HBG, Independent Directors Sacked

[mikey]

Mate, none of us know what’s going on.
At this point, it’s all pure speculation.
I’m just chucking in some ALTERNATE ideas/theories

You're just being a smirky smartarse.

 

[weststigers]

When did old mate claim it was the norm ?

Asking for a friend 🤷‍♂️

It's there for all to see.

Make your mind up - I thought we weren’t talking ?

Im talking...just said don't ask any questions unless you're willing to answer questions posed to you and engage properly. You're evasive and it doesn't look good for you.

 

[innsaneink]

See my posts above Ink

Cheers ...got.it

 

[liltiger]

Other thing I would love to see is the govts applying pressure. I'd be like so HBG didn't approve the stadium plan, all good, then we can save the tax payers some money and cancel both Leichardt and Campbelltown stadium upgrades. Bugger them. The optics would be so bad.

 

[WesternSuburbsBoy]

Pretty spineless interview given no one pressed him about a HBG rep being on the board... if Richo is gone on Monday that's me gone with him

 

[hammertime]

No admission of anything wrong on the HBG side or their reps. Juat completely everyone else's responsibility or issue.

Even when asked about success, he puts it all on benji. Where is the frigging leadership?! Winning starts in the front office. Madge failed here, Ivan left here. They went on to kill it at other clubs. Why patton???? Why??? Frigging figure it out.

Its not the football department that has the issues. Its unqualified people, like your board, meddling for the blazers.

AP: There’s no doubt the Holman Barnes Group has a good track record of managing clubs – but less so when it comes to football clubs. It’s been 14 years since the Tigers last finals appearance. Why should fans have any faith in the regime?

DP: “Well, that’s correct. And that’s what we’re hoping to rectify under Benji Marshall’s leadership. If the football operation can keep progressing as they have, they’re on the improve. We’d like to see us get back to playing finals football.”

 

[shiretiger]

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/ri...wners-breaks-his-silence-20251204-p5nkq5.html

Adrian Proszenko: There was the big announcement at the start of the week about the removal of the four independent directors. Can you talk us through that?

Daniel Paton: “The crux of the matter here is about the 90 per cent owner of Wests Tigers having a minority say on the board.

“Now, there’s an agreement between Wests Tigers and Holman Barnes Group where certain decisions that are made need to come back to the owner for approval. That simply hasn’t been happening.

“And I can give an example of that – the stadium policy around Leichhardt Oval. So the announcement was that Leichhardt Oval would be the home of Wests Tigers for the next 15 years. The Holman Barnes Group board only found out about that with 16,000 other fans at Leichhardt Oval. Which is really bad for business, and it’s quite embarrassing really ...


My immediate follow up question to Mr Paton:

"Mr Paton, what were Mr Epifania and Mr Burgess, who are members of both the Wests Tigers and HBG Boards, doing when the Wests Tigers Board were taking these "embarrassing decisions"? In the Australian vernacular, are we to believe that their ears are painted on? Surely they could have pointed out that this was contrary to the viewpoint of the HBG Board and there should be further consultations before a final decision is made by the Wests Tigers Board"

 

[Bellend]

I doubt independence would have included the ability to sell an asset owned by the parent company. I think independence meant that they did not want to get sign off for recruiting players and staff, for getting jerseys approved, for signing new sponsors etc.... I can tell you for a fact (dont ask me how i know) that the whole Galvin signing saga and the $$ reported that we were going to offer him as well as the way he was coddled by the club and Benji was all driven from the HBG board....they wanted him to stay and commit ASAP and this forced Richo and Benji's hand.

not correctly accurate but close. There where promise made to a number of promising players made from 3-4 individuals no longer at this club that forced the hands of Richo/Benji.

 

[Vicious]

Genuine question, so please do not take it the wrong way;
- Did the 4 Independent Board Members get paid and if so who was paying them ?
- Who pays Shane Richardson’s wage ?
- Where does the money come from for all of our Wests Tigers staff aside from the players who are paid by the NRL.

I would assume it’s coming from Wests Ashfield, but I could be way off the mark,

 

[Bellend]

Other thing I would love to see is the govts applying pressure. I'd be like so HBG didn't approve the stadium plan, all good, then we can save the tax payers some money and cancel both Leichardt and Campbelltown stadium upgrades. Bugger them. The optics would be so bad.

Just show the gap between the football club and HBG.

 

[BAGNF05]

Pretty spineless interview given no one pressed him about a HBG rep being on the board... if Richo is gone on Monday that's me gone with him

The Q&A format in the paper is always the soft scripted option. Don’t be fooled by that nuffy.

 

[BAGNF05]

Genuine question, so please do not take this the wrong way;
- Did the 4 Independent Board Members get paid and if so who was paying them ?
- Who pays Shane Richardson’s wage ?
- Where does the money come from for all of our Wests Tigers staff aside from the players who are paid by the NRL.

I would assume it’s coming from Wests Ashfield, but I could be way off the mark,

NRL grant largely.

And us, the paying customers.

 

[Vicious]

NRL grant largely.

And us.

When you say us, are you meaning revenue such as memberships and merchandise, match day revenue and sponsorship ?

 

[BAGNF05]

When you say us, are you meaning revenue such as memberships and merchandise, match day revenue and sponsorship ?

Our pay TV subscriptions also pay for the tv rights money (NRL grant)

HBG probably don’t understand that we actually have some skin in the game, they don’t appear that bright.

 

[DrewPeacock]

Anyone else think Richo is currently packing his bags?

I only renewed my membership when he came on board due to him having a decent track record of getting clubs out of sh!t.

Tbh I think I'm done following this club if he leaves

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

The Q&A format in the paper is always the soft scripted option. Don’t be fooled by that nuffy.

Would have been emailed through. Probably the only way this wanker would do an interview.

 

[tigahhh]

Anyone else think Richo is currently packing his bags?

I only renewed my membership when he came on board due to him having a decent track record of getting clubs out of sh!t.

Tbh I think I'm done following this club if he leaves

yep. he’s leaving with his two years pay and hard work down the drain. this is heart breaking honestly

 

[vlad]

Are the successful clubs in the NRL run like this or just the perennial basket case ?

 

[twentyforty]

This whole thing is such a joke. I was so relieved when the independent board was finalised thinking this crap was finally behind us..Here we are yet again
If Richo leaves I am done. HBG have to go

To be honest Marzie, I was hopefully optimistic, and we seemed to be going really well, that is until about mid-season. That's when Richo looked under pressure. I think we all must have sensed something wasn't going to plan. The never ending story of the scorpion and the frog.

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

Pretty spineless interview given no one pressed him about a HBG rep being on the board... if Richo is gone on Monday that's me gone with him

I know Richo would want Benji & the players to stay out of this for their own financial security but I wonder given how much Benji, Luai & Api are supporters of Richo, whether we could see any public or private player revolt!

Even the leadership group going to the RLPA privately to say they have 'no confidence' in HBG who then deal with PVL.