The NewsRoom Exclusive.
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Strange times. It’s a cliché, and the Onion is struggling to keep up but there are strange things going on in New Zealand too.
Take the Newsroom EXCLUSIVE today.
In short, Nick Sautner is a shyster.
In February this site ran a piece based on the back of a few things.
First of all Eden Park is not fit for international cricket, and its adjacent car park field is not fit for first class or T20 cricket. It referred to the tacky spin from Sautner to justify the place, and referenced his history in Australia.
There are only a few powerful people that are opposing cricket’s move away to the vastly more appropriate venue of Western Springs. It seemed right to put out the other point of view.
A few days later The Spotter jumped in when he read the original piece.
All of that took half an innings break in a T20 international; boiling a cup of tea included.
Anyway, today Newsroom ran their exclusive.
While also getting a little snarky.
Completely out of context or timing (Eden Park currently is in the middle of a two month hiatus of hosting anything) this BREAKING happened.
So why?
Apparently the former PM’s home, while close to Eden Park is still in Mt Albert. It appears Eden Park has poked another bear. Inadvertently she has reinforced how difficult it is for NZ Cricket to host day/night cricket, regardless of the colour of the ball.
As an aside, the Herald also got a bit strange.
um, @nzherald – am not sure who this is but it’s not who you think it is… pic.twitter.com/t5X1qEe72t
— richard boock (@richardboock) July 19, 2018
Footnote. Newsroom. We’ve stolen your photo, but we’ve been upfront about that. Thanks
That’s a big own goal for you I’m afraid, Newsroom. You’ve got people like the genial Bernard Hickey in your midst; yet you were only beaten to this by the small margin of five months! ‘Exclusive’ you stated- oh dear, lol.
Did you hang off for legal reasons? Whatever it was, you’d better catch sportsfreak.co.nz a bit more often..
At least Newsroom’s interview with Sautner’s ex-boss in Oz will really put Sautner under the spotlight- and so it bloody well should. That is one saving grace out of their ‘exclusive’ (smirk)
How Sautner ever got the Eden Park role is simply staggering. That comment of Doug McKay’s that McKay himself didn’t fully read the original report into Sautner’s conduct- it’s Trump-like. What a contemptible farce. Things like this shouldn’t happen. Getting more than fed up with corporate wankery and having our intelligence insulted by bullshit goings-on like this. Bloody hell, enough!!
McKay deserves a complete vote of no-confidence for appointing Sautner, simply for his huge faux pas in not examining that report properly. But it seems unlikely to happen. And Sautner better be more than squeaky clean ongoing. One slightly corruptible-smelling action and the bugger should be gone faster than
a piece of Australian sandpaper.
Writing immature things as I did when I wrote ‘(smirk)’ in the above comment is low-rent and plain wanky. And it’s been bugging me for ages- I should know better and be better than that. Not what I’m ever trying to achieve or what I’d like to be known for. Dumb and sorry..