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He's now a premiership-winning coach but Melbourne's Simon Goodwin has confessed he lost passion for the game and battled with mental health issues during a tough 2019 season.
Goodwin, who has previously revealed he struggled with mental health and a gambling addiction during his playing days, led the Demons to a preliminary final in 2018, but the following season was an annus horribilis for the club.
Now an advocate and ambassador for mental health, Goodwin has now acknowledged how overwhelmed he felt at times during the 2019 season.
'When we started to tumble down the ladder and lose games of footy, there was no doubt I started to become more of a recluse, I started to lose the passion for the game,' he told Tackle Your Feelings, a mental health training program for community AFL clubs.
Goodwin has revealed the huge toll 2019 took on him
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