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http://www.sportal.com.au/league-opinion-display/idris-would-have-benefitted-from-hasler-155609
ada Lucius
Sportal
It's a shame Jamal Idris exited Belmore just as Des Hasler entered.
If ever there was a player who could have benefitted from Hasler's tough love, it's the dreadlocked centre who now plies his trade at the Gold Coast Titans.
There is no doubt that on his day Idris is a super talent and one of the most destructive players in the NRL.
He has played for state and country - all before the age of 21.
Yet consistency continues to be a stranger while his attitude is often brought into question.
Idris has a penchant for saying what's on his mind, which is great for media types but tends to attract unwelcome attention.
Take his swipe at Sydney this week: "City life is a bit extreme. There are a lot of angry people. It's a dog-eat-dog world in Sydney."
Canterbury fans, most of who reside in the city Idris bagged, probably wish the big centre had been more dog-eat-dog in his final season at Belmore.
His form dropped markedly once he announced he'd signed with the Titans in April and dipped further when he was left out of the NSW Origin squad.
The end of the year couldn't come quickly enough for Idris or the Bulldogs, who publicly describe the split as 'amicable' but privately think otherwise.
But things may have turned out differently for all concerned if Hasler had been lured away from Brookvale much earlier.
He doesn't believe in sugar-coating things or telling players what they want to hear.
Just ask Anthony Watmough.
A fed-up Hasler went public to declare Choc was on his last chance after taking a leak in Manly's main street.
Watmough responded with a stand-out season that saw him win a premiership and play Origin and Test football
Hasler has already stamped his authority at Canterbury, telling at least one high profile Bulldogs player that he won't be seeing much game time in 2012 unless there are some dramatic improvements and changes.
That player has been one of the club's leading pre-season performers.
Idris has joined a club that ran last in 2011 and invested heavily in the player market in an attempt to turn things around.
As the club's marquee signing, he is on big money and the pressure will be on from the first minute.
A below par season and he may find out Sydney people are not the only ones capable of being 'angry and extreme'.
ada Lucius
Sportal
It's a shame Jamal Idris exited Belmore just as Des Hasler entered.
If ever there was a player who could have benefitted from Hasler's tough love, it's the dreadlocked centre who now plies his trade at the Gold Coast Titans.
There is no doubt that on his day Idris is a super talent and one of the most destructive players in the NRL.
He has played for state and country - all before the age of 21.
Yet consistency continues to be a stranger while his attitude is often brought into question.
Idris has a penchant for saying what's on his mind, which is great for media types but tends to attract unwelcome attention.
Take his swipe at Sydney this week: "City life is a bit extreme. There are a lot of angry people. It's a dog-eat-dog world in Sydney."
Canterbury fans, most of who reside in the city Idris bagged, probably wish the big centre had been more dog-eat-dog in his final season at Belmore.
His form dropped markedly once he announced he'd signed with the Titans in April and dipped further when he was left out of the NSW Origin squad.
The end of the year couldn't come quickly enough for Idris or the Bulldogs, who publicly describe the split as 'amicable' but privately think otherwise.
But things may have turned out differently for all concerned if Hasler had been lured away from Brookvale much earlier.
He doesn't believe in sugar-coating things or telling players what they want to hear.
Just ask Anthony Watmough.
A fed-up Hasler went public to declare Choc was on his last chance after taking a leak in Manly's main street.
Watmough responded with a stand-out season that saw him win a premiership and play Origin and Test football
Hasler has already stamped his authority at Canterbury, telling at least one high profile Bulldogs player that he won't be seeing much game time in 2012 unless there are some dramatic improvements and changes.
That player has been one of the club's leading pre-season performers.
Idris has joined a club that ran last in 2011 and invested heavily in the player market in an attempt to turn things around.
As the club's marquee signing, he is on big money and the pressure will be on from the first minute.
A below par season and he may find out Sydney people are not the only ones capable of being 'angry and extreme'.