Former Herald Sun chief football writer Mark Robinson has called on the AFL to come down hard on Geelong star Bailey Smith.<\/p>\n
After coming under fire for his social media antics at the club’s Mad Monday celebrations, Smith landed himself in hot water again this week.<\/p>\n
In a now-deleted Instagram story, the Geelong midfielder posted a video of former Footy Show host Sam Newman criticising veteran journalist Caroline Wilson.<\/p>\n
Smith’s post, and his Mad Monday post also featuring Wilson, triggered the AFL to warn Geelong over the star player’s social media presence, according to The Age.<\/a><\/p>\n Robinson welcomed the league’s response and said it was time Smith was pulled into line.<\/p>\n \u201cI spoke about this about two or three weeks ago and it really p**ses me off, a lot of these young punks online say, \u2018get off his back he\u2019s only having fun\u2019, there\u2019s a fine line between having fun and showing an amount of decency in this world,\u201d Robinson said.<\/p>\n \u201cThe AFL had to come down hard on his antics with Caroline Wilson.<\/p>\n “You just can\u2019t be doing what he did. I\u2019m just surprised the AFL took so long to send him a letter and send the club (Geelong Cats) a letter saying pull him into line if you don\u2019t, we will.<\/p>\n \u201cI thought it was a week-and-a-half too late from the AFL, but he\u2019s got the message.\u201d<\/p>\n Smith managed to escape any punishment other than the league’s official warning to the club.<\/p>\n Following the Cats’ loss to the Lions in this year’s Grand Final, the 24-year-old attended Geelong\u2019s end of season celebrations dressed as Brad Pitt\u2019s character Tristan Ludlow from the movie Legends of the Fall.<\/p>\n He referenced Brokeback Mountain, a film about a gay relationship between cowboys.<\/p>\n