You are correct, and in fact there is also a problem with the "fans" or people who purport to be 'fans' of the game of rugby league.
You only have to look at this page
https://www.facebook.com/TheFull80 a page of heroes that are happy that they received notoriety for making the Carney image go viral, or the page of the maggot that allegedly originally tweeted the image
https://twitter.com/MarkRaider1
If the players in the game have a problem with behaviour then there are a lot of alleged 'fans' out there that equally have a problem and will always be a problem for the game of rugby league.
Gorden Tallis summed it up the best when he said that Todd Carney needs to surround himself with people that are actually his friends, not the hangers-on and acquaintances or morons that obviously didn't have Todd's best interests at heart. Carney needs to attempt to pick up the pieces and learn from this mistake, for if he doesn't he never will. This incident is his fault for putting himself in the compromising position to be scapegoated. I truly believe he didn't know the photograph was taken, because as he said "he felt ill" when he found out, like that sick sinking feeling you get when you're in a plane and the plane drops a considerable distance all of a sudden. I do believe he was shocked that someone not only had taken the picture but then distributed it. I blame Carney for putting himself in the position he did, it is a moronic act with the prank he performed and tossing his career away with the Sharks, because a player of his ability is nearly impossible to replace, just as Greg Bird was and still is. It's just a shame that he doesn't realise that the people he hangs around with or hung around with are maggots & imbeciles, for if they weren't this would not have even been heard about. Todd needs to learn in life what is and isn't appropriate behaviour, I don't believe he has mental issues he just needs to grow up and act his age & reassess who his friends are and hangs around with. I still believe his sacking is excessive. (He may have pissed into the air, but he didn't authorise anyone using the image or putting it in the public for viewing because he didn't even know the maggot Mick Robinson had taken the photograph.)
I believe the ASADA investigation has obviously been a factor in regard to the way it has affected the club, and the club has been quite directionless without Flanagan as coach. (17 months later and still no finalisation)
The club was in decay for a considerable amount of time on many different levels, and that includes the club being run by people that should never have been running the club, and being without a CEO for a very long time and poor governance and structures.
There have been too many disappointing things happen to this club over the years to list.
Getting rid of John Lang
Letting David Peachey go
Letting Tawera Nikau go
Tevita Latu
Brett Seymour
Albert Kelly
Greg Bird
Getting rid of Kimmorley
Letting Tyrone Peachey go
Todd Carney
They are only a few of the disappointments, the list goes on.
Gut wrenching.