Never had the best of reputations and guys like AB were wise to get out of their business dealings with him when they did
I once faced him in the nets when I was a junior player, he was very quick and very arrogantMy Dad used to know Macca.
He's a garden variety arsewipe from all reports (Macca that is).
To be fair to McDermott, he has had a long and at times very successful career in property development.Just because you are good with a cricket ball doesn't make you automatically good at other things - and that includes doing commentary.
However, I once saw McDermott modeling clothes and he looked OK. Perhaps he should have stuck to that.
I feel sorry for people who invested and might have been dazzled by his high profile. A lesson in that for all of us!
Fair point Social. However, I think sometimes people are more trusting of famous people who endorse products even though they might not be any better than their competitors.To be fair to McDermott, he has had a long and at times very successful career in property development.
It's not as though he's a dope that rolled the dice with no experience and lost a shed-load of money.
People were persuaded to invest in his companies because of his track record but unfortunately, he's gone broke - not the first developer to do so and wont be the last
True and McDermott certainly played up his cricketing profile.Fair point Social. However, I think sometimes people are more trusting of famous people who endorse products even though they might not be any better than their competitors.