# S10 E9 - They Were Sacking The Coach And I Heard The Conversation

An episode of [The Sounding Board](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1097464155), 7 Apr 2025, 47 min.

Audio: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/NTETP9155737400.mp3?updated=1744674119

It was a big week in the world of "optics". The guys unpack the Oscar Allen situation from both the Eagles and Hawthorn perspectives. Are News Corp easing off in their push of Peter Dutton ahead of the federal election? And Hutchy shares a few old war stories! In this episode: • 2:19 - The optics of the Oscar Allen and James Sicily press conferences • 7:26 - Have News Corp taken the foot off their Dutton push? • 11:47 - You have to ask the question to Dan Houston • 15:20 - Hutchy's War Stories: when he was pitched by other networks • 24:13 - Anonymous sources and quotes • 27:39 - The AFL creating a raft of new roles in the footy department • 30:11 - Has Damo found his successor at the AFMA? • 32:18 - The head of DAZN was at the AFL over the weekend • 36:14 - Peter Dutton doesn't rule out making cuts to the ABC • 37:12 - Were the commentators at the venue this week? • 39:34 - Another War Story! When Hutchy stumbled into sensitive information Hosts: Craig Hutchison: twitter.com/craighutchy Damian Barrett: twitter.com/barrettdamian Follow and contact us: Twitter: twitter.com/SoundingBoardEp Facebook: facebook.com/SoundingBoardEp Email: thesoundingboard@sen.com.au The Sounding Board is proudly supported by DrinkWise - if you're choosing to drink, choose to drink wise.

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