HBG, Independent Directors Sacked

Merlot said:
Fletcher is a connection from turf racing. They love him in Richmond.
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I knew PVL back in the day when he was Marketing Manager for the Harold Park Trots. He was a straight shooter back then and seems pretty focused nowadays. I recently spotted him at his local Bunnings buying a very long rope. I was going to ask him what it was for, but I think he'd be board if I did. 🍷 🐯 🤪
 
LeichhardtTiger said:
I knew PVL back in the day when he was Marketing Manager for the Harold Park Trots. He was a straight shooter back then and seems pretty focused nowadays. I recently spotted him at his local Bunnings buying a very long rope. I was going to ask him what it was for, but I think he'd be board if I did. 🍷 🐯 🤪
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my mates old man was head cashier ,getting in for free was the only perk .
A best mate, Vineyard boy knocked about with him socially n business. Speaks highly of him(Fletcher)
 
balmain boy said:
T hats certainly an interesting video. It makes sense, how reputable are they I wonder.

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This is a bunch of made up crap. Its just conspiracy theory nonsense. I don't think the HBG are smart enough to be that conniving. "The real reason I left"... it's a crank video, made by cranks. And we've got plenty of those around already.

Two wrongs don't make a right. It's just a tiny footy club from Sydney, and it's a showdown over what 90% HBG ownership means in real terms. Denny Burgess has to go in any case. Just sandblast out those old fossils and we can finally move on from all this garbage.
 
The Chad said:
HBG did implement the recommendations.

They also sacked those independent board members & the CEO for reasons that a large majority of people in here dismiss as ridiculous.

The NRL has since gifted HBG control of the board, not insisted Richo be returned & negotiated the return of 3 of the 4 ousted board members.

That's the facts that are mostly widely known.

You keep skipping over my question regarding what HBG had planned to do with the board going forward. At no point I can recall has there been any indication they DIDN'T want to continue with independent board members. Just not the ones they felt were not delivering all important details to HBG.

And, given that PVL & not the independent company that did the review, interviewed the ousted board members & HBG in the last couple of days, it could be deducted that PVL is more over the current state of things than the review company. And PVL's decision?

To go in favour of putting control with HBG.

Who knows more about what went down in the last week? PVL? Or the independent company that gave a review that was followed?

And why, with the shadow of an investigation hanging over him, was Richo not brought back in? Does that give ANY credence to the potential issues HBG were having?

I'm not saying it does. Just that it could.
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Three directors already reinstated and Richardson can’t be until after the investigation is over .
You really think they did the right thing?
They are vermin.
 
TIGERS said:
This is a bunch of made up crap. Its just conspiracy theory nonsense. I don't think the HBG are smart enough to be that conniving. "The real reason I left"... it's a crank video, made by cranks. And we've got plenty of those around already.

Two wrongs don't make a right. It's just a tiny footy club from Sydney, and it's a showdown over what 90% HBG ownership means in real terms. Denny Burgess has to go in any case. Just sandblast out those old fossils and we can finally move on from all this garbage.
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it did remind me of Crank Callers ,what ever that puppet show was
 
HBG have to be removed from the equation. They have been the Achilles of the Westa Tigers for quite some time.

The club has a tremendous supporter base which the nrl would love to see return to the game and they will if success is achieved on the field. But this not going to happen if the HBG remain involved.
 
The Chad said:
It's very possible.

But we don't know for sure.

It should have been a question asked, demanded...by people in positions to get answers.

We are happy for people to talk about the club falling apart, insiders giving this & that info etc.

Who asked HBG- now what do you plan to do about the independent board spots?

A rally has been organised.

But HBG could have been on the spot the next day if the right questions were asked.
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Or HBG had just been on the front foot by being honest and transparent

But we hear crickets
 
watersider said:
What do you think of the HBG board? Don't you think it's problematic having them run the club in terms of developing on and off field success or you aren't fussed?

Apologies if you explained opinion earlier.
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Mate I’ve been banging on about the owners for over a decade - mostly to deaf ears until the past few years.
I’m not as outraged by this as others are for a couple of reasons:
Firstly I’m not surprised. This is how they behave. They don’t have a clue. They don’t seem to care about the team being successful. They felt disrespected in some way and acted…again there’s a history of this happening.
Secondly, I don’t have this over the top relationship with Richo that most on here do. I think he was doing a great job with the financials but an average job with operations.
Thirdly, this is a distraction. Our real issues are captain, halfback and coach. None of them are good enough in their roles. Fans saying this has destroyed our season are making excuses. It may well galvanise the group and those 3 I mentioned may all step up.
FTR I believed the current squad should make the finals this year. This admin squabble shouldn’t affect that….certainly not to the extent that a lot on here think it will.
 
Vicious said:
What about BOF and the 2 other independent board members.
Do you have a theory on why they have agreed to come back if they are just going to be outvoted on every decision ?
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Yeah, my theory is they think they'll be able to do something. They'll be horribly mistaken. Just like Pasco, Hagipentalis, Cleary, Maguire, Sheens, Richardson, the other members of HBG who are serving 8 year bans. Like Julie Romero who now has an 8 year ban. The same lady that was chair when the other 3 members were given 8 year bans. We have had winners and extremely successfull and very competent people within our club who have not been able to do anything because of the boardroom garbage. Even O'Farrell coming back is great news but what did he achieve in his first go.
 
TCL said:
HBG have to be removed from the equation. They have been the Achilles of the Westa Tigers for quite some time.

The club has a tremendous supporter base which the nrl would love to see return to the game and they will if success is achieved on the field. But this not going to happen if the HBG remain involved.
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I actually wouldn't care if they weren't, they just need to fix that debenture structure. It's not the HBG company itself, it's the squatters in the debentures.

HBG drawing 5 seats from a pool of 20 unqualified randoms, who has have shown their incompetence, will never work. Even if we get WT back to independence, theyll never stop making dumb decisions and can always dissolve the board again.

Open those hbg seats up for member vote and at least we'll then have accountability
 
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