We all know Jarryd is very passionate about his faith and feels he has gained great personal growth and support from his church (let's all put our personal feelings about the church aside for a second).
Hillsong are well known for pushing the "chase your dreams" mentality. Reject negativity, don't even think about failing, just reach for the stars and never stop being the best you you can be.Then go further. This is Hayne's frame of mind, this is his mentality and how he's learned to live.
This move for Hayne isn't about money. It's not about glory or proving others right. It's not about the Eels, the fans or his team mates. It's about being the best "him" he feels he can be and never settling with what he's achieved.
He felt he'd reached his peak in the NRL, so where does he go from here? How does he improve? This year he was touted as the best player in the NRL, he helped win back the SOO, he topped an unbelievable amount of stats. Where to from here for him personally?
As an Eels supporter this makes us just want him to keep on doing the same thing over and over, to be an immortal, to be Blue and Gold forever and lead us to a premiership. But Jarryd feels he has a calling much greater than the Eels, he feels he has a responsibility to a higher power to be the best man possible and to achieve as much as he can.
The Eels supporter in me is gutted. The financial adviser in me is screaming "you're crazy!". The religious agnostic in me is yelling "this seems illogical". But the heart in me is saying "Wow, you've got to admire the guy."
It takes an incredible amount of guts to even think about attempting to do what Hayne is doing. Statistically he is destined to fail. Based on history he has zero chance of making it in the NFL. But the guy is continuing to push for the stars, to follow his dreams. And for that, I have to respect him and in honesty I feel a little jealous not to have the guts to do something similar.
I'm proud of how much Hayne has developed as a person in his time with the Eels. I'm proud we got to all play a part in cheering him on. I'm sad we never got to say a proper goodbye, but I don't hold it against him.
Good luck Hayne, keep chasing those dreams for all of us who don't have the guts to do it.
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Well you raise a good point capt, one less hillsonger at the club is the most positive thing thats come out of this mate.
lol
Worst ba quote ever....
Good points, but the cynic and realist in me says the wider your safety net the braver you can afford to be. Really he has nothing to lose .....most of us only dream of those choices . Lucky Jarryd he can 'jump the shark' and still have somewhere to land :-)
He's as eel through and through he will be back. He will miss this place and our sport of that I'm sure.
What's brave about THAT?
Obviously, none of us know the full story. But based on what is known, it seems hard to avoid the conclusion Hayne bailed late on his club and left them vulnerable roster-wise. Sorry, but while good on him for chasing his bloody dream, how bout he do it without some reasonable notice? That would have been braver, if you ask me.
Congrats on a really nice blog Captain.
However, I also agree with Prof. I'm still of the opinion that contracts and commitments matter. Personally, no matter how much ambition or desire I have to achieve something, if it means failing to honour a commitment it's not a consideration for me. Jarryd spoke at the press conference as basically saying he'd made up his mind last year - saying he felt obliged to give it one big final hurrah. If thats the case he should have asked for the release at that time and given the full 12 months notice.
On the flipside, you know what I doubt it would have changed much. I think Hopoate would still be viewed as being our fullback and I'm not exactly sure who was on the market that we would could have chased down. In some respects it might have just led to us, not blooding some of those youngsters and we may have bought players for roles that have since been filled by good young blokes on the up.
Yep, u summed it up nicely.
And here you are again Brett. Not a member of Hillsong hey?
They can change names as much as they want, but they still originated from William Francis (Frank "the p e d o") Houston's church.
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/suspended-evangelist-frank-houston-contin...
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-08/hillsong-leader-speaks-about-...
Assemblies of God? more like Assemblies of P E D O's
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