HBG, Independent Directors Sacked

Vicious said:
I don’t agree with a lot of your opinions, but nobody can doubt your love for Wests Tigers or dedication to a cause you believe in.
I won’t be attending Saturdays march/rally and that’s not disrespecting what you or any other passionate Wests Tigers fan believes in.
It’s obvious to me you genuinely believe in the cause you are fighting for and I think the vast majority of people on this forum also genuinely believe in the cause they are fighting for, so you all have my support and respect even though I don’t necessarily agree with you.
All I ask is to please further investigate the terms and guidelines that have been instructed by PVL and I assume agreed to be the returning independent board members.
Do we genuinely know if Benji and the players are happy for continued supporter angst or if they would prefer the clubs supporters try to get past their boardroom issues for the good of the rugby league team moving forward ?
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I respect the tone on your message.

Those that oppose HBG don’t trust them. They could flick Benji and pay him out in 6 months.
 
Tom Shines said:
I would love it if Balmain left … they are nothing more than “useful idiots “ for HBG and contribute nothing
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Being on the Balmain side, I feel like I married a rich woman and when we got divorced took her for everything she had including the naming rights!

Mmmmmmmmmm……… while Wests Magpies have to just keep funding it forever. Delicious.
 
Vicious said:
I don’t agree with a lot of your opinions, but nobody can doubt your love for Wests Tigers or dedication to a cause you believe in.
I won’t be attending Saturdays march/rally and that’s not disrespecting what you or any other passionate Wests Tigers fan believes in.
It’s obvious to me you genuinely believe in the cause you are fighting for and I think the vast majority of people on this forum also genuinely believe in the cause they are fighting for, so you all have my support and respect even though I don’t necessarily agree with you.
All I ask is to please further investigate the terms and guidelines that have been instructed by PVL and I assume agreed to be the returning independent board members.
Do we genuinely know if Benji and the players are happy for continued supporter angst or if they would prefer the clubs supporters try to get past their boardroom issues for the good of the rugby league team moving forward ?
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I also want to say i respect this comment mate. Props to you because we are on opposite sides of this.
 
Vicious said:
I don’t agree with a lot of your opinions, but nobody can doubt your love for Wests Tigers or dedication to a cause you believe in.
I won’t be attending Saturdays march/rally and that’s not disrespecting what you or any other passionate Wests Tigers fan believes in.
It’s obvious to me you genuinely believe in the cause you are fighting for and I think the vast majority of people on this forum also genuinely believe in the cause they are fighting for, so you all have my support and respect even though I don’t necessarily agree with you.
All I ask is to please further investigate the terms and guidelines that have been instructed by PVL and I assume agreed to be the returning independent board members.
Do we genuinely know if Benji and the players are happy for continued supporter angst or if they would prefer the clubs supporters try to get past their boardroom issues for the good of the rugby league team moving forward ?
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You and Chad continue to question the opinions of people calling for HBG power to go.

You talk about us not being close enough to it. OK...let's explore that for a second.

What do you say to the independent company that conducted the independent review last year and made the exact recommendations people are calling for now?

They were there. They know more than us. They interviewed everyone on all sides. Probably investigated more than PVL did yesterday I'd say. What do you say to that?
 
Tito Santana said:
Being on the Balmain side, I feel like I married a rich woman and when we got divorced took her for everything she had including the naming rights!

Mmmmmmmmmm……… while Wests Magpies have to just keep funding it forever. Delicious.
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As I said earlier …the Wests Tigers receive the least amount of funding in the comp from their owners …its like your ex Wife would be buying your clothes at Big W..
 
weststigers said:
You and Chad continue to question the opinions of people calling for HBG power to go.

You talk about us not being close enough to it. OK...let's explore that for a second.

What do you say to the independent company that conducted the independent review last year and made the exact recommendations people are calling for now?

They were there. They know more than us. They interviewed everyone on all sides. Probably investigated more than PVL did yesterday I'd say. What do you say to that?
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Your either a very understanding placid soul , or plain Double D dumb to persist with them.
Or a double agent. Have you slept in the last 8 days , apart from nanny napping during site collapsing today
 
cochise said:
It's not enough, we are pretty much back to where we were before the review. We need an independent majority.
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We need an equal split which won't happen and the chair has a casting vote again wont happen but we can dream. After all it is in their control as owners despite how shit and divisive they've been. I tend to agree with what someone else said V'ladys may have just given them enough rope to hang themselves.
One thing for sure is he put them on notice and they've shat the bed.
 
weststigers said:
You and Chad continue to question the opinions of people calling for HBG power to go.

You talk about us not being close enough to it. OK...let's explore that for a second.

What do you say to the independent company that conducted the independent review last year and made the exact recommendations people are calling for now?

They were there. They know more than us. They interviewed everyone on all sides. Probably investigated more than PVL did yesterday I'd say. What do you say to that?
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HBG did implement the recommendations.

They also sacked those independent board members & the CEO for reasons that a large majority of people in here dismiss as ridiculous.

The NRL has since gifted HBG control of the board, not insisted Richo be returned & negotiated the return of 3 of the 4 ousted board members.

That's the facts that are mostly widely known.

You keep skipping over my question regarding what HBG had planned to do with the board going forward. At no point I can recall has there been any indication they DIDN'T want to continue with independent board members. Just not the ones they felt were not delivering all important details to HBG.

And, given that PVL & not the independent company that did the review, interviewed the ousted board members & HBG in the last couple of days, it could be deducted that PVL is more over the current state of things than the review company. And PVL's decision?

To go in favour of putting control with HBG.

Who knows more about what went down in the last week? PVL? Or the independent company that gave a review that was followed?

And why, with the shadow of an investigation hanging over him, was Richo not brought back in? Does that give ANY credence to the potential issues HBG were having?

I'm not saying it does. Just that it could.
 
Vicious said:
Do you believe the 2 gentlemen who conducted the review know more about running rugby league clubs than what PVL would know ?
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Its just logic man.

If you have 20 people controlling the club, who are self selecting and not accountable to club owners, are you going to get the brightest and most experienced? A group with diverse opinions? No.

PVL will know this. But he may be restricted from intervening or this may be a temporary structure (hopefully)
 
The Chad said:
HBG did implement the recommendations.

They also sacked those independent board members & the CEO for reasons that a large majority of people in here dismiss as ridiculous.

The NRL has since gifted HBG control of the board, not insisted Richo be returned & compromised the return of 3 of the 4 ousted board members.

That's the facts that are mostly widely known.

You keep skipping over my question regarding what HBG had planned to do with the board going forward. At no point I can recall has there been any indication they DIDN'T want to continue with independent board members. Just not the ones they felt were not delivering all important details to HBG.

And, given that PVL & not the independent company that did the review, interviewed the ousted board members & HBG in the last couple of days, it could be deducted that PVL is more over the current state of things than the review company. And PVL's decision?

To go in favour of putting control with HBG.

Who knows more about what went down in the last week? PVL? Or the independent company that gave a review that was followed?

And why, with the shadow of an investigation hanging over him, was Richo not brought back in? Does that give ANY credence to the potential issues HBG were having?

I'm not saying it does. Just that it could.
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That's the point.

A review was initiated because of serious mismanagement.
A recommendation was made to solve that.
HBG implemented
within 9 months HBG destroyed it

It was going well...we didn't need the last one on the list above.

Now, the same fools who have just shown exactly why a recommendation was made to get out of the way, are back in power.

I don't know what exactly you are arguing about.
 
I think that its quite obvious the HBG ownership of the west tigers has failed. For a number of reasons and the more learned members of the forum have outlined them.
My analogy for the Wests tigers story is that think of the wests tigers as the child and the wests magpies as one parent and the Balmain tigers as the other parent.
Their child is now 25 years old and its time for it leave home.
HBG should sell its 90% and Balmain should sell its 10% and lets wests tigers grow independently of them.
Now as for the best buyer of the group I am open to suggestions.
Wests Campbelltown can buy it and change its name to wests tigers league club i would be happy.
Or if they lets members buy shares in then at least we have a say.

Do I want Laundy to buy it, not if he wants to rekindle his Balmain tigers memories.
 
tigertragic said:
Everyone has said the NRL can’t do anything etc
Now PVL can decide board makeup
Another interesting perspective
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Must be something in the licence and the money you receive maybe there is a duty of care if the NRL feels you are incapable of running a club they come in to run it

I would have that in a contract the competition as a whole must be looked after
 
cochise said:
I can only go on the history mate. It was obvious for a long time there were issues in the club so we sought a review.

That review conducted by very qualified people found that there were serious governance issues at the club and made a list of recommendations.

When those recommendations were mostly implemented, the ckub actually started to make measurable improvements across a wide variety of indicators for the first time in over a decade of failure.

The HBG who were found to be an issue in the review, then decided that they would blow that up and return to controlling the club.

Im really sorry but I'm not ok with that. These guys are not owners, they are custodians of our club and they have failed in that role.

I won't stand by and watch them continue to destroy the club.

It is not their club, it is our club.
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Apparently this review is available for download. Never been able to find it. Is there a link?
 
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