"Ratten admitted his son who excelled at footy as a youngster, wanted to follow in his father's footsteps and one day play in the AFL. Sitting there and suffering in silence I don't think is going to help anybody. Brett Ratten with children Cooper, 3, and Tanner, 11 weeks, in 2002. You will be with us every minute of every day,' Ratten wrote in the message. He went on to become the top coach at Carlton for five years until 2012. "It's sort of a little bit of a motivation to think that could we win the premiership and my energy could go towards that to help the Hawks but really trying to do it for Cooper a little bit too. He referred to Liam Shiels, Isaac Smith, Luke Breust, Luke Hodge and Sam Mitchell as 'family'.Ratten said he couldn't be more appreciative of Cooper's girlfriend Jasmine Williams, who now has a new boyfriend, for her ongoing support five years on from his death.
"He came in and said, 'Coop's been involved in an accident. I wish I could kiss you, hug you and hold you tight. I love you, my son. The promising AFL player was sitting in the back of the car after attending a Yarra Vale Football Club function when it ran off the road after failing to negotiate a sharp left turn. Twinings boss who supplies the Queen says the teabag should be left in for four...The new rules for modern society brides: Tatler reveals what it takes to throw a well-heeled wedding, from...Police say they're 'fed-up' of being accused of racism for 'just doing their jobs': Union urges Met to...Mauritians use home-made barriers of straw, tights and HAIR to try and stop 1,000-ton tanker oil spill...Roman industrial site unearthed in Northamptonshire gives a detailed picture of what life was like in...'Lock up police killers for 20 years': MP backs family's calls for tough new sentences after teenagers...Daughter who escaped as her crazed step-father cut off her mother's hair before blasting her and her baby...Flash floods leave town underwater with torrential rain and thunderstorms sweeping Britain ahead of another...MPs urge Ofcom to step in before BBC does 'irreparable' damage to its regional TV news service with plans to...Heavy metal producer Martin Birch dies aged 71: Tributes are paid to man behind albums by bands including...French warn Royal Navy to stay out of their waters while Boris Johnson calls for new powers to kick out...Bafta-winning Syrian activist Hassan Akkad who worked as NHS cleaner slams 'myth' that migrants flock to...'Does she want refugees to drown? We had to move,' he told the'Can I say I'm over what's happened? Ringwood teenager Cooper Ratten, 16, was thrown from the back seat of the car after it veered off the road and rolled at Yarra Glen, northeast of Melbourne, just after 3am on Sunday. 'You had so much potential and ability in the things you set your mind to. 'Our family is broken and will never be the same again,' mother Sharyn Ratten said, according the The Age. St Kilda coach Brett Ratten has opened up on how he managed his mental health following the tragic death of his son Cooper. "Coop was a real competitive kid, liked to always win when he played sport or played games," Ratten said. Jas will come around, go to the cemetery, yeah, it's bloody fantastic,' he said. People have things going on in their lives and I think we should be caring for our people and the people around us so I think this is a great initiative and I'm rapt to be a part of it. "I had some very good people around me, very supportive some great mates, but probably the biggest thing that helped me was the game," he added. “It gave me a goal to get back to work and drive to win a flag for Coop, not win a flag, to help be a part of a premiership in his memory,” he says.
"They never said come back or you have to coach or you have to do anything but you don't sleep, you think about it a lot so footy played a part for me to maybe just remove myself from the grieving process to maybe think about something else just for a little bit which helped me move maybe this much forward.
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