HBG, Independent Directors Sacked

[rihannafan1]

your kissing the wrong backside there

Which backside, Darcy or Tucker?

 

[Merlot]

Which backside, Darcy or Tucker?

Your choice ,

 

[TIGERS]

I have no faith in that man.

I'd like laundy but if we giving history lessons...

The system needs changing not the thought police

Go ask a newy fan what Billionaire owners are like.

 

[king_sirro]

I've never said it's not odd. The whole thing is odd.

They released a statement. Until that statement is proven untrue, or when there is further developments (the new board is set)- I don't see why another statement needs to be released.

It's not their job to appease your curiosity any more than mine.

If anything- people should question O'Farrell on his stance about coming back. Was there a statement about that from the director of the Wests Tigers board?

This is a strange stance to take me on it. It seems more logical that they need to prove what they said is true, not everyone has to prove what they said is incorrect. You have it back to front. The events afterwards indicate that what they said isnt true. Yet you take the unusual stance that people can say whatever they like and unless everyone else can prove them wrong then it must be taken as true....thats a strange way to live, but your choice I guess.

 

[cochise]

PVL got involved, and Barry O'Farrell was reappointed. Fact. Why? You're saying PVL 'made' them do it. Couldn't the argument be that PVL heard HBG's version & with certain other elements removed from the club, they found common ground to return the independent board members?

I don't know.

But, I'm not as willing to hang HBG because the mob have wound themselves up & want to storm the citadel with pitchforks waving.

"The Wests Tigers Board will next meet in February and will not be making any further commentary on the matter until that time."

This was part of the statement along with Barry O'Farrell's reinstatement.

So for anyone saying that no statement has been made- not quite true.

So basically their response is, we blew up the club and got it wrong and won't be saying anything about it for another 2 months.

That is the exact behaviour people want to see the back of. There is zero accountability for their actions.

 

[Bus 2 Terrigal Lagoon]

The ticket to the dance is the NRL licence... HBG dont own that.. their power is perceived, as seen by "their decision" to reinstate the independent directors.

Sure. Let’s run with that.

HGB own the Wests Tigers - let’s say they loose the licence, but hey, they still own the Wests Tigers.

The NRL after negotiating with Arthur Laundy transfer the licence across to his newly formed club - The 2GB Pub Boys (NRLW side would of course be the 2GB Pub Girls)

And the forum celebrates, hooray the HGB reign has ended.

Bottom line - Wests Tigers aren’t for sale
Deal with it 🤣

 

[supercoach]

What we need is
1..A board that sole interest is the Weststigers, not Wests or Balmain..even if one of the joint venture clubs is providing 99% of the funds.

2..A Board that is willing to supply and generate enough funds to be able to compete with other clubs

3..A board that is democratically elected and held accountable.

The chances of the above is zero. Sadly substained success under our current set up will be near impossible

 

[Leck]

There's 468 pages.

Pretty sure I've answered those questions in there.

It appears some posters are more interested in trying to belittle people than read though.

@Chad can you please change your post sign off?

You have quoted Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf," Chapter VI: War Propaganda

"The receptivity of the masses is very limited, their intelligence is small, but their power of forgetting is enormous. In consequence of these facts, all effective propaganda must be limited to a very few points and must harp on these in slogans until the last member of the public understands what you want him to understand by your slogan "

As a person of heritage who's family was devastated by WWII, I find this deplorable and due to it's very context and nature I view it as antisemitic.

 

[Bus 2 Terrigal Lagoon]

Man, how do people keep making this about the magpies? Tin foil hat stuff.

Where did I mention the Magpies ? 🤷‍♂️

 

[426Tlgerland]

I think it's a part of it for some people though. I mean HBGout is about getting rid of wests magpies.
And have a look at people wanting Laundy to buy the club. Would they be as keen if he was magpies fan rather than a balmain fan?
There's dinosaurs from both the original clubs here.

Laundy would be all about making money and getting results , his pubs are all pretty good I hear so must have some good support around him , he would be a complete different owner than HBG , he would want his Wests Tigers to be at the top and competitive , and I doubt he would want to dump the magpies , big strong club with huge junior base is where he would be going , he may run West tigers name in both nrl and reserves but there is probably 50% of our supporters who would be ok with that

 

[king_sirro]

Laundy would be all about making money and getting results , his pubs are all pretty good I hear so must have some good support around him , he would be a complete different owner than HBG , he would want his Wests Tigers to be at the top and competitive , and I doubt he would want to dump the magpies , big strong club with huge junior base is where he would be going , he may run West tigers name in both nrl and reserves but there is probably 50% of our supporters who would be ok with that

I would guess 80% of supporters would be ok with Wests Tigers in both grades. Its only a small minority that cant let it go, unfortunately for all of us, part of that small minority make the decisions at the club. Very dangerous situation.

 

[mtd#2]

Sure. Let’s run with that.

HGB own the Wests Tigers - let’s say they loose the licence, but hey, they still own the Wests Tigers.

The NRL after negotiating with Arthur Laundy transfer the licence across to his newly formed club - The 2GB Pub Boys (NRLW side would of course be the 2GB Pub Girls)

And the forum celebrates, hooray the HGB reign has ended.

Bottom line - Wests Tigers aren’t for sale
Deal with it 🤣

If the right circumstances present themselves, they will be sold.

 

[Bus 2 Terrigal Lagoon]

If the right circumstances present themselves, they will be sold.

The only circumstance would be if HBG ran into financial strife and needed to conduct a fire sale ... and that’s not happening in anyone’s life time 🤷‍♂️

 

[twentyforty]

If the right circumstances present themselves, they will be sold.

Absolutely. There’s nothing surer.
Nobody wants HBG to fail, but we need strong, constructive leadership.
It writes itself like a Greek tragedy, with the irony of the very thing established to ensure sustainable success eventually developing as its major destructive force.

 

[Telltails]

The only circumstance would be if HBG ran into financial strife and needed to conduct a fire sale ... and that’s not happening in anyone’s life time 🤷‍♂️

More of the same - great.
That should generate a whole lot of new fans when the old diehards die off and Benji's icon status is no longer a drawcard with players.
The sleeping giant they tell us - HBG have mastered the sleeping part

 

[Tucker]

Improvements in governance, systems and processes, policies, leadership, organisational culture, financial performance, recruitment and results.

Improvement is an indicator of success. The level of success is determined by the targets that were set. There were obvious failures as well but the overall trajectory was up.

This ain’t your thing Tucker so I’ll leave it there.

I did reply to this but one of the mods got their undies twisted as per usual and deleted it.
I find it funny how dismissive a person can be of another’s views when not knowing them. Why isn’t this my thing? I’ve run a successful business for many years. I continue to do so. You speak like you know me, however I wasn’t even really aware you existed on here as a regular poster until somewhere around the seasons end. I have no beef as I basically am unaware of you.

You stated improvements = success. To me improvement isn’t success unless it delivers tangible outcomes that can be measured against defined goals and we aren’t privy to that exact detail. From the outside looking in, there were some certain improvements financially. I disagree leadership was improved, in fact our leadership caused some of the drama amongst the group.
In 2025 the Tigers failed where it matters most - results and execution.
Poor on-field performance, ongoing instability off it, and fixes to problems that never should’ve existed don’t equal a successful season for mine., moreso a missed opportunity.
A “positive trajectory” is just permission to keep going — not a tick of achievement. It’s a good start and I don’t see why it can’t be extended and expanded upon this year.

 

[The Chad]

@Chad can you please change your post sign off?

You have quoted Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf," Chapter VI: War Propaganda

"The receptivity of the masses is very limited, their intelligence is small, but their power of forgetting is enormous. In consequence of these facts, all effective propaganda must be limited to a very few points and must harp on these in slogans until the last member of the public understands what you want him to understand by your slogan "

As a person of heritage who's family was devastated by WWII, I find this deplorable and due to it's very context and nature I view it as antisemitic.

No offence meant- removed that for you.

 

[Bus 2 Terrigal Lagoon]

More of the same - great.
That should generate a whole lot of new fans when the old diehards die off and Benji's icon status is no longer a drawcard with players.
The sleeping giant they tell us - HBG have mastered the sleeping part

Sleep is vital to maintaining good health 👍

 

[The Chad]

This is a strange stance to take me on it. It seems more logical that they need to prove what they said is true, not everyone has to prove what they said is incorrect. You have it back to front. The events afterwards indicate that what they said isnt true. Yet you take the unusual stance that people can say whatever they like and unless everyone else can prove them wrong then it must be taken as true....thats a strange way to live, but your choice I guess.

Thank you for the way you respond.

To explain- as the 'majority owner' (for whatever term you want to give HBG) they are similar to a business owner.

Decisions come from above that do not get explained to an employee. Notification is made, people move on.

HBG made a statement. We can certainly question it. But for mine- they have not been proven wrong. Yet.

This MIGHT change in the future. Everyone hangs HBG now.

My opinion- the truth & success of their decision will come from the result of it. They might set up a brilliant new Wests Tigers board. Mielekamp might be 100 times the CEO Richardson was.

Or it might all go to Hell- and then they can reap the results of their decisions.

We simply do not know enough of the truth of the reasoning to decide that yet.

 

[The Chad]

So basically their response is, we blew up the club and got it wrong and won't be saying anything about it for another 2 months.

That is the exact behaviour people want to see the back of. There is zero accountability for their actions.

That's one way to look at it.

Another way is- they made a decision, and when they settle on how to rectify things going forward- they'll tell us.

Patience is a virtue. 😀