Yes, but I think we need him (or someone of that quality) more so than the Roosters.
For really big money we need someone who can lead by example, on the field & at training. Someone with a solid work ethic. A player who puts in week in, week out. A player who the young 'uns look up to.
Take the Pom James Graham for example. he expects the best from himself as well as his team-mates. He leaves nothing on the field. He backs up & is always there in defense when faster backs have given up the chase.
Love him or hate him, that's exactly the type of attitude that we need in a top paid player.
Lattrell is not that guy. He has too many issues. He goes missing in games. He does not back up.
Apologies for sounding like a broken record but a piss poor attitude rubs off on other players.
Imagine a player being on a 1/3 of the money, watching their highest paid team member not putting in at training & on the field?
One only need look at Hayne to see how a poor attitude can hold a player back. On his day, when the stars aligned & Hayne was in the mood, the guy was a wrecking ball.
There's a few similarities between Hayne & Mitchell; naturally gifted, big, fast, both can step off either foot. Hayne had the potential to be an Immortal.
LM also has the sheer natural talent & size to be one of the all time greats.
Look at another guy who was blessed with natural talent, Freddy Fittler. Apparently he also had an attitude when he was a young bloke until someone got in his ear & turned him around.
Look at how that worked out for him.
LM needs a mentor who could bring out his best. Sadly he's surrounded himself with dickheads like The Mouth Mundine [The Mouths father, Tony, is a top bloke. How his son turned into a dickhead is beyond me]
I wish LM the best & hope that he gets his act together so he can play to his full potential. If he does, he'll go down in history as an Immortal. If nothing changes, he'll end up like Hayne, a wasted talent & what could have been.
Now maybe Madge is exactly the type of mentor that Mitchell needs, I don't know. If he was asking $600K I'd say it would be well worth the risk. At $1million a year however, there's just too many issues. It would be yet another poor decision that comes back to haunt us.