Former Bulldog Josh Reynolds Opens Up On The Des Hasler Saga

Former Bulldogs linchpin Josh Reynolds has opened up to Triple M Saturday NRL on the Des Hasler saga that plagued the Bulldogs 2017 season, resulting in the sacking of Hasler. 

Despite moving on from the Bulldogs Reynolds has noting but respect for Hasler.  

"It's hard for me to bag Des, he gave me everything," Reynolds said. Listen to the full audio below

"When he came to the club I was off the bench as a hooker, he come there and said you're going to be the five-eighth, so how can I bag someone like that"

Reynolds did admit the players needed to take more ownership on-field but found balancing instinct and the set game plan difficult.  

"He's obviously our coach and the boss so you got to follow his rules," he said. 

"But again it's up to the players to go out there.

"Sometimes in a game I would think I have to try something here but then you have a game plan in the back of your mind." 

The new West Tigers recruit says he learnt a valuable lesson from the drama filled year at the Bulldogs. 

"This year the biggest thing I've learnt was confidence ... we lacked confidence all year," he said. 

"I watched our games after and it frustrates me.

"There was things that used to work and we just weren't doing them as good as we used too.

"We didn't react to negative things happening in the game and when things aren't working you have to change it but we didn't."