April 07, 2025

S10 E9 - They Were Sacking The Coach And I Heard The Conversation

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47 minutes

It was a big week in the world of "optics". The guys unpack the Oscar Allen situation from both the Eagles and Hawthorn perspectives. Are News Corp easing off in their push of Peter Dutton ahead of the federal election? And Hutchy shares a few old war stories!

In this episode:

2:19 - The optics of the Oscar Allen and James Sicily press conferences

7:26 - Have News Corp taken the foot off their Dutton push?

11:47 - You have to ask the question to Dan Houston

15:20 - Hutchy's War Stories: when he was pitched by other networks

24:13 - Anonymous sources and quotes

27:39 - The AFL creating a raft of new roles in the footy department

30:11 - Has Damo found his successor at the AFMA?

32:18 - The head of DAZN was at the AFL over the weekend

36:14 - Peter Dutton doesn't rule out making cuts to the ABC

37:12 - Were the commentators at the venue this week?

39:34 - Another War Story! When Hutchy stumbled into sensitive information

Hosts:

Craig Hutchison: twitter.com/craighutchy

Damian Barrett: twitter.com/barrettdamian

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April 07, 2025

S10 E9 - They Were Sacking The Coach And I Heard The Conversation

Listen Later

47 minutes

It was a big week in the world of "optics". The guys unpack the Oscar Allen situation from both the Eagles and Hawthorn perspectives. Are News Corp easing off in their push of Peter Dutton ahead of the federal election? And Hutchy shares a few old war stories!

In this episode:

2:19 - The optics of the Oscar Allen and James Sicily press conferences

7:26 - Have News Corp taken the foot off their Dutton push?

11:47 - You have to ask the question to Dan Houston

15:20 - Hutchy's War Stories: when he was pitched by other networks

24:13 - Anonymous sources and quotes

27:39 - The AFL creating a raft of new roles in the footy department

30:11 - Has Damo found his successor at the AFMA?

32:18 - The head of DAZN was at the AFL over the weekend

36:14 - Peter Dutton doesn't rule out making cuts to the ABC

37:12 - Were the commentators at the venue this week?

39:34 - Another War Story! When Hutchy stumbled into sensitive information

Hosts:

Craig Hutchison: twitter.com/craighutchy

Damian Barrett: twitter.com/barrettdamian

Follow and contact us:

Twitter: twitter.com/SoundingBoardEp

Facebook: facebook.com/SoundingBoardEp

Email: [email protected]

The Sounding Board is proudly supported by DrinkWise - if you're choosing to drink, choose to drink wise.

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