HBG, Independent Directors Sacked

Bus 2 Terrigal said:
And here’s something that comes from someone who does matter at both Western Subs & Wests Ts (unlike the click bait Suzie posted the other day)

This one is worth posting - although won’t garner much interest here as it doesn’t fit the anti Western Subs narrative 🥴
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Why does Wests Tigers have an asterisk after it? Why is Wests capitalised?

Why can't anyone mention Balmain?

You guys seem rabid.
 
Mighty_Tiger said:
Know emotions are high, I’m not a fan of what has occurred but I find the statement is fine given Leo primary role.

What it does say is his focus on the board is to support the Magpies which we all knew anyway - at least he is being honest about it.
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I’ve got no issue with Magpies staffers being focussed on the Magpies. You’d expect this to be the case. Just leave WT to run WT and with only WT interests in mind, not what’s best for Balmain or Magpies. If loyalists on either side of the JV want to use WT to advance their club than they need to stay out of our club and just toil away in theirs exclusively.
 
FacePalm said:
Burgess and Montgomery/Epifania were on the board. They knew what was going on, unless they were that incompetent they didn’t know what was happening regarding football business right in front of them.

Successful and capable people on the board were making decisions committed to Wests Tigers, and they didn’t like it.
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Okay.. You have a fair point. HBG lost control and got scared. I had also thought Jealousy as Burgess would be of Barry.

FacePalm said:
Whether it was too much orange (a key differentiator for the club in the comp), or leichhardt oval (regarded as one-off the best venues to watch rugby league), or whatever. These are tangible and intangible assets to the Wests Tigers, and these cronies stuck in the past can’t handle that neither may be a magpies legacy.
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Did you see above where the Broncos had an All Black Jersey!
All Black, they also had a Black Jersey with Yellow stripes. You know the Broncos, the Maroon, gold and white Broncos!

FacePalm said:
Outnumbered on the football board, they couldn’t control the strategic direction of the NRL club.
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Yep, that's probably it.
The more I think about it, we need to remember total Incompetence. Sadly many conspiracy theories can be explained that way as well.

Maybe Burgess forgot about the GM's clause that if the Independent members are sacked he is out of there. I doubt it and it looks like he is being set up with that "anonymous allegation". But hey Idiots!
 
mtd#2 said:
You've put forward theories based on your feelings. This doesn't equate to explaining a single thing that actually took place.

You continue to point the finger at Richo as being the ringleader for everything wrong with the Tigers. You claim he was intentionally sneaky and hiding things from the board.

But you still can't answer these questions after 400 pages:
1. Why wasn't Richo sacked?
2. Why were the 4 independents sacked if Richo was the one keeping everything from everyone?
3. Why weren't the 2 HBG board members sacked if they attended all board meetings and failed to communicate back to HBG?

400 pages of you and others unable to answer these direct questions

Here are some terms I suggest becoming familiar with:

Dogmatic: Someone who states their beliefs as if they are absolute truths, regardless of facts or counter-arguments. They often rely on "because I said so" logic.

Sophistry: A person using "sophistry" is a sophist. They use clever but false arguments that seem plausible on the surface but crumble when you ask for specific details or facts.
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Am I in the Twilight Zone?

A week ago I was getting badgered for asking questions regarding our lack of any real knowledge of the situation because all we had to go on was reports & beliefs based on history.

Now the "Wests Magpies/HBG Apologists" are getting badgered for sophistry & being dogmatic.

The wheel certainly does turn.
 
"Dogmatic: Someone who states their beliefs as if they are absolute truths, regardless of facts or counter-arguments. They often rely on "because I said so" logic."

402 pages of examples of this.

Not all Wests Magpies or HBG apologists.
 
Vicious said:
Rightly or wrongly it was a power grab due to a number of circumstances that led them to b peed off,
This is the part many people including yourself know is true, but for some reason do not want to acknowledge.
Removing the board members was wrong, but some of the circumstances that led to them making this type of irrational decision were also wrong.
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What were those 'circumstances'? With two HBG members on the Wests Tigers board how did they allow those 'circumstances' to eventuate? Incompetence?
I have still not seen any believable explanation from HBG about their reasoning, or a description of the mysterious 'circumstances'. Unless and until they disclose their reasoning, I will continue to believe that their actions were incompetent at best. Just like their feeble attempt at a video explanation that was quickly retracted.
Not at all the level of competence of any organisation I would want controlling the future of my club.
 
The Chad said:
"Dogmatic: Someone who states their beliefs as if they are absolute truths, regardless of facts or counter-arguments. They often rely on "because I said so" logic."

402 pages of examples of this.

Not all Wests Magpies or HBG apologists.
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What are you trying to prove?

You come on here, often with a huge gap in factual information, and try to refute the obvious or things already proven to be true.

I know you're an old Wests fan, but trying to come off as objective isn't really working for you.
 
weststigers said:
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Why does Wests Tigers have an asterisk after it? Why is Wests capitalised?

Why can't anyone mention Balmain?

You guys seem rabid.
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i actually commend the *by laws* of the site. Somewhere to chat about Wests juniors only, and their development.
Sure a few pensioners here could scrape together the purchase of a pack of Sao's and join the circle, and leave us WestsTigers supporters to ponder amongst our selves
 
Suzie-Q said:
Hmmmm ... looks like we Wests Tigers supporters were right to be worried all along. View attachment 31260
Suzie-Q said:
Hmmmm ... looks like we Wests Tigers supporters were right to be worried all along. View attachment 31260
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Thanks for posting Suzie goes to show what most were thinking and fearing is true. How the NRL throw these *** your of the league altogether. They are not fit to run a corner store let alone a club.
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Talk about petty minded fools
Thanks for posting Susie
 
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hbg's behavior reflects the N.R.M.A add campaign from the 80's
Ostrich Insurance - Happy Joe Happy and his wiser sidekick Chisel Witt
Well, we have to protect the debenture system with landmines and barbed wire from the marauding masses, True WestTigers supporters ,land holders and the Mongols wont be tolerated
 
NT_Tiger said:
What were those 'circumstances'? With two HBG members on the Wests Tigers board how did they allow those 'circumstances' to eventuate? Incompetence?
I have still not seen any believable explanation from HBG about their reasoning, or a description of the mysterious 'circumstances'. Unless and until they disclose their reasoning, I will continue to believe that their actions were incompetent at best. Just like their feeble attempt at a video explanation that was quickly retracted.
Not at all the level of competence of any organisation I would want controlling the future of my club.
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Agreed and this is a good lesson for all.

We can accept or reject a reason given. HBG has said they did not like the shade of Orange, it's a reason given.
We may speculate that the real reason is HBG being outvoted or similar. However that's not a defence put to us.
If and I mean IF HBG said "the independents keep outvoting us and were giving the club a stack of money", well I can consider it.

Morons on the internet for some people want to offer excuse after excuse. Forget it. No 10,000 excuses or hypotheticals that contradict each other.
HBG have put their reasoning and we will judge them on what they have put.
Vicious said:
Rightly or wrongly it was a power grab due to a number of circumstances that led them to b peed off,
This is the part many people including yourself know is true, but for some reason do not want to acknowledge.
Removing the board members was wrong, but some of the circumstances that led to them making this type of irrational decision were also wrong.
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Hence Judgement comes in here.

Really 2025 has been far better then 2020-2024 from a board governance perspective.
Well to December.
Then we have this total Kneejerk reaction to resign the forgotten coach for 4 years to 2030!

^Honestly that's a reason to sack the lot of them. It's as bad, if not worse then Lee H handing out a 500k contract to Nofo a 29 year old winger for 5 years! Now, resigning Benji till 2028 because the Board looks like a basketcase, sure.
2030..That's looney tunes folks.

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So barring the absolutely Brainfartish decision to resign Benji to 2030. Which I view as the worst decision any board has made in the last decade.

Our board and club has been pretty damn good.

The best leaders know their poo stinks and when to listen.
 
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