HBG, Independent Directors Sacked

HBG would never have gained the dominant shareholder and financial position it holds today if it weren’t for the mismanagement of Kristina Keneally and the Labor Government in 2010.

The old Balmain Leagues Club was forced to close in 2010 to make way for a proposed metro station, a project that never happened.

This closure put enormous financial pressure on Balmain. Ultimately, HBG, under the guise of bailing out Balmain, effectively executed a financial takeover.

What they failed to realise was that this also hurt critical pathways programs in the inner west and Ryde, which in my opinion has contributed to our poor performance since 2010.

I personally can’t see HBG’s behaviour changing anytime soon. What we need is a private consortium genuinely passionate about the Tigers and Magpies to step in and convince the NRL that the current governance by HBG is harming the brand.
 
Vicious said:
They didn’t find that the independent board members are allowed to make decisions without them being raised and approved by the board, you wake up.
Maybe the independent board members should of being covering all the costs if this was to be the case.
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you’re the one who complains about not playing finals football everyday. but here you are defending the decision to put the board who oversaw 15 years of failure back in complete control. make it make sense
 
Vicious said:
Well there is 2 sides to a story and most people are only believing one side of the story.
I couldn’t care less if HBG are involved with Wests Tigers or not, makes zero difference to me, but common sense tells you that if important things are not being raised and approved at board level, there is a problem.
Any that would still be a problem for whoever is in control.
We talk about board turmoil not appending at other NRL clubs like it does with ours, that is true, but I also cannot imagine major news not being discussed at board level at any other NRL clubs before it is
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HBG is dysfunctional as anything ., they fight amongst themselves more than the WT Board… how much shit do they accuse each other about ? One moment they are best friends with Julie Romero … next she is out the door … I wouldn’t believe anything they say…before that it was Rick Wade and Dave Gilbert …. This latest is straight out of the playbook
 
Vicious said:
Well there is 2 sides to a story and most people are only believing one side of the story.
I couldn’t care less if HBG are involved with Wests Tigers or not, makes zero difference to me, but common sense tells you if important matters are not being raised and approved at board level, there is a problem.
Any that would still be a problem for whoever is in control.
We talk about board turmoil not appending at other NRL clubs like it does with ours, that is true, but I also cannot imagine major news not being discussed at board level at any other NRL clubs before it is revealed,
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Bullshit...I dont believe you and i dont believe Paton
 
Tom Shines said:
HBG is dysfunctional as anything ., they fight amongst themselves more than the WT Board… how much shit do they accuse each other about ? One moment they are best friends with Julie Romero … next she is out the door … I wouldn’t believe anything they say
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Thee is no doubt about that, but they still have the right to be consulted about major decisions since they are the ones putting their money in.
Logic tells you no business would allow major decisions to be made without them being raised and passed at board level.
We can get rid of HBG and that type of conduct will still not be acceptable.
 
Vicious said:
Listen to the Daniel Paton statement ent from yesterday.
You can either call him a liar or have an open mind and believe what he is saying and understand why there was a problem.
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He said key decisions weren’t communicated to HBG. They have reps on WT Board so that makes no sense. He did not accuse WT Board members of making decisions without consulting WT Board. You’ve made that up completely.
 
Vicious said:
It is not micro management.
No business allows major decisions to be made without their board being consulted.
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Bullshit …. You’re telling me that Amazon which owns 100s of subsidiaries, has reps and eyes on every major/minor decision each of those companies
Makes . No way !!!!!!
They would have board meetings and have questions around decisions and inputs , but generally , if the business is turning a profit , and is financially viable , and thier shareholders are benefitting …Why would they need to know if Circuit Board manufacturer Curcuits r Us , has changed component suppliers , outside of notification they had to change suppliers for X reason.
A company is just letters and numbers on a document . It’s the people that you’re buying , and thier knowledge . This isn’t a factory line where you’re up in your office yelling shit at the floor all day .
 
I’m a Wests Tigers fan and former Magpies fan. Like most I’ve moved on. The jersey is a sign of bigger issues with the new board. If you have ever dealt first hand with the drama between Balmain and Wests you will know. Unfortunately the Magpie remembers the loss of power and domination of the JV by Balmain. The slightest sign of power slipping they will exert force and have.

Wests need to accept a Tiger is orange and that’s the brand that’s been around so many years If not rip the band aid off and fund the Magpies and move west permanently.

Tigers will be better off as an expansion club like the Bears. These fossils won’t ever let it go like the fans have.
 
Vicious said:
When you are happy to pay a business a puppies of million each year and not be consulted about major decisions, you might then understand.
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Time and time they have proved themselves incompetent, this is not a one time event. Year in year out these guys stink. They gotta go no matter the negative implications on the club in the short term.
 
Vicious said:
Thee is no doubt about that, but they still have the right to be consulted about major decisions since they are the ones putting their money in.
Logic tells you no business would allow major decisions to be made without them being raised and passed at board level.
We can get rid of HBG and that type of conduct will still not be acceptable.
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And other people were saying they were aware … the plans around the grounds was pretty public for like the last year or so …
 
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