News Limited journalists Paul Kent, Robert Craddock, and Jon Ralph discuss Andrew Fifita's expensive mistake that cost him his contract with the Bulldogs.
It might pay to keep your mouth shut from now on, Andrew. Photo by Tony Feder/Getty Images) Source: Getty Images
IT'S not often in life you go to Paul Gallen for your cool, calm sense of perspective.
But the Sharks and NSW skipper, who's best known nationally for using Queenslander Nate Myles as a punching bag in front of millions of impressionable kids during last year's State of Origin series, has finally talked some sense and acted like a statesman.
Gallen was speaking about Andrew Fifita, his Sharks teammate who announced recently he would be switching to the Bulldogs on a whopping, $3.5 million four year contract.
Well, Fifita was switching. Then on Friday he let slip in an interview that he wished he'd chosen rugby union instead. Then yesterday, the Dogs effectively said fine, forget the whole deal.
Oh, the Bulldogs cited a bunch of legalese. But reading between the lines, they appeared to be saying "You've got no loyalty? Then we don't want you."
The ink on the contract was barely dry, unlike the ink on his neck. (Photo by Tony Feder/Getty Images) Source: Getty Images
Enter Gallen, who on radio Triple M said it was high time someone had a word to Fifita about thinking before he speaks.
"The comments yesterday weren't that smart, that's just the guy he is… he's got to learn," Gallen said.
"I think he's really going to have to be micromanaged, I really think they have to get him some kind of media training or something. There's going to be big expectations on him for the rest of this year, and I think he needs some help on how to handle it.
Gallen went on to say that Fifita had always been "a kid who loved getting out bed and going to training and playing footy on the weekend".
"It's always been fun for him but this has taken him to a whole new level," Gallen added.
Gallen is right. If Fifita doesn't have any natural humility, he desperately needs a slick professional to drum it into him.
That's kind of sad, but there it is. Two weeks ago this website suggested this guy might be Australia's Lebron James and many took issue. Anyone still want to argue now?
Here's the thing.
Footballers forget that here in the real world, we average Joes and Josephines show humility every day. There's stuff we want to say but we don't say it because we value our jobs, our relationships.
That doesn't mean we're weak, it means we're strong. Biting you're tongue is a lot more painful than letting it wag endlessly.
Being big is good. Being big and smart is better. Pic Brett Costello Source: News Corp Australia
Loyalty is more or less dead in modern professional sport, everyone understands that. But it doesn't hurt to keep up appearances, to live and breathe the culture of the club you play at until you ink a deal to play elsewhere.
If you don't care, at least pretend you do. At least make the best of things. That's called humility. That's how things work here in the real world.
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