damien hooper. is mundine responsible for his bad attitude?

damien hooper. ive no doubt, mundine has been, and is his hero. both are indigenous.

hooper seems to have grabbed all the 'attitudes' of mundine. playing the race card. using his indigenous heritage as an excuse to blame others for his behaviour. as an excuse to show a lack of respect for other people, and rules.

while mundine never has behaved badly in public, probably due to his sobriety, hooper, wears his culture on his sleve. he has misbehaved more than once in public already, and seems to be part of his makeup. lets hope not. we all make mistakes at 20yo...the kid must be given a chance. lets face it. aussie boxing needs another world class fighter. he'd could do himself and his culture a favour by becoming a possitive role model. not, like one wag has suggested, "just another shackle shaker.."

still, even without alcohol, mundine did his damage by disrespecting other aussie athletes and former sporting greats. so vain is he, he rubbished kathy freeman, and declared himself 'boxings bradman'...

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well as with the t shirt incident, he blamed others for the rules, not himself for putting the thing on...

how would you all feel if a lebanese boxer fighting for australia put on a leb flag t shirt? where do you draw the line?

 

you are correct. the term 'role models' is just plain stupid. kids dont copy their heroes... nor should so called role models be concious of their effect on growing kids minds.

NRL and AFL clubs go way over the top in keeping their players in check. rolemodels is just bull****, eh whipping boy....:deal

 

well to blame him completely is over the top. but to say he hasnt had some influence as an indigenous role model would be naive..

really, only hooper can explain some of his issues. i would hope some scribe, mate, trainer, relative, role model, etc, sits him down and asks him some tough questions. some well thought out insightful questions that may lead daniel to look within himself and as to what are his motives for the occaisional er, tantrum.

ironically it may well be that another 'indigenous daniel' that could help the kid. :deal whose corner hooper is supporting in the geale vs mundine fight may well provide an insight into what his career and future will become.

aussie boxing needs him in a healthy, possitive state. a half successful train wreck making national news is something we just dont need.


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