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Re: Bernard Tomic
Taken a bit of a swipe at Hewitt in his meltdown last night, made a few fair points too i guess.
Taken a bit of a swipe at Hewitt in his meltdown last night, made a few fair points too i guess.
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Re: Bernard Tomic
Bernard Tomic and Nick Kyrgios exemplify everything I hate about tennis. Privileged, enormously egotistical idiots, with an overwhelming sense of entitlement, who can't even claim intelligence as redeeming features. His arrogance makes it difficult for me to accept his sole 'argument' -ie- Hewitt's conflict of interest. “He doesn’t put the players first, from what I’ve heard in the past year." - so he is not even speaking from current experience.
For what it's worth, I don't particularly like Hewitt either, but Tomic and Kyrgios are knobs of the very highest order. At least Lleyton has some runs on the board.[B][COLOR="#0000CD"]Our club was born in blood and boots, not in AFL focus groups.[/COLOR][/B]Comment
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Re: Bernard Tomic
Dont like the idea of Hewitt still playing Davis Cup, seems quite selfish.
Maybe just me but Hewitt was pretty bratty when younger too, then there's the racism issues.
Not a likeable bunch at all.The curse is dead.Comment
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Re: Bernard Tomic
Tomic is an absolute brick-head but how on earth can you have the Davis Cup captain also running a management company, who happens to have players on his books getting preferential treatment for wildcards to major events and also in making Davis Cup squads at the expense of better credentialed players?
That’s not even mentioning the Davis Cup captain actually picking himself for doubles matches in Davis Cup, which is frankly bizarre for someone supposedly retired.
I see Lleyton did not answer any of the allegations and the pissweak press didn’t push hard for the answers. Much easier to say ‘Bernie is just being Bernie’, instead of answering some uncomfortable questions."Look at me mate. Look at me. I'm flyin'"Comment
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Re: Bernard Tomic
I don't have any insight into Tomic's accusations, but have read more than one article stating that many of them are untrue:
Bernard Tomic oversteps the mark again
Why are people accepting what this clown says on face value?The Tomic allegation of favouritism towards players connected to Hewitt’s management group is contradicted by this reality: none of the players whom Hewitt promoted or who received wildcards — Alex Bolt, Alex Popyrin, Jordan Thompson and Marc Polmans — are clients of W Sports and Media.Comment
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Re: Bernard Tomic
They’re only listened to because we have no one who can actually compete, currently on tour. These guys are brats, and are overpaid and over promoted based on mediocre output.
They’re very unlikable and getting more so.Comment
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Re: Bernard Tomic
Yep. Hewitt had a forum available to completely refute all the allegations but he chose not to. Interesting that Matthew Ebden also stopped short of endorsing Hewitt as the right person to be captain of Davis Cup.
There's ample evidence that something is amiss but nobody in the media or at TA wants to dig. It's not required of Tomic to be squeaky clean and above reproach but it certainly is for the captain of Davis Cup."Look at me mate. Look at me. I'm flyin'"Comment
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Re: Bernard Tomic
As I said I have read more than 1 article stating that Tomic's accusations are incorrect. I know the media can get it wrong but it is a far better source than the ramblings of Bernie.
Would it have been better for Hewitt to deny it outright? Possibly, I don't know. I don't think you necessarily need to respond to idiots if their diatribes are fiction though.
How about this from what should be a reliable source:
Davis Cup review likely in wake of Tomic-Hewitt saga
By all means do a review or whatever is required, I just don't understand why anyone would hang Hewitt of the basis of anything Tomic has to say.W Sports & Media director Dimitris Parhas, who owns the group that manages Hewitt with fellow Adelaide lawyer Garry Winter, rubbished Tomic’s claims that the former world No. 1 had a ‘‘conflict of interest’’.
“[Hewitt] categorically does not have a stake in our management company,” Parhas said. “It’s owned by myself and Garry Winter. We manage Lleyton, he’s got no ownership whatsoever. With regards to the other players [mentioned by Tomic] we absolutely do not manage those players at all.”Comment
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Re: Bernard Tomic
He doesnt need to deny it outright but he could still laugh it off like he has and then let everyone know that he doesnt manage anyone. I do note that even the statement from the owner of W Sports doesnt state that Hewitt isn't managing any of these players. SO basically now 3 people have answered it but none have said that Hewitt isnt a manage of any of these players. I'm certainly not hanging Hewitt (although i have never liked him, he is a brat too, no where near as bad as Bernie) but something doesn't smell right here and no one that is actually involved is saying that Bernie is wrong.Comment
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Re: Bernard Tomic
This is a little off topic, but a mate of mine was "lucky" enough to play old mate Lleyton when they were about 13/14 or so in a city tournament.
My mate was seriously good, but was not anywhere near Lleyton seriously good (even at that young age) and got comprehensively wiped out. But he said that when he did win the odd point Lleyton would go completely mental and despite not dropping a game was the worst sport and a complete dick afterwards.
He seems to have mellowed as he has got older, but I can imagine that not all of his asshat behaviour has disappeared.Comment
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Re: Bernard Tomic
Lleyton Hewitt calls out Bernard Tomic for abuse and threats
Bernard Tomic will never play Davis Cup under Lleyton Hewitt after the team captain said that blackmail and physical threats had left their relationship irreparable.
Hewitt declared that Tomic’s comments attacking his captaincy were “what we’ve come to expect from Bernie”, who he labelled a “clown” and said he did not want anything to do with the explosive 26-year-old.
The former world No. 1 said that Tomic had attempted to blackmail him in relation to Davis Cup and wildcards which proved the final straw.
“I think the threats that I’ve received for me and my family that I’ve had for a year and a half now … I don’t think anyone would reach out to a person that speaks like that,” Hewitt said.
Hewitt said the threats from Tomic had been physical and to his family. “Just close-knit family. But I still have those,” he said. “No (I don’t feel threatened by them). Yep (I consider them empty threats).”
He said while he had received them for about 18 months, he had not received any recently. “I don’t think he’s got my number,” he said.
Hewitt — who flatly rejected Tomic’s suggestion that some Australian players had been afforded preferential treatment with wildcards — said he was determined to “set cultural standards” in the Australian Davis Cup team.
When asked why he thought Tomic behaved the way he did, Hewitt said he was unsure but suggested it was “maybe his upbringing”.
“I don’t know what’s happened - why Bernie is Bernie,” he said.
“I have no idea. It’s probably his upbringing, I’d say, has a big part to do with it.
“For me, it’s been more disappointing that probably the first two years that I was in this role … I’ve been in it a bit over three, but the first two were pretty much Bernie and Nick were my two priorities. For Bernie to come out and have a go – but more to get all his facts wrong – that’s probably the most disappointing thing.
“For me, the biggest frustration is I feel like I really went out of my way to help Bernie, especially when I first came into the role.
“I’ve spent a lot of time with him one-on-one at a lot of tournaments, tried to get a coaching structure and physical team around him to give him the best opportunity and at the end of the day, he still kept making the wrong mistakes.
“For me, it was probably the abuse that I copped from him that in the end I drew a line in the sand and I haven’t spoken to him since.
“It will (continue). He won’t play Davis Cup while I have anything to do with it.”
Hewitt said the door remained open for Nick Kyrgios, who he admitted he had spoken to in the wake of the young star’s social media rant on Wednesday night.
“We feel like we have a responsibility to set a cultural standard and right now Nick’s not meeting those either,” he said.
“The things that we feel like we have to push … all we ask for is commit to the sport. Go out there and give 100 per cent every time you step on the court.”
Hewitt said he was disappointed that the saga had overshadowed the efforts of emerging young stars at the Australian Open such as Alex de Minaur, Alex Bolt and Alexei Popyrin.
LLEYTON HEWITT ON ALLEGATIONS OF PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT
“It makes me disappointed, the biggest thing. Because deep down, Bernie knows what I’ve done for him and how much time I’ve spent. You know, I’ve flown up to the Gold Coast to try and put teams around him when he was struggling mentally with certain issues as well with his family situation at times.
“For me, it’s been more disappointing that probably the first two years that I was in this role … I’ve been in it a bit over three, but the first two were pretty much Bernie and Nick were my two priorities. For Bernie to come out and have a go – but more to get all his facts wrong – that’s probably the most disappointing thing.”
THE DOOR STILL BEING OPEN FOR KYRGIOS
“Absolutely. 100 per cent. I’ve spoken to Nick, and we continue to speak. Nick and I have had a great relationship, but I think there’s still … standards have to be set, and the role that I’m in now, you have to have standards. We see it in all different sports as well and all I want guys to do is commit to the sport and work hard and want to play for Australia. I don’t think that’s too much to ask.”
KYRGIOS’ SOCIAL MEDIA ANTICS
“That’s one of the standards, absolutely. That we can’t put up with. Just for our culture of Australian tennis moving forward. Can’t do it. I don’t think it’s a good look. I’ve spoken to Nick about it and he understands that. Whether he learns from it, that’s another thing.”
THE “BLACKMAIL” AND “THREATS”
“I think the threats that I’ve received for me and my family that I’ve had for a year and a half now … I don’t think anyone would reach out to a person that speaks like that.
“It started because of blackmails to do with wildcards. This was over a year ago. Yeah (they’ve stopped). I don’t think he’s got my number anymore, hopefully.”
“Blackmail, threats, and physical, yeah.
“(They were also to) family. Just close-knit family. But I still have those.
“No (I don’t feel threatened by them). Yep (I consider them empty threats).
Q: What did he try and blackmail you with?
“It was all to do with Davis Cup to not play.”
WASTED POTENTIAL
“When I was working with Bernie, the biggest thing I probably saw with him was he didn’t work hard enough. So I realised pretty soon that if he didn’t pick up his game fitness-wise, his game style – he didn’t have as big a weapons as Nick to finish points off when he needed to. He was going to have to seriously commit, but he was so far down the line from not training, though, that it was going to take four or five preseasons and years for him to even get close to Murray, Djokovic, these guys. That’s why he’s got very little chance of going deep in majors.”
ON TOMIC’S SUGGESTION HEWITT RECEIVED A CUT FROM PLAYERS WITH WILDCARDS
“I don’t have a management company. No (I’m not getting any percentage).”
ON WHY DRAMA SEEMS TO SURROUND AUSTRALIAN TENNIS
“I don’t think (there’s something broken). Not that I know of. I don’t know what’s happened – why Bernie is Bernie. I have no idea. It’s probably his upbringing, I’d say, has a big part to do with that. As I said, Nick, I feel, still has a lot to learn, absolutely.
“Things have happened (with other players). I don’t have an answer. But then I look at Alex de Minaur, Alexei Popyrin, Alex Bolt, John Millman and what he did at the US Open. For me, the most disappointing thing is on Day 1, we had these great wins by a lot of our guys and all this Bernie comments overshadows it. It’s one clown making a silly comment and that’s the main news. I just feel like we should be talking about that we’ve got some exceptional players doing exceptional things here and they get one, two weeks a year to shine on home soil. I don’t really want to take the limelight away from them.”
WHETHER THE PERFORMANCE OF ALEX BOLT & ALEXEI POPYRIN HAD VALIDATED HIS WILDCARD CHOICES
“I think it’s unbelievable that those two got an opportunity and have taken full advantage of it. I’m not surprised. The biggest thing is, and what we want to get back to … is one thing you control is how hard you work. And those guys have worked their butts off this preseason. All of them. Throw John Millman in that category. Jordan Thompson’s had a great summer. They’ve had massive preseasons. There’s no secret. Fifty per cent of tennis is going out there and doing the work. For Alex to be able to do what he did tonight, that comes back to the work he’s done with Tom Couch and the performance team here in Melbourne throughout November December. For me, it’s satisfying seeing those guys get results. And that’s a first time for Bolty being on the big stage. To last five sets against a seasoned campaigner like Simon is something to tip your hat to.”
ON WHETHER THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN DOUBLES WAS HIS LAST GRAND SLAM
“Possibly. I don’t know. I still enjoy playing some doubles sometimes on the tour. For me, I’ve enjoyed playing with some of the younger Aussie guys. It gives me an opportunity to see them first-hand, as well - how they handle pressure in different situations. It certainly helped with dealing with the guys on the Davis Cup call when I’m out there with them on the sideline. I don’t know, right now. Sorry.”Comment
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Re: Bernard Tomic
Hewitt hasn't refuted a single thing with that interview. He still can't/won't answer anything about the conflict of interest with his management company (the only thing that really matters in all of this garbage), and the pissweak media won't dare push those buttons in question time.
The allegations about harassment from Tomic are a deflection - of course the deadshits in the media will lap up that angle so they don't have to do any hard work and ask any difficult questions. If it has taken place, why hasn't there been any charges laid?"Look at me mate. Look at me. I'm flyin'"Comment
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