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Buckle up and see how this plays out. The owners overruled by the board? Not sure how that came about but…….,
As the South Sydney board mulled over the future of Jason Demetriou on Tuesday, co-owner Russell Crowe contacted the coach to tell him: “I’ve got your back”.
Hours later the board unanimously voted in favour of an immediate termination of Demetriou’s contract, ending the coach’s tenure at the club and in the process highlighted the dilution of Crowe’s influence and sway at his beloved South Sydney.
Crowe, having made a pledge to Demetriou to help prolong what seemed like the inevitable, wanted his representatives on the board to fight against the immediate termination of the coach. They argued for four more weeks. Then it was two.
With chairman Nick Pappas in London chairing the meeting over Zoom at 2am, and the directors at an impasse, it was agreed that they would reconvene in six hours’ time (5pm Sydney time).
As the South Sydney board mulled over the future of Jason Demetriou on Tuesday, co-owner Russell Crowe contacted the coach to tell him: “I’ve got your back”.
Hours later the board unanimously voted in favour of an immediate termination of Demetriou’s contract, ending the coach’s tenure at the club and in the process highlighted the dilution of Crowe’s influence and sway at his beloved South Sydney.
Crowe, having made a pledge to Demetriou to help prolong what seemed like the inevitable, wanted his representatives on the board to fight against the immediate termination of the coach. They argued for four more weeks. Then it was two.
With chairman Nick Pappas in London chairing the meeting over Zoom at 2am, and the directors at an impasse, it was agreed that they would reconvene in six hours’ time (5pm Sydney time).