I think your point is fair. After all Shaun Mielekamp is supposed to be the CEO of the Wests Tigers football club. Does he still visit this board and answer questions? Because that would be a fair one to pitch...
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I'd take those comments with a grain of salt, mate. No other NRL CEO faces the ownership challenges and internal division Shaun has to manage. To get results, he needs HBG on board, so publicly undermining their decisions would be counterproductive.
Pringle Gold
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I’m not asking him to publicly undermine them. I’m asking him not to publicly support a dumb decision. There is a difference.
cochise
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Im very happy where Shaun is placed in regards to ownership and governance.
wstigers11
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That’s really good to know
Pringle Gold
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Personally I think he’s useless. The way he handled the AD situation was disgusting. His claims around Lidcombe Oval being important are laughable, the embarrassing interview with Ritchie and the stupid claim about playing a finals game at Leichhardt Oval our season was cooked are just a few examples that come to mind.
Then there’s decisions like Pat Richards being appointed GM with a zero qualifications.
The communication or lack thereof from the club is a joke as well.
And any CEO that honestly tries to say fan connection has an effect on the club is soft and weak.
Tigers fans like him because he engages but he’s a useless hack.
cochise
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No I don't like him because of that, I called him on the AD issue to his face. He knows where I stand on that.
But I know where the club is in relationship to ownership and Im willing to say I trust him in that regard.
Pringle Gold
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That’s fair and especially since you’ve had that face to face time with him too.
Man your hyper critical
Given you dont provide any detail on what ownership i will assume you mean an independant board?
What do we know? Cochise likes shaun?
Pringle Gold
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If you think a 15th place finish, a cavalcade of media gaffes is acceptable and zero strategic direction is acceptable so be it.
Just remember it’s a results driven game and both SM’s and HBG’s results have been piss poor at best.
cochise
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I trust Shaun's intentions working with HBG. I don't consider him a HBG lackey regardless of what he says publicly in relation to the owners of the club.
I would 100% say if I did and actually had those concerns for a while.
Im just giving my opinion after meeting with Shaun on many occasions and interviewing him a couple of times as well.
cochise
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I place more of that blame on HBG.
I think that you'd be better off trying to debate some of the issues that others have raised rather than reminding ppl that you've met Shaun many times.
Shaun should not be offering any opinion on HBG investment in other sports.
cochise
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Don't need to, my issues with HBG have been discussed many times.
People know where I stand on that.
Difficult and to pin all of those things on the CEO in my view. Bearing in mind that there were 3 consecutive wooden spoons before Shaun Mielekamp was appointed CEO...
League is a results driven game yes thats stating the obvious but certain parties are often scapegoated for the results, for example the head coach or CEO when the patterns of poor results are more longstanding and the real issues lie elsewhere, as im sure you know anyway since you mentioned HBG...
TheEnz
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So not a single reference to Wests Tigers and they contributed a bit under $1.6m to football operations. Still a pittance compared to other clubs.
cochise
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Kenneth is a very well known former poster here who claimed he only wanted what was best for Wests Tigers.
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