Great interview with Alan Jones

[FrankLind]

http://www.radiolivesport.co.nz/Audio/Alan-Jones-on-LiveSPORT/tabid/252/articleID/11907/Default.aspx

Straight and knowledgeable

 

[slydare]

You might be half right in that assessment ;-)

 

[FrankLind]

Where do you think he is off-base?

I ask because I don't know an awful lot about him in Aussie since he last coached the Wallabies.

 

[Bowside]

Where do you think he is off-base?

He's homosexual.

 

[Blue]

He's homosexual.

So what's wrong with that?

Anyway. He is a good at making sweeping statements to get the attention.

Hardly deep and meaningful.

 

[FrankLind]

So what's wrong with that?

Anyway. He is a good at making sweeping statements to get the attention.

Hardly deep and meaningful.

I think it was meant as a joke.

 

[Bowside]

So what's wrong with that?

Anyway. He is a good at making sweeping statements to get the attention.

Hardly deep and meaningful.

Nothing is, I thought frank was confused about slydare's comment.

I, like many, have 0 respect for alan jones, and it has nothing to do with his sexual orientation.

 

[The_Brown_Hornet]

I think it's also important to separate Alan Jones the radio personality (who I personally dislike) with Alan Jones the successful former Wallaby coach (whose achievements I admire and sometimes agree with).

 

[slydare]

Sorry mate, was just shit stirring about his personal history, nothing to do with the interview. Low blow really!

 

[slydare]

As for my views on Jones - he's got runs on the board with coaching the Wallabies, so I have to respect that. However the ego, bombast and general disregard for facts of his public persona undermines how I view his commentary on anything to be honest.

By all reports he's a very complex individual - but he's too compromised for me to take seriously.

 

[GaffaCHinO]

I dislike almost everything this guys says and stands for but i love what he is saying in the interview!

 

[Swat]

As for my views on Jones - he's got runs on the board with coaching the Wallabies, so I have to respect that. However the ego, bombast and general disregard for facts of his public persona undermines how I view his commentary on anything to be honest.

By all reports he's a very complex individual - but he's too compromised for me to take seriously.

You've got to think that someone as intelligent as he is purely puts on his radio persona to make money. The more ill-informed, bigoted listeners he pulls with his illogical, unsympathetic rants the more money and power he gets.
Its quite a simple process, he takes a complex issue and makes it black and white so people think that the other side of the argument is ridiculous and that they are getting screwed over by people in a position of power. Thus endearing himself to those who like to feel like the world is out to get them.

 

[Blue]

You've got to think that someone as intelligent as he is purely puts on his radio persona to make money. The more ill-informed, bigoted listeners he pulls with his illogical, unsympathetic rants the more money and power he gets.
Its quite a simple process, he takes a complex issue and makes it black and white so people think that the other side of the argument is ridiculous and that they are getting screwed over by people in a position of power. Thus endearing himself to those who like to feel like the world is out to get them.

The other day my alarms was set on radio and I accidentally woke up to one of his tirades.

It was bad, I tell you. Not recommended.

 

[slydare]

You've got to think that someone as intelligent as he is purely puts on his radio persona to make money. The more ill-informed, bigoted listeners he pulls with his illogical, unsympathetic rants the more money and power he gets.
Its quite a simple process, he takes a complex issue and makes it black and white so people think that the other side of the argument is ridiculous and that they are getting screwed over by people in a position of power. Thus endearing himself to those who like to feel like the world is out to get them.

You could be right on that - although some of the profiles I've read on him seem to paint him as a man who has a always had deep seated need for that sort of following. I honestly don't know - it could be a bit of both? The outcome is the same though!

 

[Bruwheresmycar]

Its quite a simple process, he takes a complex issue and makes it black and white so people think that the other side of the argument is ridiculous and that they are getting screwed over by people in a position of power. Thus endearing himself to those who like to feel like the world is out to get them.

LMAO, well put.

 

[It is what it is]

He doesn't seem to be a very happy chappy unless he's tearing someones spleen out.

 

[Ruggo]

I don't think it unreasonable to judge a man by his actions so I think Jones is an arsehole of the highest order.