Calls for an Australian newspaper to apologise for an insensitive headline about Phil Walsh.

Phil Walsh was murdered in his home in July. 

In July this year, Adelaide Crows coach Phil Walsh was allegedly murdered by his 26-year-old son Cy. His loss was felt across the country, with the AFL community in mourning following the 55-year-old father of two’s sudden and untimely passing.

Today, South South Australian newspaper The Advertiser has landed itself in hot water after publishing an editorial by sports journalist and columnist Michelangelo Rucci.

The article, titled “Making a career never harder”, discusses how making a coaching career in the AFL is harder then ever and asks whether the role is a “dead-end job?”

While the piece was available online earlier this week, it was published in today’s paper in a spread that commentators have labelled “sick and twisted”, featuring a photo of Walsh underneath the headline “dead-end job?”

Many have taken to Twitter to complain about the story, calling upon the newspaper and columnist Rucci to apologise.

Absolutely mortified that such sick and twisted people at @theTiser would allow this to be printed. Disgusting. pic.twitter.com/lkIdg2fMAN

— Jack Molloy (@jackomolloyo) October 17, 2015

I cannot believe that @theTiser would allow this filth to be published in our paper.. I will never be a paper again! pic.twitter.com/Mvhy0Fr5Rb

— Kate Bartlett (@bartlett_kate) October 17, 2015

@theTiser @michelangeloruc how did this go to print?? Extremely bad taste https://t.co/5LMTsyT52V — Nichole Suhan (@nickysuhan) October 17, 2015