In my eyes, Shane Warne, dubbed the "Sheik of Tweak" was the best spin bowler in cricket history.
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The former Australia leg-spinner could use his wrist and fingers to full advantage on the cricket field with a ball in his hands.
Come to think of it, he was pretty good with a mobile phone sending text messages.
Warne made the news as much off the field as on it.
Troubled rugby union's Kurtley Beale must have taken lessons from Warne.
Beale has got in trouble with text messages with Wallabies management in recent times.
Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie is also embroiled in the saga, concerning a string of allegedly crude text messages between Beale and Australian Rugby Union business manager Di Patston. Patston has since resigned from her job with the ARU.
McKenzie refuted questions that his relationship with Patston was more than a business one.
Beale has been in hot water several times before for disciplinary issues with the NSW Waratahs, the Melbourne Rebels and this time with the Wallabies.
The Wallabies' players have since held their own meeting, with the drum beating that McKenzie's future may be limited.
The players have stated they want Beale to stay in rugby union.
The ARU is holding an investigation and the rumour mill suggests he will get the boot and could switch to league.
Player power rules in modern sport.
Only last week at AFL club, Western Bulldogs captain Ryan Griffen told the club he wanted out and wished to be traded elsewhere and withdrew his support for coach Brendan McCartney.
The next day, McCartney was given the chop by club management, still with two years to run on his contract.
Ask former Wests Tigers coach Mick Potter what he had to endure when he was in charge.
A joke doing the rounds was Wests Tigers skipper Robbie Farah got a new assistant coach when Jason Taylor got appointed to the job last week.
No matter the code, the circumstances or the coach concerned, if a group of players want him or her out, it seems the decision-makers melt like butter under the hot sun and give the coach the flick.
I have written before these antics don't happen with coaches such as Michael Maguire, Craig Bellamy, Wayne Bennett or Des Hasler. These men are strong and set the boundaries, and the players know who is in charge.
I am not against players being consulted, having their say, airing their views. We live in a democracy.
But if something gets their noses out of joint and decisions don't suit them, they start the chat behind the scenes and erode the power of the coach.
As the saying goes, you can't have inmates run the asylum, otherwise hell breaks loose.
Do players have too much power in professional sport?
