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The Bulldogs have been criticised for throwing Kyle Flanagan to the wolves by letting him speak to the media and break down in tears on Tuesday before he was dropped when the Canterbury team was named.
Flanagan, along with the rest of the Bulldogs squad, was put up to speak to the press on Tuesday and it came just two days after he was benched by coach Trent Barrett.
The young halfback broke down in tears when he was asked a question about what his dad, Shane, had said to him.
But later that day Flanagan was axed at the expense of Brandon Wakeham.
The Bulldogs’ stance attracted criticism from The Daily Telegraph’s Paul Crawley on NRL360 on Fox League.
“It’s shocking, the club should be embarrassed,” Crawley said.
“Kyle shouldn’t be embarrassed. They hooked him on the weekend and they made the decision to drop him.
“They’ve got the right to do that, but it’s also their job to protect him.
“I don’t care if it’s Adam Reynolds or Daly Cherry-Evans, throw any halfback you want into that side – they won’t fix the problems at the Bulldogs.
“The problems at the Bulldogs aren't Kyle Flanagan’s doing.”
Crawley added: “If I was a player, you wouldn’t go and trust tour career at that joint. We give the Tigers a hard time, the Bulldogs are a basket case.”
Crawley’s Telegraph colleague Paul Kent said the Bulldogs needed to ask themselves why they allowed Flanagan to be exposed to a media scrum and then dropped him.
“With the squad available today the requests were put in and everybody ‘said can I get Kyle?’ At that point they said you know what, we may as well put him up,” Kent explained.
“But they should’ve told someone there, at the very least sit down and have a talk to him and get his frame of mind, and an understanding of where he’s at and if he’s able to handle it.
“He might’ve got up today and been able to handle it and just put his version out and everyone walks away going, well done, well handled.
“But he clearly is not at that stage and someone at the club – and for all the bulls**t you get about welfare at clubs – to drop the ball on this kid like they have today, it’s tough on him and embarrassing for the club.
“Someone at the club needs to sit there and answer a few questions.”
Flanagan, along with the rest of the Bulldogs squad, was put up to speak to the press on Tuesday and it came just two days after he was benched by coach Trent Barrett.
The young halfback broke down in tears when he was asked a question about what his dad, Shane, had said to him.
But later that day Flanagan was axed at the expense of Brandon Wakeham.
The Bulldogs’ stance attracted criticism from The Daily Telegraph’s Paul Crawley on NRL360 on Fox League.
“It’s shocking, the club should be embarrassed,” Crawley said.
“Kyle shouldn’t be embarrassed. They hooked him on the weekend and they made the decision to drop him.
“They’ve got the right to do that, but it’s also their job to protect him.
“I don’t care if it’s Adam Reynolds or Daly Cherry-Evans, throw any halfback you want into that side – they won’t fix the problems at the Bulldogs.
“The problems at the Bulldogs aren't Kyle Flanagan’s doing.”
Crawley added: “If I was a player, you wouldn’t go and trust tour career at that joint. We give the Tigers a hard time, the Bulldogs are a basket case.”
Crawley’s Telegraph colleague Paul Kent said the Bulldogs needed to ask themselves why they allowed Flanagan to be exposed to a media scrum and then dropped him.
“With the squad available today the requests were put in and everybody ‘said can I get Kyle?’ At that point they said you know what, we may as well put him up,” Kent explained.
“But they should’ve told someone there, at the very least sit down and have a talk to him and get his frame of mind, and an understanding of where he’s at and if he’s able to handle it.
“He might’ve got up today and been able to handle it and just put his version out and everyone walks away going, well done, well handled.
“But he clearly is not at that stage and someone at the club – and for all the bulls**t you get about welfare at clubs – to drop the ball on this kid like they have today, it’s tough on him and embarrassing for the club.
“Someone at the club needs to sit there and answer a few questions.”
