Senior Management and The Board - MEGA Thread

[rozelle_rudy]

Nah, look at it this way.

It took over a decade to scrape the Brooks barnacle off. 8 years to give Pascoe a permanent haircut and on 4 years to work out the hat is hopeless.

I see that as a linear improvement in identifying and punting deadweight. Benji knows he’s got a small window of two seasons to show something an I believe he will.

Benji will be given 3 seasons minimum I think.

 

[Snidest 0]

Can’t. The board that approved it no longer exists. We are in an 8 month holding pattern

Zero clue!!

The Board is not the legal entity that made the offer!!

The club can withdraw said offer under new management - but otherwise the offer still stands under basic contract law!

 

[gallagher]

Lee will have plenty of friends in the NRL media. Brydens sponsor heaps of stuff in RL and pay for a LOT of lunches. Journalists will be jumping on the Lee gravy train. He will find many sympathetic ears.

You need interested readers.

 

[rozelle_rudy]

What do you think the job of a Board Chairman is?

It doesn't seem like a well-defined job. Each NRL chairman seems to take a different approach. Some micromanage, others just figureheads.

 

[Snidest 0]

My recommendation is to spend up big on Wests Tigers tickets and merch this Christmas. Amazing how quickly the fans could replace his $million if we band together (and he takes his money and runs).

A spike in former long term staunch members signing back up again started the moment this as announced.

The Brydens sponsorship is in place for 2024 regardless of Lee spitting the dummy!

Best result is he tries to repudiate the Brydens sponsorship - and we take their $1M+ without having their ghastly logo on our jerseys after we sue for blatant breach of contract!

 

[Snidest 0]

It doesn't seem like a well-defined job. Each NRL chairman seems to take a different approach. Some micromanage, others just figureheads.

It's an honourary position - and Lee continually overstepped the bounds of his brief!!

 

[Mistymuzzle]

Yeah, he's the bitter one 🙄

I notice you didnt refute any of the points I made.

 

[Mighty_Tiger]

Wow just wow re Lee comments.
The guy just doesn't get why majority wanted him out.

Like seriously you just shut up and if you really supported the club like he has said so you get on and keep the club in a positive light.

The crap he talks about re player managers I wonder if he actually reassured them or said mate they are lost don’t move your players to the club.

Benji has been open about keeping club stuff in house and Lee 1st crack name drops him in a conversation.

Glad he will be clear of the club. Has shown his true colors. Such a selfish person.

 

[Snidest 0]

Lets not confuse unrelated stuff.

Ofcourse we should have sued re the cowboys result, we should have also screamed Foul and badgered the referees more. 100% the board should have been angry and the calls that go against us, damn right I expect something done. Legal action has some weight and sometimes you have to "try", when the law isn't tested you just don't know if this will work.

Legal action also has an intimidation factor. Suddenly the ref is looking at 50k for robbing our team of points. might not work, but it may just make them think twice.


That said, I hope Lee H does not sue. Legal action is a move that has two loosers. One that looses a little and one that looses a lot. Heck Lee if you are going to sue, sue the Daily Telegraph for posting a stack of nonsense about our team. That's a small reason why you are not in the job. (bigger reason, you did not deliver).

FMD!!

You have absolutely no idea about legal liabilities!!

$50K for a referee error (who would be indemnified by the NRL regardless)!!

AND Lee also has zero grounds to sue Wests Tigers!!!

Stop posting childish rubbish!

 

[rozelle_rudy]

It's an honourary position - and Lee continually overstepped the bounds of his brief!!

I don't think Nick Polites thinks his role is to be a hands-off figurehead style chairman. He's not the only one.

 

[BAGNF05]

Is there scientific way this post can be converted to a liquid so I can inject it straight into my [This word has been automatically removed]ing veins?

Old Mr flip floppy. What happened to the Board and Executive don’t influence recruitment??

 

[jirskyr]

You seem to be highly educated on the topic.

Can I ask, what would have happened if, say, Tony Andreacchio or Dennis Burgess or any other board member refused to step down?

I assume they could have been voted off by the other Board members. I haven't seen their Charter but I would assume a certain number of votes will remove a Director.

HBG held a 4-person voting block on the 7-person WT Board:
Tony Andreacchio
Julie Romero
Denny Burgess
Rick Wayde

It was previously a 5-person block when Simon Cook was on the Board and Rick Wayde was officially the Wests Magpies appointee. Rick Wayde managed to be Magpies rep because HBG also hold (still) a voting block at the Magpies level - including how they removed Shannon Cavanagh.

I am not clear if John Dorahy became the new Wests Magpies rep when Simon Cook stepped down; either way HBG can control the WT Board as a block.

The independent members were Lee H and Danny Stapleton, which was obviously somewhat of a farce because Lee was also the major sponsor and Danny is Balmain down to his bones.

So if any of the HBG members refused to step down, the other members should have been able to vote to remove them. The controversy/trouble would have been that HBG Directors would have to vote against their own people, and Lee H could have teamed up with sufficient disenfranchised HBG Directors to block the move. I am going to assume that HBG unanimously agreed to vote to remove themselves and therefore any other votes were moot.

Also to note now, Danny Stapleton has been reappointed as a new Director, officially now as Balmain rep rather than independent, and HBG's new appointee is Dave Gilbert who replaced Mike Bailey when he died. Magpies haven't appointed their rep yet - it remains to be seen whether HBG will put another of their own people on via their Magpies control, or maintain face and appoint an entirely new person.

 

[Snidest 0]

I don't think Nick Polites thinks his role is to be a hands-off figurehead style chairman. He's not the only one.

Ummmm - irrelevant!!

Politis is effectively the owner/financial benefactor of the club (without being a sponsor) - and the Board serves at his discretion....

IT IS NOT A JOB DESCRIPTION - Lee was always a wannabe - and we have Nofa because he couldn't stay in his lane!!

 

[tiger_one]

 

[BAGNF05]

I assume they could have been voted off by the other Board members. I haven't seen their Charter but I would assume a certain number of votes will remove a Director.

HBG held a 4-person voting block on the 7-person WT Board:
Tony Andreacchio
Julie Romero
Denny Burgess
Rick Wayde

It was previously a 5-person block when Simon Cook was on the Board and Rick Wayde was officially the Wests Magpies appointee. Rick Wayde managed to be Magpies rep because HBG also hold (still) a voting block at the Magpies level - including how they removed Shannon Cavanagh.

I am not clear if John Dorahy became the new Wests Magpies rep when Simon Cook stepped down; either way HBG can control the WT Board as a block.

The independent members were Lee H and Danny Stapleton, which was obviously somewhat of a farce because Lee was also the major sponsor and Danny is Balmain down to his bones.

So if any of the HBG members refused to step down, the other members should have been able to vote to remove them. The controversy/trouble would have been that HBG Directors would have to vote against their own people, and Lee H could have teamed up with sufficient disenfranchised HBG Directors to block the move. I am going to assume that HBG unanimously agreed to vote to remove themselves and therefore any other votes were moot.

Also to note now, Danny Stapleton has been reappointed as a new Director, officially now as Balmain rep rather than independent, and HBG's new appointee is Dave Gilbert who replaced Mike Bailey when he died. Magpies haven't appointed their rep yet - it remains to be seen whether HBG will put another of their own people on via their Magpies control, or maintain face and appoint an entirely new person.

We just need Richo to dictate for a while. Get things that must be done, done.

 

[Mistymuzzle]

I assume they could have been voted off by the other Board members. I haven't seen their Charter but I would assume a certain number of votes will remove a Director.

HBG held a 4-person voting block on the 7-person WT Board:
Tony Andreacchio
Julie Romero
Denny Burgess
Rick Wayde

It was previously a 5-person block when Simon Cook was on the Board and Rick Wayde was officially the Wests Magpies appointee. Rick Wayde managed to be Magpies rep because HBG also hold (still) a voting block at the Magpies level - including how they removed Shannon Cavanagh.

I am not clear if John Dorahy became the new Wests Magpies rep when Simon Cook stepped down; either way HBG can control the WT Board as a block.

The independent members were Lee H and Danny Stapleton, which was obviously somewhat of a farce because Lee was also the major sponsor and Danny is Balmain down to his bones.

So if any of the HBG members refused to step down, the other members should have been able to vote to remove them. The controversy/trouble would have been that HBG Directors would have to vote against their own people, and Lee H could have teamed up with sufficient disenfranchised HBG Directors to block the move. I am going to assume that HBG unanimously agreed to vote to remove themselves and therefore any other votes were moot.

Also to note now, Danny Stapleton has been reappointed as a new Director, officially now as Balmain rep rather than independent, and HBG's new appointee is Dave Gilbert who replaced Mike Bailey when he died. Magpies haven't appointed their rep yet - it remains to be seen whether HBG will put another of their own people on via their Magpies control, or maintain face and appoint an entirely new person.

The Wests Tigers board didnt vote themselves off, the owners of the WT, HBG voted the entire board off. The WT board have no say in in, they are apointed at the pleasure of the HBG board.

 

[WesternSuburbsBoy]

The way Lee is going out shows he never really cared about the club & only cared about his self interests & boosting his ego. By the time the new year rolls around this shitstain will hopefully be a distant memory !!!

 

[Snidest 0]

Talking about the Board here - how would they have been punted? It was an independent review with non-binding recommendations.

Holman Barnes could do what they please, including ignoring the recommendations... in fact, including smothering the recommendations which were not required to be made public. Private review for a privately-run organisation.

So to that extent, Holman Barnes absolutely had the power to appoint themselves. They've been doing it ever since they existed.

The WT Board were advised of the review recommendations by the HBG Board - and all but Lee stood down gracefully!

The findings on Pascoe and Hagipantellis (and behaviour of Lee since) were such that they needed to be treated like mushrooms until the 23rd hour....

How is that hard to grasp?

 

[Snidest 0]

The way Lee is going out shows he never really cared about the club & only cared about his self interests & boosting his ego. By the time the new year rolls around this shitstain will hopefully be a distant memory !!!

No reflection on you WSB - but a massive DERP to all the appalling judges of character who could'nt see this spiv as the Wish version of "Saul Goodman"...

 

[WesternSuburbsBoy]

No reflection on you WSB - but a massive DERP to all the appalling judges of character who could'nt see this spiv as the Wish version of "Saul Goodman"...

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