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The inquest into Maddy Cusack’s tragic death reveals troubling gaps in mental health support at Sheffield United, as her former coach Jonathan Morgan admitted he was unaware of the club’s policies and hadn’t received training on work-related stress. Morgan shared concerns with the club doctor in early September, noting Maddy’s declining energy and absence of a former teammate, though he had no record of their conversation. He recalled Maddy mentioning she’d seen her GP and was on medication — a treatment that could take up to two weeks to take effect — and felt reassured by their final phone call on September 11, believing she planned to return to play. Despite her family’s complaint over her fraught relationship with Morgan, no formal documentation exists of their last exchange. Morgan updated the club doctor but not HR, expressing confidence the issue was being handled — even as her father recalled Maddy’s happiness before Morgan re-entered her life, and her mother called him her “nemesis.”

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