I really feel for Hansie's family and also I felt for him at the time of the bribery scandal. Anyone remember that he accidentally killed a little girl in SA when driving through Soweto? That sort of incident, regardless of how at fault you are, can change someone for the worse often. Who knows? Maybe that led to him being tempted by people who wanted to buy him. Maybe his rationale for taking the money was that with the pain he was feeling in regards to that incident, nothing anyone else could do to him could possibly affect him as much? As someone who was a part-time counsellor, I can tell you I saw the same look in Hansie's eyes two years ago as I saw so often in people I helped.
So through all of this, I always had a certain amount of sympathy for Hansie. It seem sobvious in hind sight that the incident in Soweto affected his cricket too. Before that, he was averaging in the high 40's and had a pretty lethal pull and hook shot. After that time period, his average dropped and the pull and hook left his game, replaced by timid edges to bouncers to the keeper and slips.
Anyway, let's try to keep the thread civil, as it has been so far. I only say this because stuff like this has the potential to turn bad.