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Gee - be interesting if Wallace isn't available, I had him down as a dead cert to be coaching next year..
Wallace in line for top TV job
09 June 2004 Herald Sun
Mike Sheahan
WHILE the prospect of multiple coaching vacancies grows by the week, one of the few obvious replacements may be a scratching.
Terry Wallace yesterday confirmed his interest in a top-level management vacancy at pay television channel, Fox Footy.
"It's fair to say I've spoken to somebody within that organisation (Foxtel)," he said.
Pressed about his level of interest, he said: "Yes, I would be available for further discussions on the role."
It is understood a senior figure at Foxtel in Sydney flew to Melbourne 10 days ago for talks with Wallace on the position to be vacated soon by Fox Footy's director of AFL operations, Rick McKenna, who is joining the Nine network.
The former Western Bulldogs coach calls football for Fox Footy, appears on White Line Fever, writes a regular column for the Herald Sun and is part of the 3AW football team.
What isn't as widely known is Wallace's corporate history of nine years with Sky Channel (1987-95), including six as Victorian manager. His duties with Sky included rights negotiations with Victorian racing authorities.
He left Hawthorn Football Club for Richmond in 1987 specifically to pursue a business career in the then-fledgling satellite television industry.
Temporary Richmond president Alan Bond was in power just long enough to lure Wallace to Punt Road, with the promise of a job in any part of what then was a booming Bond empire.
He picked satellite television, knowing that few, if any, would have a head start on him in Australia.
While Wallace wouldn't declare his preferred course yesterday, his interest in the Foxtel job is pointed given the virtual certainty he will field several coaching offers at the end of the season.
He and Rodney Eade are the stand-out contenders among those who have coached previously.
Both were multiple premiership players at Hawthorn, and both coached for seven seasons.
Eade took Sydney to the Grand Final in 1996. The Bulldogs played preliminary finals in 1997-98 under Wallace.
While Wallace's lack of production experience could count against him at Foxtel, the growth in the industry could result in a division of McKenna's role into corporate and production.
Wallace said yesterday he entered coaching by accident.
When he left Sky Channel, he believed he was joining the Bulldogs as football manager.
A mix-up internally meant he had to put his administrative plans on hold, and he took a position as assistant coach, later replacing Alan Joyce during the 1996 season.
The search for McKenna's successor is believed to be down to three people, two of whom are Wallace and head of production Sean Riley.
Wallace in line for top TV job
09 June 2004 Herald Sun
Mike Sheahan
WHILE the prospect of multiple coaching vacancies grows by the week, one of the few obvious replacements may be a scratching.
Terry Wallace yesterday confirmed his interest in a top-level management vacancy at pay television channel, Fox Footy.
"It's fair to say I've spoken to somebody within that organisation (Foxtel)," he said.
Pressed about his level of interest, he said: "Yes, I would be available for further discussions on the role."
It is understood a senior figure at Foxtel in Sydney flew to Melbourne 10 days ago for talks with Wallace on the position to be vacated soon by Fox Footy's director of AFL operations, Rick McKenna, who is joining the Nine network.
The former Western Bulldogs coach calls football for Fox Footy, appears on White Line Fever, writes a regular column for the Herald Sun and is part of the 3AW football team.
What isn't as widely known is Wallace's corporate history of nine years with Sky Channel (1987-95), including six as Victorian manager. His duties with Sky included rights negotiations with Victorian racing authorities.
He left Hawthorn Football Club for Richmond in 1987 specifically to pursue a business career in the then-fledgling satellite television industry.
Temporary Richmond president Alan Bond was in power just long enough to lure Wallace to Punt Road, with the promise of a job in any part of what then was a booming Bond empire.
He picked satellite television, knowing that few, if any, would have a head start on him in Australia.
While Wallace wouldn't declare his preferred course yesterday, his interest in the Foxtel job is pointed given the virtual certainty he will field several coaching offers at the end of the season.
He and Rodney Eade are the stand-out contenders among those who have coached previously.
Both were multiple premiership players at Hawthorn, and both coached for seven seasons.
Eade took Sydney to the Grand Final in 1996. The Bulldogs played preliminary finals in 1997-98 under Wallace.
While Wallace's lack of production experience could count against him at Foxtel, the growth in the industry could result in a division of McKenna's role into corporate and production.
Wallace said yesterday he entered coaching by accident.
When he left Sky Channel, he believed he was joining the Bulldogs as football manager.
A mix-up internally meant he had to put his administrative plans on hold, and he took a position as assistant coach, later replacing Alan Joyce during the 1996 season.
The search for McKenna's successor is believed to be down to three people, two of whom are Wallace and head of production Sean Riley.