Gold Coast Titans poised to sack Paul Carter

Personal responsibility is of course paramount. However, the role of club and personal management has to be looked at here. These are young guys who earn a lot of coin compared with their age group and are put up on a pedestal because of their physical abilities. Not to mention the lead being given by senior team players, (Bird and Carter). Also in Australaisia never forget the power of the alcohol lobby in sponsorship. It is ingrained in the fabric of the perception of sport and the NRL and clubs have to lead the way to change those perceptions. It can be done. Both Manchester United and the All Blacks had unhealthy booze cultures when Alex Fergusson and Graham Henry respectively, took over. They addressed those issues and both have been leaders in their respective sports since. Obviously that is not the only reason for that, but both have said it was necessary to achieve that success. There has been in the past a bad culture of picking up players who are sacked from their clubs, unless the players confront their demons and admit and act on their issues, it is no good to them as people to be allowed to continue their behaviour for the sake of short term on field success. I fel clubs that do this are ignoring a moral duty of care towards those players. There has to be accountability here, and not only for the players. I see alcohol and gambling as real threats to the game. Both have powerful lobbies, but the NRL has to have the balls to confront this. When the ASADA investigation happened one of the major planks was match fixing through gambling. That seemed to die a natural death. I actually thought it was more important to the game as a whole than the drug thing. Surely that wasn't stopped because of the gambling industries power in the game. I think some clubs management, and the NRL have shown a lack of management by not dealing with this. Far easier to let individual players be haung out to dry by the clubs and Intregity Unit than confront the real issues.

Titans, Titans, Titans. Why? Can you fall any lower? I guess we'll just have to wait and see. It's going to take a miracle to have success this year, on or off the field. I really want to support my home team, and I'll go to the games i can, but I'm not holding my breath for anything fantastic.

Heh, heh - no pattern here, leave the kid alone. The last time he was going the wrong way down the main street in Surfers - 0.193% and people everywhere - and he's pulled up to park right outside the coppers ;) . Garfield Terrace is the second main street along the beachfront so he's getting better at it.

I'd say Mr Bennett will be keeping a close eye on things.Roberts is another one with ability to burn.

Limitless potential who'll probably wind up at the Storm or Manly...where would you rather be..Titans or just about anywhere else ?

He's welcome to come down to the Roosters Rehab Centre.... We'll sort the kid out and have him playing rep footy within 2 years.

remember dugan? if a sydney club wants him the NRL wont care.

Good players locked into a club where they don't want to be bung on an alcohol related incident and within a fortnight are out..Dugan precedent..his move was indirectly assisted by the NRL when they failed to take him out of the game..can't happen again ?

The Titans are fast becoming the Sharks of QLD. Hopeless on the field and hopeless off it

I agree it is the right move to let him go and maybe a 12 game suspension but to say the NRL is encouraging these acts is rather silly.

The NRL have to sit him down for a year..otherwise they're encouraging it..

some players are absolutely just dumb, dumb, dumb. get rid of them, sack them all. there are no excuses anymore. it's just total garbage from these thick heads..