Goodbye Hollywood

[yappy]

... and good riddance.

Saw his first First Grade game back at Lidcombe, didn't think much of him, and have never had much cause to change my opinion. The improvement in referee's fitness he inspired was welcome (not that top referees were ever unfit), but the self-importance, media profile, and general spotlight seeking are things the game could have easily done without.

Hopefully now referees can retreat into the background a little and just get on with their job and leave the spotlight to the games real stars.

As for being the best ref the game has ever produced - pure hyperbole. He could have a good game no doubt (and nice for him that his last game will be remembered far more than the two that preceeded it), but he was an inconsistent clown mostly (usually brought about by his own hubris). Little better than another referee nicknamed Hollywood from a previous era.

 

[Everlovin' Antichrist]

Well said.

Can't understand the plaudits this bloke garnered in his career. As a Referee, he was a good copper.

I fear that Hayne is following in the footsteps of this bloke. Hopefully, he'll just get Manly games.

 

[yappy]

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Nice to know we can agree on some things. A common enemy is always good reason for alliance.

The fact that clown got the whole media conference, lead story in the sport treatment is a joke.

 

[wounded magpie]

I remember his first game as ref, when the Maggies played the Sharks, and I think we recorded a rare win.

I remember going to work the next day and was asked by a female work colleague on how I thought the ref went...I said he was very ordinary.

What I didn't know however was that she was Bill's brother

 

[Gobbso]

Farewell William. Good riddance to another Super League scumbag! 8)

 

[King Tigerman]

if only there was any1 worthy to take his place

until that day were stuck with incompetent refs til 2007