I watched with keen eyed interest with this episode of "Open Mike" I thought Mike Sheehan handled this interview superbly, under great difficulty! 

Anyone else care to comment!?

What a lunatic - but an entertaining one who made a couple of good points. The rest of it was gibberish but intriguing. 

Why did we ditch him after kicking 77 goals? Any one thing in particular or just the general lunacy?

Sociopath

I'd listen seriously to anything he says.  Rumour has it he's very hard to fool. 
 

 

Here's a link as part of the promo and exerts from the show.

http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/mark-jacko-jackson-verbally-attacks-mike-sheahan-in-televised-interview/news-story/6445452d952480085ed3880394889552

He hasn't lost his temper...must be an agry bloke.

 

 

Jacko wouldn't be the 1st bloke that wanted to smash the snivelling Mike Sheahan.

 

Edited July 26, 20168 yr by Fork 'em

Nothing but a sad old red neck bogan who should just dig a hole and bury himself in it.

To say he wished Mike got cancer on his finger so he wouldn't be able to any more articles is absolutely pathetic and low thing to say.

Mike handled himself really well and kudos to him for keeping calm and collected as much as it would have been a very awkward position to be in.

And to anyone that says he said some good solid points.. oh please...Captain obvious is Jacko. Every 80s and 90s player will tell you the exact same thing he said. 

He is an absolute oxygen thief. Thats all he is really.

[censored] brilliant TV whichever way you look at it. 

I was glued to it. 

Nothing but a publicity stunt and what is unfortunate... a two way stunt

It was hard to watch that. So much vitriol to unload onto Mike Sheahan. Nonetheless it was compelling. Happy to see it but don't fancy watching it again.

14 minutes ago, Deestroy All said:

[censored] brilliant TV whichever way you look at it. 

I was glued to it. 

Chose not to watch.  Not my type of human being. He belongs on American TV - not ours. 

Jacko was a true Bogan. But a smart one

and he could play the game when he was focused

Pity he didn't play in any finals...

6 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Nothing but a publicity stunt and what is unfortunate... a two way stunt

Nail on head Jim. 

Edited July 26, 20168 yr by Ethan Tremblay

20 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Nothing but a publicity stunt and what is unfortunate... a two way stunt

I reckon people can get a bit tin foil hat with this stuff.

Are you seriously suggesting Jackson and Sheahan sat down with the producers and said, "okay, so Jacko you unload on Mike for 45 minutes telling him how much you despise him, wishing he had a cancer, ruined people's families, and Mike you sit there and let him denigrate you and your reputation for the entire interview and we'll all cash in!". Come on.

Jacko likes provoking people. He gets off on it. And if it helps him in a promotional sense all the better. He's not intelligent enough to take on a battle of wits so he chooses to insult and berate.

I don't think Sheahan knew fully what was coming and if he did, he's a brilliant actor.

Edited July 26, 20168 yr by P-man

14 minutes ago, P-man said:

I reckon people can get a bit tin foil hat with this stuff.

Are you seriously suggesting Jackson and Sheahan sat down with the producers and said, "okay, so Jacko you unload on Mike for 45 minutes telling him how much you despise him, wishing he had a cancer, ruined people's families, and Mike you sit there and let him denigrate you and your reputation for the entire interview and we'll all cash in!" Come on.

Jacko likes provoking people. He gets off on it. And if it helps him in a promotional sense all the better. He's not intelligent enough to take on a battle of wits so he chooses to insult and berate.

I don't think Sheahan knew what was coming at all and if he did, he's a brilliant actor.

I don't think a two way stunt as in Sheahan sat down and planned the whole thing with producers and Jacko. Jacko plays a character and Sheahan is obviously well aware of this. I'd suggest Sheahan would have known very well the type of interview he was going to get. 

Edited July 26, 20168 yr by Ethan Tremblay

The insinuation that Fox commissioned this as a publicity stunt is asinine. Yeah, one of the AFL's key stakeholders conspired to allow a guest to tear apart their most respected journalist, as well as other Fox presenters, while trashing the AFL repeatedly on wide-ranging modern issues like expansion and women in footy.

Mike was clearly disturbed and uncomfortable throughout the attacks, though he did a commendable job holding it together in the circumstances. He clearly did not expect to be told to die of cancer or end up as a body in a ditch in Coober Pedy.

Sheahan continually tried to stay on topics about Jacko's career but was endlessly derailed. You could see the moments Mike wanted to unleash but held himself back, quite professionally. It was actually refreshingly raw for an Open Mike interview, presumably presented uncut if they're telling the truth.

Sounds like a train crash of epic proportions. However, if your read a recent AFL website interview with Jacko where every sentence had one F-bomb censored by replacing it with the word 'flamin', what did they expect?
Not to say Mike deserved that kind of treatment. By the sounds of it, they should have pulled the plug halfway through and just paid his fee. 
Postscript: Just saw the interview then and I was wondering by the end what his bloody point was. 

Edited July 26, 20168 yr by Colin B. Flaubert
Added a postscript due to having seen the interview.

8 hours ago, Deestroy All said:

[censored] brilliant TV whichever way you look at it. 

I was glued to it. 

He's an offensive brute - yet I cannot look away

This was a premeditated ambush by Jacko with the intent of reinvigorating interest in his speaking circuit engagements.  The man most definitely is not a fool.  He is a bogan. I've no doubt he helped refine Tony Lockett's kicking - Jacko was one of (if not) the best set shot I've seen in watching 45 years of footy.  308 goals, 144 behinds in 82 games of footy in sides that won 22 of those games (the Melbourne sides of 1981 and 1982 in which he kicked 76 goals in each year, won 1 game and 7 games respectively).    Watching him and Jed Healy work together plus R. Flower was why you went to the footy in 1981/82.

7 hours ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

I don't think a two way stunt as in Sheahan sat down and planned the whole thing with producers and Jacko. Jacko plays a character and Sheahan is obviously well aware of this. I'd suggest Sheahan would have known very well the type of interview he was going to get. 

I doubt Sheahan expected to be insulted to that degree. 

I think Jacko has played a character for so long that it has blended into his persona and the lines are now blurred. The guy is clearly bat [censored]. 

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Im sure sales of energizer batteries will be up 15% today 

Liked his views on hawthorn and the decline of the modern day goal kicker... but that where it stopped

Completely lost me when he started having a go at barassi 

I got to say it was still entertaining tv probably because its still footy related (normally when it reeks of publicity & reality tv wannabe i tune out quickly ) 

Kudos to mike to hold the interview and himself somewhat togther, im sure he expected something from wacko jacko... but not that! 

 

 

7 minutes ago, Delusional demon 82 said:

Im sure sales of energizer batteries will be up 15% today 

Liked his views on hawthorn and the decline of the modern day goal kicker... but that where it stopped

Completely lost me when he started having a go at barassi 

I got to say it was still entertaining tv probably because its still footy related (normally when it reeks of publicity & reality tv wannabe i tune out quickly ) 

Kudos to mike to hold the interview and himself somewhat togther, im sure he expected something from wacko jacko... but not that! 

 

 

Made a good point about the AFL's commitment to suburban / bush footy.

If I could use a video to sum up my immediate reaction upon seeing the interview, it would have to be this.

 

1 hour ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

Made a good point about the AFL's commitment to suburban / bush footy.

He did, but the decline of bush footy is a subset of a far broader issue ie the decline of country Victoria.  That can't be put at the feet of the AFL.  Country Victoria declined with increased farm size and mechanisation, the demise of large government services employers like the Victorian Railways and Australia Post etc.