Damian Barrett

He doesn't need to be on the Perth Bears board.

That's a wrong decision for starters.

It's not like it's a massively relevant club in Sydney to this point.

And if you are going to be on the board, you've just got to be able to leave that allegiance behind and have a reasonable or fair-minded chat.

And he's got a glass jaw around his own role in the recruiting.

And it's not easy.

It's not a criticism.

It's difficult to do.

And then he's in that spot where the others can go him because he really is – he's attackable because they haven't played a game yet.

They're not yet – they haven't yet built the relevance that they expect to in Sydney with an old Sydney Bears.

You know, a fan of the Bears and Anthony DeSegli will do a great job getting that club built.

I don't think James belongs on the board, Damo.

Okay.

You've got to be able to at least, and I know Eddie and James at different times have been combative in the defense of their clubs when they led them, but you've got to be at least be able to laugh at yourself.

It's not that easy to be able to weather them, but that's a skill James has yet to develop, whereas he's clearly got the best TV skills that there are.

He's the original, Mitch is the… No, you are.

You are the original.

No, Mitch is the king of the PR payoff.

And on the back of the Patrick Cripps wearing his private label to the boss press conference… I forgot about that.

On the day that Brad Scott got sacked, years ago, Zach Merritt or any other player would have cancelled that PR event.