Luke Beveridge’s highly aggressive post-game attack on journalist Tom Morris on Wednesday night was far from an isolated incident – the Western Bulldogs coach seems to thrive on confrontation.
Happy to create a siege mentality for his club and players, Beveridge, who coached the Bulldogs to a flag in 2016, often insults reporters if they frustrate him.
In an incredible spray last September, the Bulldogs mentor publicly queried how people close to former Port Adelaide star turned pundit Kane Cornes ‘could stand to lay in bed with him’.
It followed Cornes questioning the desire of Bulldogs on-baller Adam Treloar ahead of last year’s AFL preliminary final.
Beveridge was enraged at talk the defender ‘gave up’ in some defensive contests during matches in 2021.
‘If you’re failing at trying to pull people apart and bring people down like two or three journalists did this week, I don’t know how people around you can live with you, how they can lie in bed with you, how they can look at themselves in the mirror,’ the coach said after his team beat Port Adelaide to make last year’s grand final.
Western Bulldogs head coach Luke Beveridge seems to thrive on confrontation with AFL journalists
Fox Footy’s Tom Morris was in Beveridge’s sights on Wednesday night, when he labelled the journalist an ’embarrassment’ at the post-game press conference at the MCG
Beveridge, who coached the Bulldogs to a flag in 2016, often insults reporters if they get him offside
The Bulldogs were unable to exact revenge on the Demons in their grand final rematch at the MCG
Cornes labelled the attack ‘strange’ and said it was directed at his wife.
‘I think it’d be much easier if Luke had the courage to actually name the people he was being critical of,’ he said.
‘It would seem strange if he would bring my wife into those comments after a game, I’d find that incredibly strange.’
Veteran AFL reporter Damian Barrett has also been singled out by Beveridge.
The pair have…
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