Eric Grothe Jnr

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/aaron-woods-and-james-graham-on-bulldogs-salary-cap-woes-media-watch/news-story/44bf84476a8968b41e1c92ae4a52f71dGROTHE’S ISSUE WITH TITANSFormer NRL player and teammate of Jarryd Hayne, Eric Grothe Jnr has taken aim at Gold Coast management over their handling of their marquee player.Hayne, who is on $1.2 million per season at the Titans and currently warring with coach Neil Henry, is under fire after a season of poor performances.Grothe Jnr questioned what exactly it was the club wanted out of Hayne when they signed him.0:00'Hayne's a different person''Hayne's a different person'2:19“What are you buying him for? What are you paying Hayne for? If you’re going into buying Jarryd Hayne as someone to change your culture and to build your club culture around, I wouldn’t even attempt to do that,” Grothe said on The Undergrothe Podcast he hosts with his father, Eels legend Eric Grothe.“That’s what people are doing and putting that pressure on him, he gets that much money because he’s a freak. People are saying, ‘He’s getting that much money, he’s overpaid,’ it doesn’t f***ing matter.“He’s getting paid that much because he drags bums on seats and when he’s on fire he’s on fire and he can break apart any team.“But they (the Titans) are buying him I believe with a notion he’s going to change the whole club culture and everyone’s going to get on board the Hayne Plane — he’s not that type of player, he’s not that bloke.”

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Snakey - Sack Dylan Brown August 15, 2017 at 10:50pm

EGJ has always been the biggest twit involved with our club since 1947.

Anybody who listens to a word he says is a complete dingbat.

You couldnt find a more toxic person to have around a club than him, a dead set imbecile.
- SuperEel 22 > Snakey - Sack Dylan Brown August 16, 2017 at 9:53am
  
  He does make a valid point here. You don't build your club culture around him. He's your x-factor. You want guys like Taylor and Elgey to build your side around.
- Nath Taylor > Snakey - Sack Dylan Brown August 16, 2017 at 12:39pm
  
  I agree to an extent but he hit the nail on he head here. Hayne is there to put bums on seats and to be a spark. Players like Taylor, James, Peats are who they should build the club around not Hayne
- BE STONE COLD > Snakey - Sack Dylan Brown August 16, 2017 at 2:25pm
  
  Did u actually read what he said??? He's spot on!
Tin Tim August 16, 2017 at 6:23am

Part true, Hayne was never going to change that club that's had more names than Southern Cross Group Stadium. Paul Kent said it, this has come at s good time to sell papers, it goes quiet after origin and before the start of the season.
2agd8rk0gah1u August 16, 2017 at 7:39am

I think what he's saying actually makes some sense.
Sir Col "THE NODDY MUSHROOM" August 16, 2017 at 8:07am

What did he say exactly?

Too many Shinobi Mushrooms me thinks.
Muttman August 16, 2017 at 8:20am

They bought him to be a freak and do freakish, game winning stuff. He hasn't done that.
The Titans didn't buy him to create a new club culture. What the hell are you on about Eric? The exact reason they're in this mess is because Hayne refused to buy into the Titans culture that was there when he arrived.
- Sir Col "THE NODDY MUSHROOM" > Muttman August 16, 2017 at 8:35am
  
  HeeHeeHeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
  
  Imagine a club with a Hayne culture?
  
  The mind boggles.
  
  But EG junior was much the same so I guess he is qualified to comment.
Cute Eel August 16, 2017 at 9:07am

I agree Slippery, 100% correct. Hayne is not going to change a culture. Hayne does not "get coaches sacked" either, it is a mere coincidence that he has played in a number of poor teams. Correlation does not equal causation. He has "excellent" moments in poor teams that aren't consistent because the teams aren't consistent. Could he put in a little more? Probably, but he is only human and when you see everyone missing a million tackles it is going to dishearten you. It is a team game.

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