 | | The 'Other' Doug Ellis |
But don't get too excited… it's not Doug Ellis the Aston Villa chairman. Instead, BBC Local TV reporter Brady Haran got in touch with a man named Doug Ellis in the United States. American Doug, from Colorado, owns the internet domain www.dougellis.com and calls himself a "life coach". To see Brady's reports about Doug on Local TV click the links below. Brady asked Doug what he'd do if he was put in charge of Aston Villa. Here are some of his ideas: "Cheerleaders. Every good team needs some hot cheerleaders. We could do something in kind of a shimmery and sheer chain mail, a la Xena Warrior princess." "The uniforms stay. The colour scheme kicks ass, and we can find some blue shorts to match the jerseys. But don't call it "claret"-- it sounds sissy, like something you drink with your pinkie pointing up. Call it CRIMSON." "As for the suites and private accommodations at the stadium (except my private box and the boardroom), I would open those up to the masses and on match days people could queue up and audition for the right to stay in them by being either extremely attractive, talented, rabid for the team, exceedingly lavish with donations, or all of the above." "I think I will keep manager David O'Leary...he has a kind face, the Academy kids dig him and I'm sure he is good fun to tip a few pints back with." "Signing new players? I would definitely pay big cash and scour the globe for the strongest women players I could find and sprinkle them onto the field one or two at a time as the token female." "Let's move all the seating down about 30 yards closer to the pitch." "The club crest is cool even if the lion is facing the wrong way, so why not raise the stakes by having a real lion as a mascot, and let it run wild in the stadium before games and between periods?" | 
