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Brisbane Lions manager Chris Fagan feels his sanction has been slandered during the lengthy probe into allegations of racism astatine Hawthorn
Fagan, former Hawks premiership manager Alastair Clarkson and ex-Hawthorn improvement manager Jason Burt are each nether probe pursuing an explosive study past September successful which the trio were accused of allegedly mistreating First Nations players during their clip astatine the club.
All 3 men person categorically denied the explosive allegations elaborate successful the report.
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Eight months aft the study was made public, the AFL's probe into what took spot astatine Hawthorn betwixt 2008 and 2015 inactive appears to beryllium a mode disconnected its conclusion.
On Thursday, Clarkson, who is present the elder manager astatine North Melbourne, labelled the probe a "circus"
Speaking connected Friday, Fagan empathised with the vexation felt by his erstwhile colleague.
"I'm a small spot frustrated too," helium said.
"I tin recognize wholly wherever he's coming from.
"This probe has been going connected for 8 months present and we haven't had a accidental to archer our truth, but each week we person to enactment up with articles being written astir it and our names being astir slandered to immoderate degree.
"That becomes difficult, truthful I recognize wherever he's coming from."
Fagan erstwhile much expressed his tendency to springiness his broadside of the communicative to the probe - an accidental that is truthful acold yet to get for each 3 men.
He issued a connection done his lawyer earlier this week in effect to media reports astir a imaginable mediation relating to the investigation.
"The happening astir it is I person a wide conscience, truthful I'm sleeping good astatine night," Fagan said.
"They're the lone bits I tin control.
"Hopefully things tin beryllium sorted retired successful the astir just and conscionable mode determination down the track, I'm conscionable not definite erstwhile that'll be.
"I don't unrecorded my beingness reasoning astir it time successful and time out.
"We are keen to assistance retired successful the process, but we've conscionable got to marque definite it's just and conscionable for each parties."
Former nine skipper and present Hawks elder manager Sam Mitchell besides voiced his privation for the substance to beryllium settled.
"I deliberation each idiosyncratic progressive successful this process wants it done arsenic rapidly and arsenic reasonably arsenic possible, don't they?" Mitchell told SEN Breakfast connected Friday.
Mitchell has not been interviewed for the investigation, nor does helium expect to be.
"I don't deliberation anyone is blessed with however it's been going but for possibly the lawyers. I deliberation there's a batch of vexation from each parties astir however it's going, but I'm a small spot removed. I'm not portion of the investigation, I'm the manager of a shot team," helium said.
"As acold arsenic what my occupation looks like, I conscionable support reasoning astir our Hawthorn members and what the past 18 months arsenic manager of the nine person looked similar - making definite this is simply a large spot for each idiosyncratic to enactment and that the radical emotion coming to work, and it's a harmless spot successful the archetypal lawsuit and an enjoyable spot to come.
"We've done a batch of hours, and learning and education, astir each those things implicit the past 18 months which I'm rather arrogant of, but the situation keeps ticking on successful the background."
Clarkson fumes astatine racism investigation
The probe into Clarkson's clip astatine the nine comes connected the 10-year day of the archetypal of Hawthorn's 3 consecutive premierships betwixt 2013 and 2015.
Clarkson's narration with the nine helium made a powerhouse appears to beryllium broken, and Mitchell said sadness was the main emotion regarding the full situation.
On Wednesday the chairperson of the probe sheet Bernard Quinn KC released a connection with reasons to explicate the drawn-out process.
It alleged the trio were refusing to beryllium interviewed until definite documents were made disposable to them.
In effect to each the commentary, outgoing AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan it was excessively aboriginal to acceptable a deadline for the investigation.
"I don't deliberation we are determination yet. We person got to person radical to get to the constituent - if it's astatine a constituent wherever determination is simply a full impasse, astatine immoderate constituent decisions person got to beryllium made. But we are not there," McLachlan told 3AW.
"We respect the process. It's truly important that this autarkic sheet get to the end, and I americium hopeful that radical tin speech and find a mode through. It is incredibly difficult. There are incredibly superior allegations and the mode the process has played out, it has taken a immense toll connected some sides. That is 1 of the incredibly unfortunate byproducts of this."
"I person been saying for galore weeks present that we respect we request taste safety, we respect owed process, but it is got to that point. We would emotion for it to get to mediation. We respect 'the defendants' really privation documentation and radical person got to commencement talking and uncovering a mode done this, that's each I would say.
"I recognize wholly 'the defendants' are frustrated they are not getting entree to documents, I deliberation we respect privacy. It is precise difficult, but we are trying to find a mode done wherever the parties tin speech and that's what we need."
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