The future of Speed

Yesterday there was talk of a vote of no-confidence in ICC head Malcolm Speed. And then a sign fell on his head at a press conference. I believe that moment has sealed Speed's fate. It was a moment of great television that could easily be seen as both an omen of doom and an emblem of incompetence, and you don't get a worse combination. Like Don Brash clumsily walking a plank during the election campaign, this is a moment which cliche lovers will immeadiately call "a tipping point".