JD, are you saying that if the DP makes up lies about the Nix, it's the Nix's fault for not making friends with them?
I do actually and that's because it's the right thing to do for the club. Gareth might not like doing it but the current relationship is a mess.
And, in the end, this comes back to my point about Gareth not being an effective influencer of the media. Stamping your feet and complaining they aren't writing nice things about you is pretty pathetic don't you think?
But that isn't what he is doing. He's said numerous time that people can say what they want as long as have thoughtful, rationale analysis behind it.
If I called you a f**kwit, and didn't provide a rationale for why, I'm sure you'd kick up a fuss.
Well firstly, no-one at the dompost is calling anyone a fuckwit - all the dom post have done is say he shouldn't interfere in the side, he should leave the coaching to the coaches and questioned why he was an attendee at training. His response is that it is all made up lies and he's had a go at journos at the dom post, Sam Worthington in particular. He's had a massive go at Paul Thompson on that mediawatch programme who wrote a well thought out and argued article which did exactly what you are saying - provided rationale and analysis. Here's the link:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/sport/phoenix/8209784/Let-Phoenix-coach-and-players-restore-order
Morgan's response to that on the radio show was telling. He said the dompost should start writing cheques if they wanted to comment on the club's strategy. You and I know that's a ridiculous position to take - in this case he's the one not engaging with the facts!
But taking all of this to the side - shouldn't he just put his own PERSONAL feelings aside and do what's best for the club? How does any of this help the Phoenix get better media coverage, which everyone seems to agree would be a good thing?