WT Ownership, The Board & Senior Management - MEGA Thread

[bathursttiger1]

Another ex player from the distant past? Who else on the board fits that description? Cook is right though, every board needs to be constantly changed and refreshed.

Our board needs to be blown up.
Bring in some business people from the top end of town.
At least it’s a start, welcome on board Joe Cool.

 

[bathursttiger1]

I wonder what John's taste in music is.

 

[Halbrowne61]

I was thinking more “ Joe, Cool Change” by LRB !!!

 

[bathursttiger1]

I was thinking more “ Joe, Cool Change” by LRB !!!

I was thinking that Joe needs to take a sledgehammer to the rest of the board, starting with that 80 year old teenager.

 

[Blaze]

Pleased to see you have a sense of humor and didn't take offence to my post 👍🙂
And I'm sure you are just as handsome as the fella in the photo in your posts.

Johnny Knoxville @finnzo ?

 

[finnzo]

Johnny Knoxville @finnzo ?

I’m a Huge fan of his hahaha

 

[liltiger]

Yeh, we seem to be on a lot of other teams highlights reels. Too many to be coincidence.

Pasco is probarbly stoked and upping our sponsorship value because of all the extra airtime.

 

[coivtny]

Hopefully Andreachio and Wayde step down soon as well. They are both directors of HB Group and on the boards of WSDRLFC, Wests Tigers and Western Suburbs Cricket Club. They must both be pushing 70 if not already past it. I bet they get confused at what actual board meeting they are attending.

A couple of points DP. I don’t know whether your views on Andreachio and Wayde are based on their competence, their age or both. I’m guessing you don’t know them so I can only assume they’re based on age.
Why would you bet they get confused. I’m 71 and don’t get confused. I’m still providing consultancy services to small and medium businesses and they still keep hiring me so I must be doing something right.
I don’t know you but I’ll bet I could nominate plenty of 70+ people who would buy and sell you many times over.
Judge people on their competence, not their age.

 

[Tiger_Fanatic3]

Thoughts on galea?

The likes of Galea, Ellis, Prince etc

They're the sort to take the club to the next level

Good mentors for the juniors coming thru the ranks

 

[BZN]

I think picking one home ground would be changing. This is just reverting to something we went away from 20 years ago. Like bringing back Benji and Farah, it's just appeasing the fans.

💯 spot on @gallagher re picking one home ground.
Wests Ashfield have given away their soul by trying to keep Balmain Tigers and Wests Magpies fans happy.
They are a very confused club.
Imo they dont know who they are representing.
They're stuck between being Wests Magpies and Wests Tigers.
They're a club that used to be in the beating heart of the Western Suburbs, but that heart has moved along with the natural expansion and movement of people.
The heart of the Western Suburbs is now much further out, and that's where the greatest population expansion/explosion 🎆 🔥 🎇 is taking place as we speak.

I think picking one home ground would be changing. This is just reverting to something we went away from 20 years ago. Like bringing back Benji and Farah, it's just appeasing the fans.

 

[tiger_one]

I think picking one home ground would be changing. This is just reverting to something we went away from 20 years ago. Like bringing back Benji and Farah, it's just appeasing the fans.

Absolutely the right thing.
ONE home ground.

 

[BZN]

Wayne Pearce has finished up his time at ARL I believe? Surely he'd be worth picking up the phone too...problem is though that the board are made up of people that still see so much through wests vs balmain lense...hard to see much progress while that remains. I do hope to be honest that a leagues club in rozelle managed by "Holman Barnes" may be the beginning of that old thinking breaking down...

As much as I respect Wayne Pearce, is having an ex-Balmain player on the board going to lessen the Wests V Balmain feelings that no doubt still exist.

 

[jirskyr]

Wayne Pearce has finished up his time at ARL I believe? Surely he'd be worth picking up the phone too...problem is though that the board are made up of people that still see so much through wests vs balmain lense...hard to see much progress while that remains. I do hope to be honest that a leagues club in rozelle managed by "Holman Barnes" may be the beginning of that old thinking breaking down...

Don't think so - he's still listed as a Commissioner on the NRL website.

 

[Kaito]

I don’t know you but I’ll bet I could nominate plenty of 70+ people who would buy and sell you many times over.

Did he touch a nerve? Haha. I think he was
just referring to their incompetence and
being past it/stretched out on many boards

 

[coivtny]

Don't think so - he's still listed as a Commissioner on the NRL website.

If he wasn’t an NRL commissioner, he’d be a very good choice,

 

[Blaze]

I’m a Huge fan of his hahaha

🤣 bad grandpa was one of his finest that’s for sure

 

[diedpretty]

A couple of points DP. I don’t know whether your views on Andreachio and Wayde are based on their competence, their age or both. I’m guessing you don’t know them so I can only assume they’re based on age.
Why would you bet they get confused. I’m 71 and don’t get confused. I’m still providing consultancy services to small and medium businesses and they still keep hiring me so I must be doing something right.
I don’t know you but I’ll bet I could nominate plenty of 70+ people who would buy and sell you many times over.
Judge people on their competence, not their age.

You obviously judged me - I'm 70. Andre and Wayde have been there way to long - the age was more about getting some younger fresher ideas on the board.

 

[coivtny]

Did he touch a nerve? Haha. I think he was
just referring to their incompetence and
being past it/stretched out on many boards

I’m not sure about your interpretation of his post. Unless he knows them well he would have no idea how competent they are. I think it was ageism. Not a big deal, though.

 

[coivtny]

You obviously judged me - I'm 70. Andre and Wayde have been there way to long - the age was more about getting some younger fresher ideas on the board.

Didn’t judge you at all. Didn’t like the comment.

 

[diedpretty]

Didn’t judge you at all. Didn’t like the comment.

I’m not sure about your interpretation of his post. Unless he knows them well he would have no idea how competent they are. I think it was ageism. Not a big deal, though.

Lol - ageism - what a 70 yr old saying two other old farts are past it - yea right.