Maddy Cusack - SUFC Investigation Statement

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I don’t believe in any afterlife, but found it spookily coincidental that after our poor ladies #8 died, in no small part because of her struggles with her work life, we held a minutes silence at the very next men’s game, with all the players wearing #8, and then went on to lose 0-8, and our season completely fell apart
 
mattbianco1 said:
Why does the sub headline in the link above say she "died suddenly", but the actual article doesn't say that.
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The definition being ‘quickly and unexpectedly’… it was most certainly the latter but it’s a poor choice of word. Almost smacks of baiting clicks. :/
 
From (professional) experience it routinely raises concerns (& ‘suspicions’) when organisations feel the the need to utilise / implement redactions, particularly in the context of someone’s death, albeit that is precisely the context / ‘origin’ of the “Worcestershire Principle” (in a children’s Safeguarding case)

Paradoxically that process / ruling is (meant to) ‘encourage candour & ‘openness’ by ‘protecting’ information / sources / ‘witnesses’ albeit the Coroner will have (had) sight of the full FA report.

The process / procedure (inevitably?) gives rise to the question ‘what are they not telling ‘us’ / ‘there’s no smoke without fire’ etc
 
And puts in a different light the club's connection with suicide prevention initiatives.

Late delivery of documents in legal processes is, sadly, not uncommon. In cases like this it simply adds to the trauma and pain suffered by those wanting answers.

Maddy, her family and friends deserve better.

The final outcome of this will make interesting and telling reading.
 



The Fox said:
I think of all the topics on this forum this is one we shouldn't speculate on .
Let the process be completed .
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Of course, the latest issue is that the process sees no progress towards completion.

Maddy passed away in 2023. It's 2026.
 
What is the desired aim of the inquest?

It’s such a sensitive subject.

But what are the family looking for? Redactions to be removed so they can understand a fuller picture? Something more against Morgan?

It just prolongs the misery the delays. You would have hoped the club could have got ahead of this so there were time for redactions prior to the hearing.

That said, how do you get a satisfactory outcome? It’s not uncommon for folks to not get on with their boss. Some people just don’t land on the same page.

It’s just not clear to me what the aim is now. If it was for the club to take the incident seriously then that has surely been achieved. But in terms of closure, I feel for the family and don’t know how they will ever get this.
 
Bladeloyal said:
The coroner added that court procedures and the need to make redactions to documents had contributed to the delay.
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Yes, as far as I am aware Sheffield United submitted documents on time, however were then asked to make significant amendments and redactions which ended up resulting in a delay.
 
Grey Blade said:
That makes a depressing read. It might be easier to judge the validity if we were hearing it but written down the evidence sounds terrible
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I'm not sure what I'm missing - what sounds terrible (other than the outcome, obviously)?
 
Grey Blade said:
I'm talking about the alleged bullying - at least that's the way it seems to be to me
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Something doesn't seem to add up based on the limited information offered. The accusation is that Morgan was a bully, something she believed from her time at Leicester. But he moved to us in February 2023, then she extended her playing contract in July 2023. She even took a pay cut to take that job, and presumably spend more time with Morgan?
 
alcoblade said:
Something doesn't seem to add up based on the limited information offered. The accusation is that Morgan was a bully, something she believed from her time at Leicester. But he moved to us in February 2023, then she extended her playing contract in July 2023. She even took a pay cut to take that job, and presumably spend more time with Morgan?
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It appeared she was given (but hadn't asked for it?) a full time contract - I wonder if that was a 'take it or leave it' offer and she felt she had to accept it. I assume there is more be divulged
 
As someone with enough mental health experience to sink a ship, i will offer a perspective on this as someone who was once in maddies shoes. In 2019 I came close to calling it a day. Every day, id had enough.

Strangers on the internet know far more about my mental health struggles than my family ever will. Thats my choice, just like maddie made hers, and I get that because im terrified how people would react if they knew. as tragic as it is, it's the truth. I never told a soul. Nobody who knows me knows how close I was to being gone.

The club wont have known anything like the true extent of her issues. My work had no idea. I didnt take a single day off. Work, home, drink, suicidal, sleep, rinse, repeat. Doing it alone.

I sense the family feels guilt because they didnt realise how bad it was. But none of my family would have either, had i done it. Its just so sad. And unless youve been there you cant understand it.

My personal view is that it is being handled badly by just about everyone. I dont know the facts but what i do know is ive acted just like maddie did in keeping it to myself. I feel like a blame game has ensued which kinda proves how clueless people are. Its not the clubs fault, because they didnt know the full extent. Its not the family's fault, but its clear they feel guilt. Its not morgans fault. Even if he does sound like a dick. A grown adult makes their choice, a tragic one, but pointing the finger wont bring her back. Let this poor woman rest in peace.
 
calcalcal said:
As someone with enough mental health experience to sink a ship, i will offer a perspective on this as someone who was once in maddies shoes. In 2019 I came close to calling it a day. Every day, id had enough.

Strangers on the internet know far more about my mental health struggles than my family ever will. Thats my choice, just like maddie made hers, and I get that because im terrified how people would react if they knew. as tragic as it is, it's the truth. I never told a soul. Nobody who knows me knows how close I was to being gone.

The club wont have known anything like the true extent of her issues. My work had no idea. I didnt take a single day off. Work, home, drink, suicidal, sleep, rinse, repeat. Doing it alone.

I sense the family feels guilt because they didnt realise how bad it was. But none of my family would have either, had i done it. Its just so sad. And unless youve been there you cant understand it.

My personal view is that it is being handled badly by just about everyone. I dont know the facts but what i do know is ive acted just like maddie did in keeping it to myself. I feel like a blame game has ensued which kinda proves how clueless people are. Its not the clubs fault, because they didnt know the full extent. Its not the family's fault, but its clear they feel guilt. Its not morgans fault. Even if he does sound like a dick. A grown adult makes their choice, a tragic one, but pointing the finger wont bring her back. Let this poor woman rest in peace.
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Thanks for sharing. I hope I’m not presumptuous when I say that I’m glad that you are in a better place now and that you’ll remain there.

My thoughts on the case haven’t changed since earlier up this page.

You can almost feel the walls closing in on her with the comments. She lost some motivation because she was overwhelmed by potentially juggling two roles, and if she spoke up, she felt she may be detrimentally impacted so as a result she didn’t speak up.

You’d hope there is now an environment where there is a safeness to speak up without fear of reproach but everyone is different; what feels safe for one person may not for another.

As you state with your last paragraph nobody would have known the magnitude until it was too late.

I’m not a mental health professional so it’s not my place to give advice on that level but I would say the old adage of “a problem solved is a problem halved” isn’t a bad one. I do mentoring in my work and you realise sometimes just being heard and helping someone to logically arrange their thoughts can help.

I do hope anyone on here who faces such challenges can find the right person to lighten their burden.
 
Yes indeed talking helps and there is always some place you can do that.

To be honest I dont think its something you're ever free of its a case of just having it under control. After 20 years on/off I finally grew a pair and went to a doctor. The tablets help a fraction, but I've become a tougher cookie in the years that passed. I feel like ive got plenty living to do yet

The mrs has been on anti depressants for years so at least weve some common ground 🤣

Thanks for the nice words and whilst this forum is relentless moaning, winding each other up and shitposting, we're all just people and sometimes its good to talk 👍
 
You can't understand the families desperate pain at losing their precious daughter, i hope i never get to know how that feels .
But is it really morgans doing ?
Let's face it we have all worked for a w@nker of a boss at some stage .
He may be an absolute bell end who knows ....
Is he being treated unfairly as a scapegoat?
I dont know .
Rip Maddie , so sad 😞
 



calcalcal said:
As someone with enough mental health experience to sink a ship, i will offer a perspective on this as someone who was once in maddies shoes. In 2019 I came close to calling it a day. Every day, id had enough.

Strangers on the internet know far more about my mental health struggles than my family ever will. Thats my choice, just like maddie made hers, and I get that because im terrified how people would react if they knew. as tragic as it is, it's the truth. I never told a soul. Nobody who knows me knows how close I was to being gone.

The club wont have known anything like the true extent of her issues. My work had no idea. I didnt take a single day off. Work, home, drink, suicidal, sleep, rinse, repeat. Doing it alone.

I sense the family feels guilt because they didnt realise how bad it was. But none of my family would have either, had i done it. Its just so sad. And unless youve been there you cant understand it.

My personal view is that it is being handled badly by just about everyone. I dont know the facts but what i do know is ive acted just like maddie did in keeping it to myself. I feel like a blame game has ensued which kinda proves how clueless people are. Its not the clubs fault, because they didnt know the full extent. Its not the family's fault, but its clear they feel guilt. Its not morgans fault. Even if he does sound like a dick. A grown adult makes their choice, a tragic one, but pointing the finger wont bring her back. Let this poor woman rest in peace.
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Totally agree with this the family just appear to be blaming the club when it was nobody's fault.
If no party knew how she was mentally it's not really anyone's fault
You can always leave a job you don't like
 
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