I am actually starting to hate the bloke.
I actually felt like that a couple weeks ago which leads me to this little anecdote.
I went to the VFL game v Port Melbourne a few weeks back. Many of the younger guys on the list who were either injured or played the night before v Hawthorn were there including Ty.
There was one particular Richmond fan who was pretty belligerent and spent much of the game abusing our own players. At the end of the game Ty was standing right next to me waiting for the boys to go down the race and into the changerooms. The aforementioned fan noticed Ty and came closer till she was about 5 meters away kept saying things - clearly to antagonise and draw a reaction. Ty was standing next to a pole not even half as thick as he yet tried to move around the other side as if "hiding" would prevent the woman from seeing him. He clearly understood he was in a position where anything he did in response would reflect poorly on himself and the club.
In this moment he wasn't the Ty that i spend games screaming at the TV over, he was just a young emotionally vulnerable man clearly uncomfortable having to stand there and cop abuse from some idiot when he just wanted to go and cheer on his mates on a Saturday afternoon. I immediately felt bad for him and it was a real eye opener that put things in perspective for me.
Since this day I'm unable to muster the same vitriolic response to Ty's performance on the field.
