Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin has opened up on the sustained media attack he has suffered and the personal toll it has taken. A former Demons president, with a direct line to News Corp, launched a vicious campaign against Goodwin, with allegations of inappropriate behaviour, drug use, gambling and cover-ups. Goodwin has repeatedly denied the accusations, but his name has been dragged through the mud and the headlines have been, to the say the least, relentless.
” Things escalated again this year when Federal MP Andrew Wilkie brought up Goodwin’s name in Parliament. Wilkie — protected by parliamentary privilege — rehashed many of Bartlett’s allegations, including a claim that AFL executives and others covered up Goodwin’s alleged cocaine use. Wilkie also said Bartlett believed that AFL executives had “hid their concerns about the alleged drug use for 18 months”.