Up to five Adelaide Crows players have sought counselling after the club provided Collective Mind with a list of sore points with which to mentally target them, according to a report.
Speaking on Thursday’s AFL Footy Show, Damian Barrett said questions about the contentious camp are “not going to go away despite what the club wants… there are more details continuing to emerge”.
“Clearly the club provided the group Collective Mind with a list of items and issues with which to tackle each player on and to confront those players in the hope of breaking them down mentally,” Barrett said.
“The group Collective Mind was provided the list of options for each player by the club. And we know that five players at least have sought counselling as a result of what was done on that particularly camp. There may well be more — we know of at least five.
Barrett said Curtly Hampton was receiving help from “family and friends” after comments of an “indigenous nature” were directed his way that he “would’ve preferred not to have raised”.
Barrett also said Sam Jacobs had taken up “the cause of Eddie Betts internally at the club”, who is widely believed to have struggled with elements of the camp.
“[Jacobs] himself is dealing with what was said at that camp… he didn’t like what he was subjected to.
“Tex Walker, the captain, we take him absolutely at his word that he got something out of the camp… we know his captaincy was questioned in a very vigorous way — was he smart enough, was he equipped to tackle it.
“He got something out of it. That was one of the positives to come out of it.
“[But] clearly the tactic of the club providing the company that did the camp with these issues to target those players with is a significant issue, which will have lingering affects for the rest of this year and particularly when it comes to post season when players contemplate where they may be.”
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