Hurricanes 2021
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What an appalling human being is Troy Bowker. I saw his comments on LinkedIn. A red-necked investment banker and private equity capitalist telling everyone he is “as rich as f*&k” and can say what he likes.
Memo to Troy: You are free to say what you like, but as the part owner of a larger commercial sporting franchise highly dependent on sponsors and public goodwill, you do not get to say it without consequences.
If you were a board member of an NBA or NRL franchise, your head would already be on a stick. Corporate governance is now a big business in itself and were you company a listed entity, hedge funds would currently be shorting the hell out of it.
I wrote to the NZR to express my disgust at this man’s frankly adolescent and boorishly ignorant behaviour and was told in reply:
“The comments made by Troy Bowker are not supported by New Zealand Rugby in any way and are not reflective of the values of our organisation and the aspiration we have for our game across the country. Although we have no jurisdiction over the makeup of our Super Rugby Club Boards, we are in dialogue with the Hurricanes to provide support as required.”
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@southernmann said in Hurricanes 2021:
I understand the Hurricanes are holding a crisis board meeting at 2 pm.
Will be interesting to see what comes out of it.
I can't see him staying on the board. He will need to volunteer to disappear for a while I reckon, him staying just fuels the fire
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Has it been established that he gave those comments in a public (comments on a post) rather than a more private one (private message), or that they are in fact his comments?
I tried to find the original but could only find screenshots and they didn’t look like the comments as they show up on my LinkedIn.
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@gt12 said in Hurricanes 2021:
Has it been established that he gave those comments in a public (comments on a post) rather than a more private one (private message), or that they are in fact his comments?
I tried to find the original but could only find screenshots and they didn’t look like the comments as they show up on my LinkedIn.
Yeah I had a look too, Is that a made up bogus post maybe.
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@chris said in Hurricanes 2021:
@gt12 said in Hurricanes 2021:
Has it been established that he gave those comments in a public (comments on a post) rather than a more private one (private message), or that they are in fact his comments?
I tried to find the original but could only find screenshots and they didn’t look like the comments as they show up on my LinkedIn.
Yeah I had a look too, Is that a made up bogus post maybe.
I don't think you get a shitstorm like this if it wasn't real
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@canefan said in Hurricanes 2021:
@chris said in Hurricanes 2021:
@gt12 said in Hurricanes 2021:
Has it been established that he gave those comments in a public (comments on a post) rather than a more private one (private message), or that they are in fact his comments?
I tried to find the original but could only find screenshots and they didn’t look like the comments as they show up on my LinkedIn.
Yeah I had a look too, Is that a made up bogus post maybe.
I don't think you get a shitstorm like this if it wasn't real
I believe the original stuff he said,I just wonder about the other post calling the guy a Fuk wit That Hooroo posted, that is what I was referring to.
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@gt12 said in Hurricanes 2021:
I assume that if he didn’t say it, he would have denied it, but I find it strange that I can’t find the original as I can see Sir Ian’s post.
Yeah you would think so,I can find Sir Ian's post too but not the other.
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@chris said in Hurricanes 2021:
@canefan said in Hurricanes 2021:
@chris said in Hurricanes 2021:
@gt12 said in Hurricanes 2021:
Has it been established that he gave those comments in a public (comments on a post) rather than a more private one (private message), or that they are in fact his comments?
I tried to find the original but could only find screenshots and they didn’t look like the comments as they show up on my LinkedIn.
Yeah I had a look too, Is that a made up bogus post maybe.
I don't think you get a shitstorm like this if it wasn't real
I believe the original stuff he said,I just wonder about the other post calling the guy a Fuk wit That Hooroo posted, that is what I was referring to.
Those alleged comments are from direct/private message on LinkedIn.
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@kiwimurph said in Hurricanes 2021:
@chris said in Hurricanes 2021:
@canefan said in Hurricanes 2021:
@chris said in Hurricanes 2021:
@gt12 said in Hurricanes 2021:
Has it been established that he gave those comments in a public (comments on a post) rather than a more private one (private message), or that they are in fact his comments?
I tried to find the original but could only find screenshots and they didn’t look like the comments as they show up on my LinkedIn.
Yeah I had a look too, Is that a made up bogus post maybe.
I don't think you get a shitstorm like this if it wasn't real
I believe the original stuff he said,I just wonder about the other post calling the guy a Fuk wit That Hooroo posted, that is what I was referring to.
Those alleged comments are from direct/private message on LinkedIn.
Yep those are the ones I was referring too.Crazy shit if he did nut off on a private message it was bound to get out into the public arena,after the other BS.
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@chris said in Hurricanes 2021:
@kiwimurph said in Hurricanes 2021:
@chris said in Hurricanes 2021:
@canefan said in Hurricanes 2021:
@chris said in Hurricanes 2021:
@gt12 said in Hurricanes 2021:
Has it been established that he gave those comments in a public (comments on a post) rather than a more private one (private message), or that they are in fact his comments?
I tried to find the original but could only find screenshots and they didn’t look like the comments as they show up on my LinkedIn.
Yeah I had a look too, Is that a made up bogus post maybe.
I don't think you get a shitstorm like this if it wasn't real
I believe the original stuff he said,I just wonder about the other post calling the guy a Fuk wit That Hooroo posted, that is what I was referring to.
Those alleged comments are from direct/private message on LinkedIn.
Yep those are the ones I was referring too.Crazy shit if he did nut off on a private message it was bound to get out into the public arena,after the other BS.
It looked like someone he didn't personally know. He just turned a reasonable question into a cock measuring and posturing exercise
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@canefan said in Hurricanes 2021:
@chris said in Hurricanes 2021:
@kiwimurph said in Hurricanes 2021:
@chris said in Hurricanes 2021:
@canefan said in Hurricanes 2021:
@chris said in Hurricanes 2021:
@gt12 said in Hurricanes 2021:
Has it been established that he gave those comments in a public (comments on a post) rather than a more private one (private message), or that they are in fact his comments?
I tried to find the original but could only find screenshots and they didn’t look like the comments as they show up on my LinkedIn.
Yeah I had a look too, Is that a made up bogus post maybe.
I don't think you get a shitstorm like this if it wasn't real
I believe the original stuff he said,I just wonder about the other post calling the guy a Fuk wit That Hooroo posted, that is what I was referring to.
Those alleged comments are from direct/private message on LinkedIn.
Yep those are the ones I was referring too.Crazy shit if he did nut off on a private message it was bound to get out into the public arena,after the other BS.
It looked like someone he didn't personally know. He just turned a reasonable question into a cock measuring and posturing exercise
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@toddy said in Hurricanes 2021:
TJ is seemingly happy to play alongside Fizzell, Reece, Savea etc. I'm sure he'll find a way to work with this fluffybunny
😅 Someone's been watching Squidge Rugby
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@delicatessen said in Hurricanes 2021:
@toddy said in Hurricanes 2021:
TJ is seemingly happy to play alongside Fizzell, Reece, Savea etc. I'm sure he'll find a way to work with this fluffybunny
😅 Someone's been watching Squidge Rugby
I haven't watched Squidge since he blew his load over Hansen's 4D chess and wondered if any team could get close to the AB's at the 2019 world cup. I did enjoy his humour though.
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@toddy said in Hurricanes 2021:
@delicatessen said in Hurricanes 2021:
@toddy said in Hurricanes 2021:
TJ is seemingly happy to play alongside Fizzell, Reece, Savea etc. I'm sure he'll find a way to work with this fluffybunny
😅 Someone's been watching Squidge Rugby
I haven't watched Squidge since he blew his load over Hansen's 4D chess and wondered if any team could get close to the AB's at the 2019 world cup. I did enjoy his humour though.
Oh righto. Just watched the first couple of lions v SA reviews and he mentioned those exact 3 people in one of his tricky 3-frame-long text-on-a-black-background thingies.
I see what you mean about before the world cup. He is seriously talented though I reckon. He has genuinely picked up the way SA have used a couple of key players, and predicted the ways the Lions would be able to crack the SA defence, which was exactly how they scored in the first match.
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@delicatessen he's not a hundred percent right, but his analysis is the best out there. He is brilliant at picking up patterns, even if his predictions based on that aren't right. Fuck, who knew that the ABs forwards would roll over Vs England?
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@machpants yeah completely agree. Hard to be 100% right when you aren't part of a team set-up, but he seems great at getting into the mindset of a coach and figuring
out why they're picking who they're picking and what structure they're planning.
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@kiwimurph said in Hurricanes 2021:
@chris said in Hurricanes 2021:
@canefan said in Hurricanes 2021:
@chris said in Hurricanes 2021:
@gt12 said in Hurricanes 2021:
Has it been established that he gave those comments in a public (comments on a post) rather than a more private one (private message), or that they are in fact his comments?
I tried to find the original but could only find screenshots and they didn’t look like the comments as they show up on my LinkedIn.
Yeah I had a look too, Is that a made up bogus post maybe.
I don't think you get a shitstorm like this if it wasn't real
I believe the original stuff he said,I just wonder about the other post calling the guy a Fuk wit That Hooroo posted, that is what I was referring to.
Those alleged comments are from direct/private message on LinkedIn.
Has the full exchange been released?
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Well @canfan will be happy. Apparently Josh Ioane is looking for a new home.
Word is that he doesn't want to play 20 minutes on a dry track in Dunedin. He wants to battle around one of the worst rugby stadiums in the country at Sky Stadium.
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Jog on champ.
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