Jim Sarantinos

So they're basically going to be like financial people as well.

So that's really what we had with Jim Sarantinos.

Bernie Gurr fitted into the rugby league background as well as the financial background.

Bernie's, like, to me, he's an ideal profile in that regard because he's got it in the NRL.

Jim Sarantinos...

I don't think you can question too much about what he was able to achieve.

He just couldn't get us across the line in those finals years.

Well, that, that is one thing, Jimmy, that I, I spoke to the chairman as well, Matt Beech, at, at Para, who oversaw this process, and one thing they wanted was a guy who was, um, a foot- they wanted a footy guy.

Jim Sarantinos, the former CEO, was more of a commercial guy.

Yeah.

Wasn't a footy guy.

And a couple of the, the standout things that he said is that he's a football CEO, so he feels like, you know, Parramatta's done well.

His predecessor, Jim Sarantinos, has got it in good shape from a corporate perspective, but he's a guy who's been an assistant coach, a coach.

He's been very, um, diligent in recruiting, retention, uh, obviously the chief executive role as well, and he's had a look under the bonnet.

He doesn't feel that it's a full rebuild that's required.

The kickoff Pilates class.

Brandy, Jimmy, a bunch of listeners doing Pilates in Lycra.

That sounds very FM, doesn't it? Are we in Alice Springs? No.

While we're doing Pilates, we eat some crazy food and see how that goes down

But...

Just a little bit of cricket.

That wicket out at Cricket Central yesterday, Jimmy, I couldn't differentiate it from the rest of the ground.

That was like a September wicket at the Gabba.

... you know, they need to make these tough calls.

Uh, just, just finally on the Eels, there's, what, in backrooms, uh, developments as well, because obviously Jim Sarantinos, uh, the CEO, has moved on.

Um, what, what's gonna happen there?

Yeah, they're, they're in the mix.