Skaife On The Outer With RACE Board?

[GTRMagic]

Story Here

…as written by the colloquially described “10 Beers” from Auto Action..

Trouble in paradise, or wishful thinking?
Or perhaps poised for a shake up to add the new owners from Liberty..?

[bluesport]

I hope Skaife gets punted.

[Alan52]

Originally Posted by bluesport

I hope Skaife gets punted.

And so say all of us.

[GTRMagic]

Originally Posted by bluesport

I hope Skaife gets punted.

Who do you replace him with?
A bunch of investment banker ******s sitting around a boardroom table sounds mega scary…

Roland Dane to central casting please…

[E.B]

Originally Posted by GTRMagic

A bunch of investment banker ******s sitting around a boardroom table sounds mega scary…

I said the same thing elsewhere. Almost a case of better the poison you know.

I like the RD suggestion though.

[Sandgroper]

If people were looking for both eyes open and not blue ones they would see
the sport is better with Skaife involved. REmove him and add a bean counter
with no experience to his role and then see what happens.

(waiting for the hate)

[bluesport]

Originally Posted by GTRMagic

Who do you replace him with?

Someone that is against technical parity.

[mite5255]

Originally Posted by Sandgroper

If people were looking for both eyes open and not blue ones they would see
the sport is better with Skaife involved. REmove him and add a bean counter
with no experience to his role and then see what happens.

(waiting for the hate)

Skaife is one of Australia's most successful motor sport competitors, I will admit he can be very polarizing, but he has heaps of experience, ask Fred Gibson or Jim Richards. I do also think a lot of people a just jealous of his achievements.

[Alan52]

Originally Posted by mite5255

Skaife is one of Australia's most successful motor sport competitors, I will admit he can be very polarizing, but he has heaps of experience, ask Fred Gibson or Jim Richards. I do also think a lot of people a just jealous of his achievements.

No one is disputing his ability as a driver.
It is about his ability as a business person and his relationships with a lot of the sports stakeholders.Add in the complete botched job he did with the “cheaper” Gen 2 and his hopelessness as a commentator and it is difficult to see positives.

[Sandgroper]

Originally Posted by Alan52

No one is disputing his ability as a driver.
It is about his ability as a business person and his relationships with a lot of the sports stakeholders.Add in the complete botched job he did with the “cheaper” Gen 2 and his hopelessness as a commentator and it is difficult to see positives.

Have you read his book? It may change your opinion on his professionalism and commitment to motorsport both on and off the track.

[mite5255]

Originally Posted by Sandgroper

Have you read his book? It may change your opinion on his professionalism and commitment to motorsport both on and off the track.

Agreed

[Henry]

Originally Posted by Sandgroper

Have you read his book? It may change your opinion on his professionalism and commitment to motorsport both on and off the track.

His book represents his perspective, rather than an objective truth. No doubt that he is committed, no doubt that he is professional, but neither of these things guarantee that he is acting in the overall best interest of the sport or the category... just that he's doing what he sees as the best interest as he sees it, and doing it with a certain competence and experience. There's plenty of viewpoints to suggest that this isn't everything that the category needs to prosper: he's presided over some proper clusters in the past, and that shouldn't necessarily be ignored.

Similarly, his input shouldn't be automatically ignored or dismissed simply due to anybody's antipathy to him.

All that aside, there seems to be writing of some sort on a wall somewhere, but it seems difficult to read...

I haven't gone looking for the why's/wherefore's behind the Rogers' washing their hands of the category, but given their interests in and commitment to Australian motorsport, and their ability to make their involvement profitable, but they obviously determined that it's nothing they want/need to be involved in any further. Again.

[cavvy]

Originally Posted by GTRMagic

Who do you replace him with?
A bunch of investment banker ******s sitting around a boardroom table sounds mega scary…

Roland Dane to central casting please…

Try for Craig Kelly (aka Ned).
Ned & Jeff Browne are running Collingwood FC (CEO & Chairman) amongst their various business interests & have history with Supercars.
Both the equal of any investment bankers for a board seat.

Skaife was always going to battle without Ned.

[Casper]

Originally Posted by Sandgroper

If people were looking for both eyes open and not blue ones they would see
the sport is better with Skaife involved. REmove him and add a bean counter
with no experience to his role and then see what happens.

(waiting for the hate)

It was the bean counters who took over F1 and made it what it is today so why not SC though my view has always been on the pessimistic side with the current management showing zero initiative. Maybe the bean counters can kick the series into life as Liberty have done with F1.

[GTRMagic]

Raises hand as a former bean counter!

[Speedwagon]

@GTRMagic former beancounter and absolute treasure

long from the heady days when you were papped in the BJR garage in AutoAction. Was it really you? or is that a mystery?

[GTRMagic]

Originally Posted by Speedwagon

@GTRMagic former beancounter and absolute treasure

long from the heady days when you were papped in the BJR garage in AutoAction. Was it really you? or is that a mystery?

If it’s not on the V8Supercar website, was it ever really there