I don't know, but whatever Reece has been doing on the field seems to have really pissed a lot of people off, or at least frustrated them, and they think he needs a lesson. Having him fight the charge and lose might be a wake up call that he can't expect special treatment just because he's super talented:
Kevvie:
"We are not happy with Reece's actions on the field, it's not acceptable. Reece has a lot of energy as a player and not filtering whats coming out of his mouth, his heart is in the right place, a lot of pressure on him. In hindsight, we probably shouldn't have played him after origin"
Donuts:
“What he did was unacceptable. But it’s also how we get him to the point where Reece can have a long and successful career and thrive in a high-profile industry at a high-profile club. Speaking to him, he is really disappointed. He feels he has let the team and the club down. Plenty of people inside the club have spoken to him about what’s happened. There’s no hiding his talent, but Reece is also young and he’s a work in progress."
“There’s a few things Reece and I will work through. There’s so many wonderful people around Reece that want to help him, but they would also point out that what he did last Sunday was unacceptable. Reece is a good person. But the reality is when players step over the white line they can change."
“Part of Reece’s learning moving forward is how to control his emotions on the field so he can make greater contributions to our performances.”
Ikin:
“If Billy feels he needs to address things with Reece, then he will address it. I got to know Reece at the Brisbane Broncos. I can say he is a terrific young man, he is still very much in the early phase of his career and his personality type is one that is prone to the brilliant and the emotional and the dramatic, but that makes him who he is."
“Braith Anasta is right. Reece will show us moments where he has an inflated sense of self and there will be other times where it doesn’t go his way and he will emotionally react in the negative, but that’s just part of the journey. The majority of players, and I was in this boat too as a young player, we are all failing our way to success."
“We are testing the boundaries, the game is pulling us in a million different directions. Sometimes we get it right. Sometimes we get it wrong, but over time the more often you get it wrong, the more you realise you need to shift towards something else and that is just the phase Reece is in."
“Every championship team needs a sprinkling of guys who can do things that you can’t coach and invariably those guys are a little difficult to coach. That’s just how it works. The guys who have been blessed with natural ability are challenged in other ways."
“Reece is a really good young man. He gets lauded for being an enigmatic genius when he has the football in his hands and that personality follows you wherever you go. Over time, like all of us, he will go better at managing himself.”
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