Lee & JP finally lose the confidence of the Board??

Tucker said:
Agreed.
The board deserves the embarrassment and heartache it is currently going through - especially Lee and Pascoe, due to the way it treated many people of the past few years, culminating in sacking Tim again.
Bone headed, amateur dickheads.
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I’m not defending the board , but there’s way more to the sheens “sacking” than many know .
Put it this way the confidentiality agreement was protection for both parties concerned.
Well that’s the real strong rumour anyway .
 
Magpie_Magic said:
By inviting the media and making it a public process including by which the interviewed are talking to the media prior to the conclusion of the review you are prejudicing it's independence and the attitudes of the people who are yet to be interviewed.
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Hence why half the top brass of our management, can’t be trusted and instead of showing unity in these moments they are in it for themselves and trying to redirect the blame or responsibility onto another.
 
cochise said:
The review is coming up to close to 4 weeks now, I wouldn't expect it to take too much longer and then the report will be passed onto the Holman Barnes Group. I am sure they will take time to digest it as well and then decide what they want to do, but I would be hoping we hear something in early December.
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Sorry champion @cochise, to be naive here, but "who" from the Holman Barnes Group are the actual people "digesting and then deciding what to do?"
Who are setting our sails for the stormy waters ahead?
 
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tiger_one said:
Sorry champion @cochise, to be naive here, but "who" from the Holman Barnes Group are the actual people "digesting and then deciding what to do?"
Who is setting our sails for the stormy waters ahead?
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The Holman Barnes Group are a fairly complexed beast. Ultimately it will go to the CEO, Simon Cook, and the board. There are a number of people who are on both the Wests Tigers Board and Holman Barnes Group board. That complicates matters a little as they may be looking at recommendations that are critical of themselves.
 
cochise said:
The Holman Barnes Group are a fairly complexed beast. Ultimately it will go to the CEO, Simon Cook, and the board. There are a number of people who are on both the Wests Tigers Board and Holman Barnes Group board. That complicates matters a little as they may be looking at recommendations that are critical of themselves.
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could you answer how the HBG came to decide the two people that are completing the review and the format as to how the review is conducted
Is there a feeling of self preservation by controlling how the review is taking place.
I guess I’m worried that they might be seen as doing something just to be seen as doing something with no assurances to follow through with the output.
 

NRL 2023: Wests Tigers star warns club over in-house media leaks, shuts door on release clause​

Stefano Utoikamanu is ready to abandon his top-eight get-out clause and pledge loyalty to Wests Tigers - but there’s a catch.


Samoan and NSW front-rower Stefano Utoikamanu will abandon a top-eight get-out clause and pledge long-term loyalty to Wests Tigers - but has implored his embattled club to stop leaking to the media.
Utoikamanu, preparing for Saturday night’s Test match against Australia in Townsville, revealed a desire to renounce a contract clause stating he was free to leave Concord after next season if Wests Tigers failed to reach the finals.
It is a tremendous pick-me-up for the floundering club, who have commissioned a full review into another season of on-field failure.
While adamant he wanted to re-sign out of loyalty, Utoikamanu took a swipe at his club and at those divulging private club information to the media.
This masthead has been told that Wests Tigers coach Benji Marshall is becoming increasingly frustrated at the constant off-field dramas and headlines, fearing it may impact on recruitment and retention.
“Keeping everything in-house and not leaking will definitely help – not putting everything out to the media,” Utoikamanu said.
Wests Tigers forward Stefano Utoikamanu pledges loyalty to the club. Picture: NRL Photos

“We don’t help ourselves that much. Not just players but us as a club.
“It just hard – the whole thing – there’s probably too much coming out about us and it’s obviously not good.
“I feel like our club is in the media more than it would like to be. It’s not the best.
“The media bags us a bit too much – it’s not a good feeling. As players, we haven’t helped because we haven’t been getting the results everyone wants.”
Despite the constant drama at Concord, Utoikamanu – who played a game for NSW this year – wants to re-sign.
Although he has a clause, the giant prop officially comes off contract after 2025.
“No, I’ll be at the Tigers - I’ll be at the Tigers,” Utoikamanu repeated. “I want to stay there, that’s where I want to be, yeah.
“This is the club that gave me the opportunity to play rugby league at the highest level, in the NRL.
“Back at my old club (Parramatta), I didn’t get the same opportunity.
New Wests Tigers coach Benji Marshall. Picture: Izhar Khan/Getty

New Wests Tigers coach Benji Marshall. Picture: Izhar Khan/Getty
“I just want to give back (repay Wests Tigers loyalty).”
Utoikamanu embedded his desire to stay by praising the appointment of Benji Marshall as head coach.
“It will be good for us next year to have a fresh start. It’s probably what we need,” he said.
“Bringing Benji in, and him having this year under ‘Sheensy’ (Tim Sheens) will help him too, to understand what it’s like to be a head coach. I’m pretty excited to go into next year with Benji as coach.”
Key stakeholders continue being interviewed for the club’s review with findings expected to be handed down in December.
Wests Tigers chairman Lee Hagipantelis and club CEO Justin Pascoe remain under pressure to retain their positions.
Utoikamanu is preparing for Samoa’s Test against Australia in Townsville this Saturday night.
 
Needaname said:
could you answer how the HBG came to decide the two people that are completing the review and the format as to how the review is conducted
Is there a feeling of self preservation by controlling how the review is taking place.
I guess I’m worried that they might be seen as doing something just to be seen as doing something with no assurances to follow through with the output.
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After the Lee extension announcement that was my fear, it honestly was the first thing that I asked when we sat down with Gary.

I was left with no doubt that the guys conducting the review will complete, an honest, unbiased, comprehensive and fair review of the Wests Tigers governance.

I trust them to provide some recommendations that have the potential to set this club up for the next 20 years, the ball will be in the Holman Barnes Group's court to accept, action and implement those recommendations and I believe the fact that they were the ones that instigated the review that they deserve the chance to do that.
 
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