@Geo. said:
@willow said:
@Geo. said:
It's also interesting that somehow this injection of cash will translate to results on the field…mkay
Infrastructure, resources and buying power - three things the club currently lacks Geo, bigtime.
I understand this….there is nothing stopping Harry investing in these areas now and I believe he already did at the start if the Year with supplying the S & C dept with the much needed revamp requested,,,
The problem lies currently with the existing JV agreement only allowing one side to contribute what the other can afford.....they are only required to cover the operating loss from year to year of the Wests Tigers...
Wests Group certainly has the resources to pump more into the Wests Tigers and come next year will be in a position to do so... I would much rather Harry behind the scenes Politis style...interesting times anyway...
Geo mirrors my understanding and thought process.
Politis behind the Rorters, The Stockmen behind the Cowboys, Borncos and their Thoroughbreds, the Titans also using houses to lure Prince away… The power clubs have access to fringe capital, flirt with the grey areas, use esteemed businessmen to pass on almost insider info to help players work their paychecks better (case in point the recent Cowboys development case in the media). This is Harry's real strength, the best utilisation as a club asset for his skill set.
I dont fear Harry as an owner, nor am I against it, though the reality is Wests Ashfield isnt likely to sell, I am almost positive they wont. Though if he did buy Wests share, what does everybody think he will invest immediately to turn things around so quickly? It is highly doubtful he will snap his fingers the second he owns the joint, buy a large parcel of land and immediately develop it into a state of the art training facility... he is an astute businessman, he will go through a prolonged lobbying process with councils to find a suitable venue to work in tandem with, its his bread an butter, its what he does. He also cannot click his fingers and correct the salary cap mess instantly, its contractual, and has to work within the boundaries set by the league, the same issues we fight now are still in place. Being brutally honest its a short term projection of "shuffling of the deck chairs on the Titanic".
There will be calls that he will bring in TPA's like he has any flex on the issue. If he was the super fan you think he is you would think he would already be flexing on these options at present wouldnt you? If not, why not?
Harry's real power is now he isnt a sponsor he can support our salary cap TPA crazy. A team doing well has no sponsorship problems, jersey space becomes a hot comodity, has no problems recruiting talent, filling stadiums..... making money! Harry could almost single handedly, and immediately impact on our movements in the player market, though of late we are still investing in speculators.
People need to get a grip. Tinkler gave $10M a year didnt he, no premiership in that time... Harry cannot be guaranteed immediate success either. Our squad will be our squad short term, the cap will be the cap, contracts will still be contracts, and unless Harry purchases the club then throws umteen millions into purchasing and re-developing an immediate high performance training facility to own outright, that will also be a long protracted saga (one we are already involved in mind you). So short term, he can pretty up the place, lick of paint, grease wheels maybe, but ownership doesnt preclude him from doing that at the time being either...
Talks cheap, and dreams are best saved for when you are sleeping.
