TLT vs the Bye

[the phantom menace]

Hayne did reach his potential as the best player in the game. Formally he achieved it twice.

Agree, I think Hayne definitely reached his potential, also in terms of how consistently (or not) he could perform at that level too.

Perhaps chasing the NFL dream was Hayne's own awareness that he had reached his NRL potential?

 

[the phantom menace]

Can we add another question? Something like worst ever call on a player ? There has been some beauties over the years. One member in particular could be nominated a few times and it’s not the resident troll either.

 

[Avenger]

Still better than Momoisea. Isn’t that right @Gronk ?

 

[Gronk]

I don’t think Hayne got even close to his ceiling as a player - due to his attitude/training ethics, and his decision to leave in his prime for the NFL

As for Hayne not reaching his potential, are we sure that we would have seen a better player than that purple patch of 2009 ?

There seems to be some players who reach extraordinary heights like Smith 2005, Barba 2012, French 2016 and struggle to reproduce similar. Like the infamous second album.

 

[Gary Gutful]

Agree, I think Hayne definitely reached his potential, also in terms of how consistently (or not) he could perform at that level too.

Perhaps chasing the NFL dream was Hayne's own awareness that he had reached his NRL potential?

Nah.

Rugby League came too easy to him. He could dominate when his mind was applied. If he was under the right coach, with the right systems he'd have achieved more than Billy Slater did.

Without that he got bored and looked for a different challenge.

 

[the phantom menace]

Fair point. But I lean on the side that Hayne was brilliant but inconsistent, and his potential was actually reached in those purple patches of second half of 2009 and at times throughout 2014.

There wasn't any higher level or consistency that any coach or system would have brought out in Jarryd, imo. He got out to follow his other dreams at the right time for him, however wrongly things might have turned for him after that.

 

[Stevie]

BEST ever player: Jarryd Hayne
WORST ever player: Paul Kent
BEST value for money signing: Semi Radradra
BIGGEST ever flop: Josh Hodgson
Player who never reached his potential: Jakob Loko

 

[Chipmunk]

after losing the unlosable GF in 01 and looking forward to having a Dally M winner at 6 and solid 7 in McFadden I was convinced we would go through 02 undefeated...I was even more confident after the first game against Penrith, then the universe took a massive dump on us, turned to us then laughed....

I ran into the team on their end of season footy trip in the World Bar in Queenstown. I had a chat to just about every player that night (good night).

Ian Hindmarsh said to me..."It's no great loss, we'll win plenty of Grand Finals over the next few years"