Love him or hate him, Geelong’s star midfielder Bailey Smith’s 2025 season is one of the AFL’s greatest redemption stories. There’s no doubt that questions were firing from every direction before he began the 2025 season: What would we get? Credit: Josh Chadwick/AFL Photos / AFL Photos via Getty ImagesIt was foolish for us to have even considered Scott didn’t have a plan. Bailey Smith’s 2025 season has been career best. Credit: Michael Willson/AFL Photos / AFL Photos via Getty Images“He’s a headline maker,” said Hamish Mclachlan at last night’s Brownlow Medal.