Aussie Pro Rugby
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@Bovidae said in Aussie Rugby:
@gt12 said in Aussie Rugby:
Fuck'im. Hope he gets Kearns.
Really? Did you feel the same about Henry, Gatland and Schmidt?
If it's going to be a Randwick takeover let them go down in flames by themselves.
Plenty felt the same about Deans. It's different going to be coach of Aussie or SA. Perhaps even England.
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@Bovidae said in Aussie Rugby:
@gt12 said in Aussie Rugby:
Fuck'im. Hope he gets Kearns.
Really? Did you feel the same about Henry, Gatland and Schmidt?
If it's going to be a Randwick takeover let them go down in flames by themselves.
No, no, and not really.
Coaching up North and coaching the Aussies to take back the Bledisloe are very different things to me. He had plenty of choices of job, good on him for maximizing his revenue, but also - fuck him.
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@Bovidae said in Aussie Rugby:
SA is the biggest rival to me so I don't feel the same about whoever coaches Aussie.
And remember Rennie was my choice to coach the ABs.
Mine too.
But, not now now; he’s in it for the money and that’s fine.
His chance has come and gone - he’ll go to Japan or wherever next to further cash in, perhaps England or another major team, but he won’t coach the ABs.
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Going out on an unpopular limb here, but I actually don't think Kearns would be that bad as CEO.
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He is smart. Maybe not a genius, but definitely smart enough to know what he doesn't know. He'll put smart people around him, his ego isn't so big that he will try to do it himself.
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He has a massive roladex - yes, jobs for the boys etc, but if he needs to speak to a CEO in Sydney or Melbourne, or get a charity fundraiser going, he can open the door. That's definitely useful.
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He's a decent guy - yeah, I know some of you have different views, heard different stories, but 90% of folk I know have a positive view of him being a decent (but deviant) bastard, including my personal experience with him.
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Media - they'll give him massive reign to get stuff done. While this isn't always optimal, I think sometimes a bit of runway makes a massive difference. He'll get this. Just having fuckwits like Alan Jones off his back will give him huge breathing space.
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@voodoo so he'd be complicit in the campaign against RA to continue the very problem it faces; underfunded and ring fenced media.
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@antipodean mate, I dunno. I'm not privy to all the minutiae of it all. I just dont think he'd be the worst choice
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@voodoo said in Aussie Rugby:
Going out on an unpopular limb here, but I actually don't think Kearns would be that bad as CEO.
- He is smart. Maybe not a genius, but definitely smart enough to know what he doesn't know. He'll put smart people around him, his ego isn't so big that he will try to do it himself.
Is he?
He's a terrible commentator. One-eyed and perpetually hard done by. He was still whinging about Richie McCaw's cheating a couple of seasons after Richie had retired.
Doesn't preclude him from being a good CEO, but not someone who'd be near the top of my list.
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@Chris-B said in Aussie Rugby:
@voodoo said in Aussie Rugby:
Going out on an unpopular limb here, but I actually don't think Kearns would be that bad as CEO.
- He is smart. Maybe not a genius, but definitely smart enough to know what he doesn't know. He'll put smart people around him, his ego isn't so big that he will try to do it himself.
Is he?
He's a terrible commentator. One-eyed and perpetually hard done by. He was still whinging about Richie McCaw's cheating a couple of seasons after Richie had retired.
Doesn't preclude him from being a good CEO, but not someone who'd be near the top of my list.
Oh Chris, come on. You have to be able to separate the mans intellect from his tv personality. He is a one-eyed git, precisely because that's what 80% of his fans demand . He isn't silly.
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@voodoo said in Aussie Rugby:
@Chris-B said in Aussie Rugby:
@voodoo said in Aussie Rugby:
Going out on an unpopular limb here, but I actually don't think Kearns would be that bad as CEO.
- He is smart. Maybe not a genius, but definitely smart enough to know what he doesn't know. He'll put smart people around him, his ego isn't so big that he will try to do it himself.
Is he?
He's a terrible commentator. One-eyed and perpetually hard done by. He was still whinging about Richie McCaw's cheating a couple of seasons after Richie had retired.
Doesn't preclude him from being a good CEO, but not someone who'd be near the top of my list.
Oh Chris, come on. You have to be able to separate the mans intellect from his tv personality. He is a one-eyed git, precisely because that's what 80% of his fans demand . He isn't silly.
Why? He has been a perpetual negative asshole on TV for as long as I can remember - a terrible commentator. I've made several suggestions here for him to be sacked from TV. He has detracted from my viewing of any match he;s been involved in for about five years - apart from unintentional comedy value.
To now argue that's just his TV persona and he's completely different character - well, maybe it's true - but fuck him.
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@Chris-B said in Aussie Rugby:
@voodoo said in Aussie Rugby:
@Chris-B said in Aussie Rugby:
@voodoo said in Aussie Rugby:
Going out on an unpopular limb here, but I actually don't think Kearns would be that bad as CEO.
- He is smart. Maybe not a genius, but definitely smart enough to know what he doesn't know. He'll put smart people around him, his ego isn't so big that he will try to do it himself.
Is he?
He's a terrible commentator. One-eyed and perpetually hard done by. He was still whinging about Richie McCaw's cheating a couple of seasons after Richie had retired.
Doesn't preclude him from being a good CEO, but not someone who'd be near the top of my list.
Oh Chris, come on. You have to be able to separate the mans intellect from his tv personality. He is a one-eyed git, precisely because that's what 80% of his fans demand . He isn't silly.
Why? He has been a perpetual negative asshole on TV for as long as I can remember - a terrible commentator. I've made several suggestions here for him to be sacked from TV. He has detracted from my viewing of any match he;s been involved in for about five years - apart from unintentional comedy value.
To now argue that's just his TV persona and he's completely different character - well, maybe it's true - but fuck him.
That's getting into the spirit of the thread!
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@voodoo said in Aussie Rugby:
Going out on an unpopular limb here, but I actually don't think Kearns would be that bad as CEO.
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He is smart. Maybe not a genius, but definitely smart enough to know what he doesn't know. He'll put smart people around him, his ego isn't so big that he will try to do it himself.
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He has a massive roladex - yes, jobs for the boys etc, but if he needs to speak to a CEO in Sydney or Melbourne, or get a charity fundraiser going, he can open the door. That's definitely useful.
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He's a decent guy - yeah, I know some of you have different views, heard different stories, but 90% of folk I know have a positive view of him being a decent (but deviant) bastard, including my personal experience with him.
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Media - they'll give him massive reign to get stuff done. While this isn't always optimal, I think sometimes a bit of runway makes a massive difference. He'll get this. Just having fuckwits like Alan Jones off his back will give him huge breathing space.
Yeah, I agree with you on 1,2 and 4.
Never met him, but I know of someone that works with him that called him a Grade A fluffybunny.
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@Nepia said in Aussie Rugby:
@Bovidae said in Aussie Rugby:
Dave Rennie might be having a closer look at his contract and if it has any release clause.
He took over the Poo when the coach just left ... the Poo! I think he likes getting shit and trying to mould it into diamonds.
He won bloody 1st division with Wellington of all teams!
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@MajorRage said in Aussie Rugby:
Yeah, I agree with you on 1,2 and 4.
Never met him, but I know of someone that works with him that called him a Grade A fluffybunny.
And that's the thing: can't please all the people all the time.
I don't think his TV persona is going to be the one used in any ExCo or Boardroom situation BUT there is a high likelihood of an Old Boys' Club developing where an attitude like that would be tolerated.
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How fucked is Ozzie rugby when this happens? Yeah like the total destruction of grass roots support has all happened in the past couple of years under castle.
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@Machpants said in Aussie Rugby:
How fucked is Ozzie rugby when this happens? Yeah like the total destruction of grass roots support has all happened in the past couple of years under castle.
@NTA , @barbarian - what's your thoughts on this?
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@Machpants It's clear to me that a cabal of former RWC winners patting themselves on the back believe that they should be further anointed and take over the running of the game.
And so they should. Raelene has bio-engineered this virus to hide her administrative failings. Time for those employed by FoxSports to step in and save the
gameworld.
