Is Justin Pascoe a good CEO, put it all here

[jirskyr]

How can we on this forum really give a true performance assessment of Pascoe (or anyone for that matter) in an admin position within the Wests Tigers admin, without knowing the inner workings of the club, day by day, the requisite KPIs etc, contractual obligations etc etc.

Case closed IMO. Thanks, mods you can lock this thread now.

 

[tiger_one]

How can we on this forum really give a true performance assessment of Pascoe (or anyone for that matter) in an admin position within the Wests Tigers admin, without knowing the inner workings of the club, day by day, the requisite KPIs etc, contractual obligations etc etc.


Case closed IMO. Thanks, mods you can lock this thread now.

Champion @jirskyr I wasn't really wanting to close a thread here, or stem the conversation.

I just was a bit "literal."

A bit like comparing players, who can really say ........

 

[tigerap]

He is as good as we will get....

 

[tigerap]

Justin's CV

Justin is a Senior Executive with international experience in Sports. Justin’s experience extends to driving commercial strategies to ensure a competitive advantage and delivering sustainable financial results. Justin has a proven track record of increasing profile and income with businesses from multi nationals to start ups across several different sectors including Sports,;Consumer products, Automotive and industrial.

Justin has negotiated contracts at the highest level, inclusive of Government contracts in China, Franchise and Distribution agreements and licensing rights with companies like MLB, NHL, Disney, Marvel, Lucas both domestically and globally. Justin has an MBA with a major in financial management that has enabled him to develop strong operational skills such as project management, Procurement macro and micro planning, performance analytics and customer and competitor insight generation. Justin has worked also worked with the AFL and NRL.Globally, Justin has worked extensively in Western and Eastern Europe and six years in North America dealing with sporting bodies , NHL, MLB , NBA and NFL plus retailers Costco, Wal-Mart, Kmart, Target, TRU, JC Penny, and a host of other specialty and independents, developing short and long term strategies that drive a competitor edge.

Specialties: Leadership and change management, Contract negotiation, Commercial revenue generation, Reporting to boards ,Fiscal management at the highest level, Marketing implementation, Global framework and organisational structure management and development and execution of strategies that create a competitive edge that is sustainable and financially valuable.

Fiscal Management at the highest level...I guess Ambassador roles don't fall into that category :rolling_on_the_floor_laughing: :rolling_on_the_floor_laughing:

 

[happy_tiger]

Here we go, new thread for the anti- and pro Pascoe campaigning, liberate the Signing Suggestions Thread from another derailment.

Yeah mate hear we are rumoured to be signing .....just jokes

I don't think he is the worst be in the same breath he isn't the worst either

Amazed he survived Farahgate to be honest

 

[happy_tiger]

Here we go, new thread for the anti- and pro Pascoe campaigning, liberate the Signing Suggestions Thread from another derailment.

Yeah mate hear we are rumoured to be signing .....just jokes

I don't think he is the best but in the same breath he isn't the worst either

Amazed he survived Farahgate to be honest

 

[bbobb]

Some might disagree but I have been impressed overall. The role of a CEO can be varied depending on the organisation, for a NRL club it is a pretty small gig in the scheme of things when compared to some of the corporate world.

I think it’s better described as a GM rather than a CEO. Given the size, I would imagine he is pretty hands on and the impressive part for me is how his staff seem to interact with him - he is obviously approachable and grounded.

Even Farahgate was done with good intention albeit poorly executed. He was trying to show respect to Farah which I see as him building a culture within the Tigers.

Results on the field could obviously be better but our cap is in good shape finally and membership has never been higher- these are massive ticks on his KPIs. I also think he is managing what was a dysfunctional board well and has managed to get Wests to work with the Balmain side of the board despite their financial insolvency.

In terms of Ivan, I genuinely think he was shocked at the level of deceit. It looked to me like a betrayal of trust and was quite personal. To be successful in these roles you need to have a team around you that you can trust and sometimes you get burnt.

But I believe he will be good for the Tigers in the medium to long term.

Fans tend to focus just on the on-field performance but there is many facets to the role that should be considered when evaluating performance.

 

[Spud_Murphy]

Don't think he's been the same guy since the bust up with Ivan. I think this falling out, along with his suspension for that cap stuff up last year has affected him more than we know.

 

[TheDaBoss]

Don't think he's been the same guy since the bust up with Ivan. I think this falling out, along with his suspension for that cap stuff up last year has affected him more than we know.

All that can be very hard mentally on anyone

 

[happy_tiger]

How can we on this forum really give a true performance assessment of Pascoe (or anyone for that matter) in an admin position within the Wests Tigers admin, without knowing the inner workings of the club, day by day, the requisite KPIs etc, contractual obligations etc etc.


Case closed IMO. Thanks, mods you can lock this thread now.



Champion @jirskyr I wasn't really wanting to close a thread here, or stem the conversation.

I just was a bit "literal."

A bit like comparing players, who can really say ........

And Jirskyr got lateral

 

[OzLuke]

Don't think he's been the same guy since the bust up with Ivan. I think this falling out, along with his suspension for that cap stuff up last year has affected him more than we know.

All that can be very hard mentally on anyone

The whole thing made him out to look like either a real shonky, or completely incompetent. Reputation is everything.

 

[twentyforty]

I think it was Shakespeare who is quoted as saying.. “a person is 3 people, he is how he sees himself, how others see him, and who he really is.” While it’s important to see how the clubs CEO is viewed by fans, it is of no value to call our CEO a tool etc , without adding some constructive or otherwise, ‘ criticism of performance . ‘

 

[Guest]

I think he's done a reasonable job thus far.

 

[Elderslie_Tiger]

Like most things in life you are only as good as the people around you in the early days he was pushing it up hill now we have a good coach and support people a settled board and the big plus we have CASH the shoe string will be hopefully a thing of the past with sound financial management I really think we are in for a better year and should see it flow on for seasons to come

 

[Snake]

Like most things in life you are only as good as the people around you in the early days he was pushing it up hill now we have a good coach and support people a settled board and the big plus we have CASH the shoe string will be hopefully a thing of the past with sound financial management I really think we are in for a better year and should see it flow on for seasons to come

I see your point but the reality is can the man be trusted to make the right decisions with the money and no shoe strings .. with judgment calls like Farahgate one has to be sceptical ! Many right this off as nothing to see here but six months suspension and hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines is an issue ! If there are no major positives at seasons end surely he will be punted ...

 

[OzLuke]

Like most things in life you are only as good as the people around you in the early days he was pushing it up hill now we have a good coach and support people a settled board and the big plus we have CASH the shoe string will be hopefully a thing of the past with sound financial management I really think we are in for a better year and should see it flow on for seasons to come



I see your point but the reality is can the man be trusted to make the right decisions with the money and no shoe strings .. with judgment calls like Farahgate one has to be sceptical ! Many right this off as nothing to see here but six months suspension and hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines is an issue ! If there are no major positives at seasons end surely he will be punted ...

I agree...this is the year that we see what he is truly made of

 

[twentyforty]

Justin’s cv as posted by Newtown is impressive for someone in an admin roll but it means diddly compared to a person’s intentions. I’m more interested in the last few words.. “development and execution of strategies that create a competitive edge that is sustainable and financially valuable.”
For now I am happy to take Justin on his word because I’m seeing evidence. We have not been this strong for over a decade.

 

[tigger]

I've seen a number of mentions, on this thread and others, of a $670,000 fine in relation to the ambassador role for Robbie Farah. Is that in fact correct?
My understanding is that our salary cap has been reduced by that amount over a two year period. That would be a constraint on our ability to employ players rather than a fine.(No money will have passed from our club to the NRL by way of payment of a fine).
Is my understanding of the situation correct?
If so, given that we now seem to have plenty of room under our salary cap, I wonder whether that constraint is of any great concern.

 

[Tim Sheens]

I've seen a number of mentions, on this thread and others, of a $670,000 fine in relation to the ambassador role for Robbie Farah. Is that in fact correct?
My understanding is that our salary cap has been reduced by that amount over a two year period. That would be a constraint on our ability to employ players rather than a fine.(No money will have passed from our club to the NRL by way of payment of a fine).
Is my understanding of the situation correct?
If so, given that we now seem to have plenty of room under our salary cap, I wonder whether that constraint is of any great concern.

I thought that there was also a $750k odd fine attached, which was later reduced (halved?). The salary cap fine was allowed to be split over two seasons, so WT are playing 2020 with a cap "constraint" as well as the one passed.

 

[innsaneink]

80 mins per week is all I care about