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Paul McNamee

Paul McNamee

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Oct 16, 2026

Liam PickeringHOST
14:03
Hutchy's the most-
Craig HutchisonHOST
14:03
Uh, Paul McNamee.
Liam PickeringHOST
14:05
Hutchy, yeah, there are lots.
Liam PickeringHOST
14:06
Paul McNamee didn't last long.
Liam PickeringHOST
14:08
Gee, Melbourne have had a...
Liam PickeringHOST
14:09
Melbourne have had a very, very tumultuous CEO reign-
Mats WilanderGUEST
27:15
And I even tried to hit forehands like his, even though his forehand was not good.
Mats WilanderGUEST
27:19
But if Backham was, and I loved the way that he carried himself in the court, and we played a close match, and I played Paul McNamee, and I was wearing a headband for both of them.
Mats WilanderGUEST
27:28
And then eventually I took the headband off.
Mats WilanderGUEST
27:30
I kind of took Borg's place, even though of course I didn't.
Peter JohnstonGUEST
29:14
And I think the board needs to be really – have an open mind in in this next juncture because there's a there's there's new people new faces and there's issues to solve and look there's always room for improvement i i didn't sort of i saw the will swanton article there a couple of weeks ago i was away and i i kind of thought to myself look it's not nuke the joint as as the headline was and it's not clean the joint out but i do think they've got to make some some practical alterations and particularly i think like You know, like player development, I just feel like there's this massive network of player greats who can still contribute and they're not all going to have to be on the payroll.
Peter JohnstonGUEST
29:54
But I think what would be wrong with forming a new player development board with people who have spoken out like Cashie and Mark Woodford and Paul McNamee and...
Peter JohnstonGUEST
30:03
Darren Cahill, what a wealth of talent.
Peter JohnstonGUEST
30:05
And just have them overseeing player development can't hurt because I think that really, otherwise it's too, because the board itself might struggle to oversee it.
Peter JohnstonGUEST
36:08
You know, like player development, I just feel like there's this massive network of player greats who can still contribute and they're not all going to have to be on the payroll.
Peter JohnstonGUEST
36:18
But I think what would be wrong with forming a new player development board with people who have spoken out like Cashie and Mark Woodford and Paul McNamee and...
Peter JohnstonGUEST
36:27
Darren Cahill, what a wealth of talent.
Peter JohnstonGUEST
36:29
And just have them overseeing player development can't hurt because I think that really, otherwise it's too, because the board itself might struggle to oversee it.
Dave O'NeilHOST
11:57
It was a charity thing.
Glenn RobbinsHOST
11:58
Yeah, and I played with Paul McNamee and he gave me a racket for the day and then he said, that's one of the ones I use at Wimbledon.
Glenn RobbinsHOST
12:03
Wow.
Glenn RobbinsHOST
12:04
And then he said, you can keep it.
Louise PlemingGUEST
12:18
She won Wimbledon.
Louise PlemingGUEST
12:20
Uh, and then Paul McNamee, he asked me to commentate at Hopman Cup.
Louise PlemingGUEST
12:25
So in a way, I probably for what I didn't put into that self kind of indulgence in a way, I created different skills, and that is probably where and why I do what I do today.
Louise PlemingGUEST
12:42
So the lack of support has led me to really be able to channel, you know, my own inspirations to work hard and to-
Vicki SimpsonGUEST
16:49
Joking, joking.
Vicki SimpsonGUEST
16:54
And if you're a tennis player, I used to play a bit back in the day before the shoulder got dodgy.
Vicki SimpsonGUEST
16:59
But if you change from, say, a single-handed backhand to a double-handed backhand, like the Australian tennis player Paul McNamee did many years ago, it's not easy.
Vicki SimpsonGUEST
17:10
It's not easy to make that change when you've been used to a certain pattern a certain way.
Vicki SimpsonGUEST
17:16
Same with football.
Steve SmithHOST
42:02
So it just comes back to that whole thing where tennis is, uh, you know, winning's not confusing, it's totally confusing.
Steve SmithHOST
42:09
Paul McNamee, that's a great story.
Steve SmithHOST
42:12
Robin said, "This is gonna be so tough," but he did it.
Steve SmithHOST
42:14
He went in and, uh, he was already playing pro tennis, and he, he rebuilt his game, just like what you're talking about.

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