I wasn't clear in my post, apologies.That Paton guy gave the reasons for their removal
I meant to point out that no one from HBG has made a statement (except for rants on facebook) since the reinstatement of the independent director's.
They were super keen to keep the fans updated after the sackings, yet remain completely silent after the reinstatements.
If they really cared about the fans, as insinuated in the original video, then we would have heard from them by now.
In my opinion, the lack of communication speaks volumes as to their original motives and where they landed post meeting with PVL.
@Vicious has made the point that HBG don't have to update fans. He is right, they don't.... the same way players don't have to sign autographs for fans... but they do it anyway.. because its the right thing to do...
At the end of the day it ALL comes back to intent, and their intent was going to set the footy club back 5-10 years. I've seen people post on this forum that they saw first hand saw text messages where Elias was told he had the GM role.. that Penn was being lined up...
We aren't living in the 90s where organisations could pull the wool over people's eyes.. We have a pretty good idea what they had planned.