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nottinghamtiger wrote:
Leeds did and put plenty of support in place for him. But you can only help someone who wants to be helped. In the end, they had enough and got rid.
He wasn’t actually a Castleford player when he spiralled out of control, so there wasn’t a great deal the club could do. When he was first suspended and the club terminated his contract, they found him employment but again, you can only help someone who wants to be helped. At that time he didn’t and he ended up with the drink driving incident. I hope that has given him the kick up the backside he needed and that the rehab has turned his life around.
The PTSD you mentions isn’t accurate either, and the incident you refer to isn’t something that happened in his youth but during his last season at Leeds. It’s not appropriate to make public on a forum though.
Blaming othr clubs for Hardaker’s troubles I’m afraid is well wide of the mark. Players are responsible for their own conduct, particularly when they don’t even have a club. I’m afraid Cas can’t be held responsible for the fact Zak developed addictions when he wasn’t even part of the club..
If you read my comments you’d see very clearly that I said Hardaker was responsible for his poor behaviour and I’m in no way blaming Leeds or Cas for what he did.
You’re suggesting that he only had addiction issues after he was sacked by Cas which is laughable. The man has been troubled for a very long time, it just happens he only got caught when he was at Cas.
Leeds May indeed have provided support and Cas May have done also but with hindsight they obviously didn’t do enough.
At least Wigan insisted on the residential rehab, risking him missing Pre-Season training and knowing his performances would suffer. The big picture is that Wigan have gone a lot further in supporting him than his previous employers did and I hope for his sake and the club’s that he’s through the dark days.
Statistics: Posted by Bigredwarrior — Sun Apr 07, 2019 11:06 am — Replies 151 — Views 11074