Hill came to Freo with a history. The question is whether you start with a clean slate when you arrive? I think in most circumstances you do. If that's the case, then a one-game suspension seems about right, and is in line with previous suspensions like the one Blakely received.
What Brad did was really dumb, but I'm not sure it put anyone's safety at risk. There's no indication that when he was sprung he reacted violently.
It seems a lot of these instances happen when players aren't playing. If you are getting a game week-in-week-out there is so little time for you to muck up, that it seems that when they get a week to themselves they overcompensate. The same thing seems to happen during the bye and in the offseason.
It seems from the outside the work-life balance of AFL players is out of whack, but which coach is going to accept less time with their players?