Eddie's Last Show

Just a couple of quick points today.

Red Ball: Didn't watch the Allan Border Medal last night (referred to by some as Australian Cricket Idol), but after reading about Tufnell's pre-recorded bit, I kinda wish I did. Better still is Punter's reply

"I probably wouldn't have minded it so much if it had been someone who had taken part in that series. Someone that never really did anything against Australia in any game that he ever played was a little bit harder to cop, I guess"

Ooohh, snap!

And, it appears it might be one of the last times we see Ed McGuire host a show, as the December rumours of him taking over the Nine network look like coming true. Great news for anyone who doesn't support Collingwood (i.e. anyone with a brain), since he'll stop commentating, quit The Footy Show, and will drop the Presidency. News Limited, with a perfect chance to have a dig at a rival, have gone straight to the intelligentsia for a comment - Joffa (a.k.a. f*ckwit with the gold jacket at Collingwood games)!

And, in other media circles, many are already plotting his downfall. This from an unnamed former media public company CEO (in Crikey, not online):

"To put Eddie McGuire in the CEO's seat at Nine without him having had any big company management experience or without having made the mistakes you make on the way up could be as big a mistake by James Packer as OneTel.

Tell Eddie he's a great CEO in the making but, like all of us, you have to learn and earn your way, not start at the top."

My opinion: once you get into this purple circle of CEO and Board Presidencies, you're set. Even if you do have some massive cock-ups, you'll just go somewhere else.

So, I gotta (geniunely) say, well done Ed. At least now you can do what you're best at (pressing flesh, moving and shaking) and not bother us TV watchers and footy fans with hearing about it.