Is Olly Croft still alive ?
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Is Olly Croft still alive ?
Love him or hate him, I bet the Shrooms wish they had the old fart on board still.
They would still be on the downward slope but not in the horrific mess they are in now.
Is he still with us ?
They would still be on the downward slope but not in the horrific mess they are in now.
Is he still with us ?
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Yes I'm sure he is.
Him and Tony green are in a retirement home together discussing what happened to phil Taylor.
Him and Tony green are in a retirement home together discussing what happened to phil Taylor.
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Good to hear that they're all there, in body if not in mind !
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Be nice if he lived long enough to see the bdo go bust.
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Every chance of that, his life expectancy must be far greater than that of the BDORandall wrote:Be nice if he lived long enough to see the bdo go bust.
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He's 87 apparently.Mabbsy wrote:Every chance of that, his life expectancy must be far greater than that of the BDORandall wrote:Be nice if he lived long enough to see the bdo go bust.
It's a credit to the bdo that they found people even less compent than him.
Couldnt have been easy.
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Randall wrote:Be nice if he lived long enough to see the bdo go bust.
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The bitter cunt would probably be happy anywayjwr1978 wrote:Randall wrote:Be nice if he lived long enough to see the bdo go bust.
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This why I've described the BDO getting Olly Croft off the BDO board at the 2011 AGM as an Ides of March. This describes not only the political assassination of the old ruler, but for how it has had the opposite effect to what the assassins intended and only accelerated the BDO's decline. Had Croft stayed in charge, the BDO would obviously still be in decline, but they would be in a lot better shape today than what they are. Croft was giving the BDO a managed decline, not an utterly chaotic one.
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I'm not convinced of that. Sure, Croft knew how to hold on against a PDC that was mainly focussed on being a successful top 32 players TV event company. But then the PDC's massive encroachment on the BDO's footprint in darts via Youth Tour, Challenge Tour, big-money Pro Tour etc. began after Croft was gone. I think it's giving him too much credit to just assume that he would have handled it any better than the subsequent BDO boards have done.PT13 wrote:This why I've described the BDO getting Olly Croft off the BDO board at the 2011 AGM as an Ides of March. This describes not only the political assassination of the old ruler, but for how it has had the opposite effect to what the assassins intended and only accelerated the BDO's decline. Had Croft stayed in charge, the BDO would obviously still be in decline, but they would be in a lot better shape today than what they are. Croft was giving the BDO a managed decline, not an utterly chaotic one.
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Zeyes, the state of today's BDO is largely due to the Deluxe fiasco. As far as I'm concerned, no way does Croft go near Deluxe if he's in charge. He'd have just carried on with a slow, managed decline as more players try Q School and the Challenge Tour.
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When this is viewed as better than the current board it shows the depths they have sunk too.PT13 wrote:Zeyes, the state of today's BDO is largely due to the Deluxe fiasco. As far as I'm concerned, no way does Croft go near Deluxe if he's in charge. He'd have just carried on with a slow, managed decline as more players try Q School and the Challenge Tour.
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De:Luxe definitely hastened the demise but Auntie Sue and Uncle Wayne were so desperate they'd have sold out to anyone.PT13 wrote:Zeyes, the state of today's BDO is largely due to the Deluxe fiasco. As far as I'm concerned, no way does Croft go near Deluxe if he's in charge. He'd have just carried on with a slow, managed decline as more players try Q School and the Challenge Tour.
Was so enjoyable digging down with Bradders exposing this for what it was. Auntie Sue paying a solicitor to write a letter telling her not to do a meeting was fantastic. Even though some elsewhere still believe it didn't happen.
Auntie Sue even sent out letters with subtle changes to find out who was leaking. Good job we were aware and didn't publish them
When you actually feel anger over a place like this it's time to get a life
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Croft avoiding something like the Deluxe mess doesn't mean he'd have avoided other dumb decisions. For instance, I can perfectly well imagine him alienating lots of players through another round of banning threats of some type, once the Challenge Tour kicked into gear.PT13 wrote:Zeyes, the state of today's BDO is largely due to the Deluxe fiasco. As far as I'm concerned, no way does Croft go near Deluxe if he's in charge. He'd have just carried on with a slow, managed decline as more players try Q School and the Challenge Tour.
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Croft wouldnt have got BDO events involved either. so no WDT
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Also would he have co-operated with the PDC with the GSOD?
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limegas wrote:Also would he have co-operated with the PDC with the GSOD?
i suspect he wouldnt have wanted to but the pressure from players would have been hard to face down.