When Prime Minister Tony Abbott this week said "this is probably the most difficult search in human history", to what was he referring?
a) The search for flight MH370
b) The search for a successor to Andrew Demetriou.
The answer is obvious of course. Although both were initially sold as gargantuan international operations, the truth is that while one of them involved scouring a large ocean for something quite big, the other simply involved a small office for someone quite small. The AFL's recruitment process had more in common with Jarrad Waite's dramatic dive early in the season; entirely theatrical and utterly unconvincing.
But that hasn't stopped either the pundits nor the beggars coming forward with ample supplies of praise and advice for young Gillon McLachlan; who will take the hot seat when Demetriou vacates it in May. One of those was hotshot lawyer and Bulldogs Chief Peter Gordon, who has encouraged McLachlan to "introduce policies that radically review the question of how easy it is for a family to take their kids to the game and enjoy it". In short, fix the damn thing and fix it quickly. Gordon acknowledged that the league was at a "tension point" between making a profit and keeping the game affordable for families.
This is all speculation of course, but perhaps an international manhunt for a man who was clearly sitting in the next office tapping his feet and staring at the clock the entire time was an unnecessary overhead...?
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In the news...
Gold Coast coach Guy McKenna has challenged the media to hound Karmichael Hunt out of the game, with rumours abounding a return to the NRL. "The beauty about it is, the more we discuss is Karmichael in, is Karmichael out, you boys (the media) talking about it, it only stokes his fire. Keep doing it if you like and make it your story if you wish it to be" he reverse-psychologied.
Mark Thompson insists he is not holding any grudges against Stewart Crameri, who defected to the Bulldogs in the off-season. ""I haven't thought about Stewy much, this is the first time all year I've basically thought of him so we'll try and stop him kicking goals, then we won't think about him much again after that." he passive-aggressived unconvincingly.
And finally, Nick Maxwell has high hopes that the welcoming nature of Collingwood will outshine any negative element when Dale Thomas runs out against the Pies for the first time on Friday night. "I'm sure they'll be cheering him every time he gets the ball," he told SEN radio.
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