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HBG, Independent Directors Sacked
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I have a feeling Arthur Laundy is working in the background to acquire the Wests Tigers licence with the NRL’s backing.
His media acquisitions have changed the game, and the Holman Barnes Group simply can’t compare to the scale of the Laundy Hotels empire.
He’s also an old school Balmain Tiger!
His media acquisitions have changed the game, and the Holman Barnes Group simply can’t compare to the scale of the Laundy Hotels empire.
He’s also an old school Balmain Tiger!
Most people’s argument is they do not want the owners interfering with the rugby league department decisions.
If Arthur Laundy or anyone else bought the club, they would be having more than their fair share of say in any rugby league department decision making, that’s for sure and certain.
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Rock Hopper Steve
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I think 90% of the forum hope your right but if it was to happen, we should remain named Wests Tigers, none of the foundations should be purged from the name.
Rock Hopper Steve
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His major sponsorship hasn't slammed the brakes on Canterbury, proving the right decisions have been made, harmony to date.
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cochise
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The argument is people want competent leadership at governance level.
TheEnz
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He doesn't "own" canterbury, however his influence there has helped the club. Whilst I don't agree with private ownership I do understand the frustration that fans (including me) have with our current administration. I think the issue with HBG comes down to a fundamental lack of accountability to members or shareholders...as long as they keep the 20 debenture holders on side or under control than they can basically do what they want....that is not a model that creates success. I have said it many times that I don't have an issue with HBG owning WT..... just get rid of the debenture system and give members a say that goes beyond electing 2 board members who are a minority on the board.
No one can look into the future, but the past and current leadership under HBG has been really poor.
Absolutely.
cochise
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I don't have a problem with the debenture system if the Wests Tigers have a board that has a true independent majority.
TheEnz
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Problem is they had that and blew it up. So unless they dump the debenture model my opinion based on historical performance and decision making is is that WT will have no chance of continued success.
tig_prmz
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I used to feel the same way but have changed my stance on it a little bit.
Board instability etc is annoying but the major issue is lack of funding. We have teams in every single NSWRL and NRL comps but our budget is the lowest collectively.
If you want owners to invest heavily in the Club, they have to be involved. Not many owners are going to say here's $10m, do whatever you want.
Dogs position changed once they got money with Laundys AND they got Gus in there who knows what he's doing.
You need owners to care and it's hard to care without getting involved. It's also hard to spend millions without getting involved.
Even if it's not a direct involvement, whoever is spending money will put someone there who they trust to get involved.
Major Sponsorship very different to outright ownership.
I’ve seen the Bulldogs make plenty of bad decisions over the past 12 months.
There is a perception that Wests Tigers are the only NRL club that ever makes bad decisions, when in fact every NRL club regularly makes bad decisions, no one is perfect.
And you know we will get that from private ownership ?
There is a perception that Wests Tigers are the only NRL club that makes bad decisions, when in fact every NRL club makes bad decisions, no one is perfect.
A lot of decisions that in hindsight have turned out to be poor.
It’s always easy to make good decisions in hindsight.
Every NRL club makes bad decisions which never get highlighted to the extent they do with Wests Tigers.
Yes they need to be a lot better and early indications based on quotes coming from Shaun Mielecamp and Barry O’Farrell would indicate there is a strong focus on better decision making and much better harmony between the owners and the rugby league club.
Rock Hopper Steve
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Come on mate, as X would say get real, our owners mistakes are equivalent to Mt Everest of C ups, I would prefer taking a chance on Laundy.
I don’t proclaim to be an expert on the funding and how it works, but if I read it properly Shaun Mielecamp recently stated our funding issues are quite similar to how they were at the Panthers not so long ago.
He seemed optimistic it could change for the better.
Why don’t we see how season 2026 turns out before wanting to upend the place ?
Fair dinkum a ball has not even been kicked as yet in the 2026 season and we already want to find problems.
WestsEffTheRest
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You must have a short memory. Before all of this stuff blew up you were crying about how poor our squad is for this year saying we won't make the top 8 when "a ball has not even been kicked as yet in the 2026 season."
https://weststigersforum.com/threads/signings-suggestions-rumours-discussion.27347/post-2194486
https://weststigersforum.com/threads/signings-suggestions-rumours-discussion.27347/post-2195050 https://weststigersforum.com/threads/signings-suggestions-rumours-discussion.27347/post-2195071
