I usually see the NRL footy show and last night I saw one of the most spineless hack displays of all time.
Adam McDougal, a South Sydney player was on. I didn't know much about the situation, but it sounded similar in a way to Aker. McDougal had decided he wasn't staying at Souths, which didn't impress Russell Crowe and Peter Holmes A Court, he said Crowe never spoke to him after he said he was leaving, then when McDougal signed with Newcastle he was told he wouldn't be playing with Souths again this season.
The panel obviously wanted to know more Crowe dirt, and McDougal was asked how much did Crowe have to do around the club, McDougal said Crowe would sometimes be at training. He was then asked what Crowe would do at training, McDougal said something like this: "well he pulled me off the track a few times and told me how I should be running."
The audience and the panel laughed, but as soon as the laughter died down, Paul Harrigan (who I consider the biggest sports media hack in the country) said something like this "yeah but it's great to have a bloke like Russell Crowe involved in Souths and in our game."
Are you kidding me? Why in god's name did Harrigan have to instantly clarify for Russell Crowe and tell us what a great thing it is that he's involved, unless he's a mate, or wields an amazing amount of influence.
It was the biggest suckfest I had ever seen, McDougal comes on answers the questions they want to hear, they wanted to know about Crowe and when a negative comes up, this cretin Harrigan goes into bat for Crowe.
Then as the interview ended, Fatty decided to tell everyone again what a great job Russell Crowe and Peter Holmes a Court are doing and how it's great to have them involved in the game.
Crowe sounds like the over involved dad who used to come to training and pull not only his son to the side, but every other kid, to give them his 2 cents worth.
I had never seen such a pathetic bunch of mealy-mouthed, sycophants in all my life, why would you go out of your way to defend a bloke who does that, even if he does own the club??
Adam McDougal, a South Sydney player was on. I didn't know much about the situation, but it sounded similar in a way to Aker. McDougal had decided he wasn't staying at Souths, which didn't impress Russell Crowe and Peter Holmes A Court, he said Crowe never spoke to him after he said he was leaving, then when McDougal signed with Newcastle he was told he wouldn't be playing with Souths again this season.
The panel obviously wanted to know more Crowe dirt, and McDougal was asked how much did Crowe have to do around the club, McDougal said Crowe would sometimes be at training. He was then asked what Crowe would do at training, McDougal said something like this: "well he pulled me off the track a few times and told me how I should be running."
The audience and the panel laughed, but as soon as the laughter died down, Paul Harrigan (who I consider the biggest sports media hack in the country) said something like this "yeah but it's great to have a bloke like Russell Crowe involved in Souths and in our game."
Are you kidding me? Why in god's name did Harrigan have to instantly clarify for Russell Crowe and tell us what a great thing it is that he's involved, unless he's a mate, or wields an amazing amount of influence.
It was the biggest suckfest I had ever seen, McDougal comes on answers the questions they want to hear, they wanted to know about Crowe and when a negative comes up, this cretin Harrigan goes into bat for Crowe.
Then as the interview ended, Fatty decided to tell everyone again what a great job Russell Crowe and Peter Holmes a Court are doing and how it's great to have them involved in the game.
Crowe sounds like the over involved dad who used to come to training and pull not only his son to the side, but every other kid, to give them his 2 cents worth.
I had never seen such a pathetic bunch of mealy-mouthed, sycophants in all my life, why would you go out of your way to defend a bloke who does that, even if he does own the club??
