Pressure to perform, pressure to keep a family going, pressure to keep a marriage going, pressure to be the best, pressure to win. Pressure does funny things to people and few are under as much pressure as sportsmen working at elite level. It would be foolish to deny that pressure did not play a part in pushing Trott over the edge, but he would not have known that this would be outcome. But anyone who has suffered depression or severe stress will know how convincing the lie can be that says “I’m fine”. Andy Flower is a stern leader of men and if there had been even an inkling that Trott was not feeling up for the fight when he got on the plane, he would not have been allowed to do so. Many will suggest that he never should have been on tour in the first place and that his failings with the bat in the first Ashes Test – where he scored 10 and nine respectively – were signs of his “running scared”. It takes just one straw to break the camel’s back, after all.
Perhaps he has been doing so for months or even years. He managed to put on a brave face in a warm-up game and scored an unbeaten century in Perth. After all, isn’t that expected of sportsmen? They need to just “be a man”. Trott might have felt okay, he might have felt like he was up for it, he might have felt like he could shrug the problems aside and just suck it up. They have been aware that he’s not quite well, but the Warwickshire man still opted to join the touring party to Australia. You only needed to do a Twitter search for Trott, or read comments on sites announcing the news, to realise how misunderstood the issue is and how it is something to made fun of for many, instead of something that should be treated as an illness.Įngland’s coach, Andy Flower, admitted that Trott had been struggling for a while. Mental illness - and the high cost of macho culture in. One headline we don’t ever want to publish is the last headline we’ve seen too many news publications publish: “We’re closing” It’s quite literally the difference between bad news and very bad news. If you value knowing that we’re out here doing our jobs, please consider joining Maverick Insider for whatever amount you choose. It’s also to put a stop to what could happen. Their job is not to simply report on what’s happened. Imagine if the #GuptaLeaks had never happened? If Scorpio, our investigative unit, had never been established? If our journalists didn’t expose the failures of state departments? South Africa could have been far worse off. The truth is, these investigations are helping hold our country together.Ĭorruption is being stopped in its tracks, criminals are being arrested, funds are being recovered, an age of accountability is dawning properly. When your newsfeed is consistently refreshed with a seemingly endless flow of Daily Maverick investigations, from ministerial corruption to white collar crime and State Capture, it’s easy to think the country is falling apart. We’re not always the bearers of good news…
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