Originally posted by AB81Rules:
While I know nothing about Rugby, I do understand sports, and yeah it seems like it's wrong to take another guys spot, but he has the right to retire, and he could have done it earlier, but it's better he did it now, and not if or when he made the 49ers 53 man roster, and cost a RB or another players job.
^Much of this post is dead on target.^
Hayne's pros & cons up until this point & why a lot of people are angry...
(PROS)
* He earned his fanfare & every accolade he received in RL (
Great player).
* Chasing his dream of playing AF was admirable.
* He earned his spot on the 49ers roster & an early starting role in 2015 with a strong preseason.
* He earned the respect of the 49ers & was deemed worthy of remaining on the PS in 2015.
* At times he flashed quality during games in 2015.
* He seemed to fit in well in the locker room.
* He earned a chance to remain with the 49ers in 2016 & compete for a spot on the roster or PS. He also had the opportunity to increase his playing time with a strong showing in workouts, training camp & preseason, if he made it through all offseason competition.
* He made it through the first cuts, It can be assumed by his offseason workout & study performance.
* Hayne did he right thing by the 49ers by respectfully leaving early & giving them time to look at other options.
* He thanked the 49ers for the opportunity.
(CONS)
* He lost his starting role by committing too many errors & mental lapses in 2015.
* 31 other teams had a chance to sign him, they didn't. Instead he cleared waivers & remained on the PS.
* He didn't earn the hyperbolic press coverage & statements that were made about him.
* He led people up the garden path by constantly telling them that he is living the dream in the NFL.
* He did the same by telling them about how much physically & mentally better prepared he is in 2016.
* Competition for roster spots is stronger at the 49ers in 2016 & he didn't rise to that challenge. He never tested his supposedly improved athletic capacity.
* Quitting the NFL for his dream of chasing Rugby Sevens glory in Rio seems like a bald-face lie.
* He didn't earn his inclusion in the Fijian 7s team. In fact he has never played a professional game of Rugby Union or its shortened version.
* A member of the Fijian 7s team could miss selection for the Olympics, in what seems to be a politically influenced publicity stunt to include Jarryd.
* The media circus continues down under with the narrative of a unique dream chaser.
The above is pretty much in chronological order... His 2015 & prior exploits impressed a lot of people, but his 2016 endeavours paint him in a much different light.
Jarryd had his talk with the Fijian 7s team at the Sydney event in February, since that time five tournaments have passed. He did nothing about the alleged dream over the following months.
He then quit the 49ers abruptly & joined up with the Fijian team in London. London is the last tournament of the 2016 circuit & there is almost no way possible he can do enough to impress the selectors in such a short space of time before the Rio Olympics. Yet somehow it seems like he is a sure thing for selection.
If Jarryd had left the 49ers shortly after the Olympic offer was made to him at the Sydney event in February. A decision that would've made him available for the Las Vegas leg in March & had he played well throughout the five tournaments leading up to London, people would have no or less of a issue with his choice.
