StuBoot said:
OneEyedEagle said:
StuBoot said:
They should go all out for Cochrane, the outgoing V8 Supercars boss.
Look where he's taken that sport from to where it is now.
No thanks, V8SC hardly gets televised live and AFL takes priority.
No to Cochrane he is up there with Gallop in my books, useless piece of shiite.
Really? It's was a sport that was on it's knees with a blue singlet mullet headed audience watching half arsed hotted up Falcons & Commodores. Global brands like Vodafone, Jim Beam and Jack Daniels don't throw their money at things that don't have some sort of audience. Events like Gold Coast, Clipsal Adelaide, Sydney 500 that pull over 150,000 punters and six hours of TV not to mention Bathurst as an event shouldn't be dismissed lightly. Mercedes & Nissan want to join their little party too.
Yep, he's useless.
Of the names tossed up AND available, who do you think?
This is the same guy you are talking about that took the different manufactures and class of cars out of the sport in the first place and created the bogan Ford Vs Holden culture in the first place. That's right your talking about the Tony Cochrane that has taken the sport to countries in the middle east where they have no interest in the sport what so ever. This is the same guy that signed off on agreements delaying the TV broadcast until later in the day. He really looked after the supporters of the series :s
I travel to a minimum of 6 or 7 V8Supercar events per year, yes I drive to Darwin, Perth, SA, QLD and Victoria to watch these beast go around. Bathurst this year may have been a success but overall and especially this year I have noticed spectator numbers being down overall.
Ask most of the V8 Supporters what they really think of him and how glad they are he is leaving the sport.
Cochrane has done absolutely nothing for Australian motor sport apart from bleeding it dry. What he has done, is add to the ever increasing money pit that supercars has become. He knows nothing about motor racing and will admit that. He knows jack shiite about the core business which just happens to be motor racing.
Do you still think he is the right person to lead the NRL.
Good riddance cockroach Cochrane. Without this clown and the right chairman in place it's happy days.
I can't say who should be the head of the NRL but I do know who shouldn't get the gig.