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?”

The story in today’s copy of ‘The Advertiser’.

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.