sad for the bloke really wish him all the best, however, when you are never held to account and never made to own your fuckups you will never learn. Greenburg and others pampering him and getting him off so easy hes learned nothing, now down the track where hes gone right off the rails, theres major concern for him, and covering up allegations of excessive drinking and issues regarding violence in the past has come back to bite them all. way back when it was first mentioned was when he needed help, and he needed honesty from those that knew what was going on
Exactly. But, you know what...it should not matter one iota as to his profile, or how talented a player is, if NRL are concerned and looking after his welfare what about all the others who have gone before who were not afforded the same concern and help. Where was the concern from the NRL for the perceived ' bad boys' of the game who had an unhappy demise or are in a bad place. A big fat zero because they were not superstars or one of the good guys...but they are still human beings in the end.
If he is the one who was playing up at Magic round ( and to me if makes perfect sense to believe he is) his ex team mates were pissed at him for his behaviour, even though publicly they were full of accolades and feel good vibes about him.
From domestic violence to DUI ,he has run the full range of bad behaviours. Drinking does not cause mental health issues, it enhances them, so why was he not guided a better way when the issues first arose? All we got from Todd was a personal reference telling all and sundry that he was a top person who had just made an error in judgement...one of many it now seems. Talent is the answer there..his talent was craved by both his team and the NRL who swept under the carpet any problems so as not to penalise the Rabbits or the NRL with dodgy headlines.
Personal responsibility is exactly that; personal and whether or not he could not or would not accept any help was his choice. Very unfortunate what has happened but really not that much unexpected.