opinions to be shared and rebuttals to be made.
Dominican baseball star José Bautista wrote an article in defense of his infamous ‘bat flip’ during the 2015 MLB playoffs, and in doing so, took a swipe at the media coverage and response to the incident.
It has also been the platform used to break many significant stories in American sport since its launch four years ago.
Kobe Bryant shared his famed Dear Basketball retirement letter on the site. Kevin Durant used it to announce he was leaving Oklahoma City to go to the Golden State Warriors.
The website, and similar ones such as Australian based PlayersVoice, have received a lot of backlash from traditional media outlets as they fear they are making them obsolete.
In an interview with ESPN in October 2014, Jeter said he believes The Players Tribune will not impact mainstream channels.
“We’re not trying to take away from sportswriters”, he said. “ Sportswriters are what make sports successful. I think we’re sort of working in conjunction with them.”
The biggest issue with athlete-driven media is the question of objectivity. Will the tough questions be asked and controversial stories be published?
One former player who is now a highly respected journalist is Doris Burke.
The ESPN analyst has been a standout on college basketball broadcasts since 1991, covered the WNBA for the first 20 years of its existence and is a stalwart of NBA sidelines.
Prior to her career covering the sport, she was a standout point guard at the collegiate level. She led the Big East in assists in her senior year, and ended her collegiate career as the all time leader at Providence College.
With no viable option of professional basketball at the time, Burke joined ESPN as an analyst.
Since then, she has broken barriers and become the first woman to commentate a men’s college basketball game and a New York Knicks game on both radio and television.
Nowadays, Burke is one of the most highly respected journalists in American basketball.
Current team USA coach and ESPN colour commentator Jeff Van Gundy has known Burke since his days as an assistant coach at Providence College.
“She’s the best, most versatile analyst and commentator at ESPN”, Van Gundy told Deadspin reporter Lyndsey D’Arcangelo.
“She does it all, great interviewer, commentator, studio analyst, everything. And she is an expert at it all, women’s and men’s college basketball, the NBA and the WNBA. She’s the LeBron James of sports casters. There’s no better broadcaster out there right now.”
There are other retired athletes who have had success in the media industry.
Retired English cricket captain Michael Atherton has carved a polarizing career in the media. He has written for The Telegraph and The Times, and has worked for broadcast companies BBC, Channel 4 and Sky Sports.
For his outstanding work, he was awarded the Sports Journalist of the Year at the 2010 British Press Awards.
Burke and Atherton are not typical cases of retired athletes who have become journalists. The two have put in around 50 years of dedicated work following their sports careers.
While they may have used their names to get in to the industry, they have not rested on their laurels and have instead worked hard to get where they are today.
Athletes, media and fans respect them for their mixture of talents and unique take on sport.
They are journalists who just so happen to be former athletes.
And just as much as the world needs journalists to cover sport, it needs sports personalities in and around the media too.
Listening to a football game would be completely different if not for Brian Taylor or Billy Brownless. NBA coverage would be far less enjoyable without Shaq and Charles Barkley constantly goading each other.
Imagine watching cricket as a child and not hearing Bill Lawry shriek “Yes! Got him”.
These characters make sport. They are the reason we tune in every week and watch the same broadcast. Without them, sport would be incredibly different to watch, listen and read.
But they are not journalists.
Both parties are arguably as important to sport as one another, for very different reasons.
You can be both a retired player and a journalist.
But just because you are one, does not make you both.
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