diedpretty
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Maybe you should follow your own advice and keep your political opinions in the right forum.
Marina Go resigns Barry O'Farrell appointed
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newtiger
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I’m glad that you guys have given him a good chance to help our club.
I just hope that I never face either of you guys in a jury that’s deciding whether I’m guilty or not.
Because the way you are carrying on you would walk into the court with guilty signboard attached.
I just hope that I never face either of you guys in a jury that’s deciding whether I’m guilty or not.
Because the way you are carrying on you would walk into the court with guilty signboard attached.
prattenparkchild
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Congrats Mr O'Farrell. Ms Go led us along a good pathway to a clearer future, with good finances and a sound, working club structure in place to support a slowly improving, but viable football operation for the joint venture. I hope and trust you can continue the good work.
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@prattenparkchild said:
Agree, I think Barry will be very good for the club - strong connections and he should be able to continue our upward trajectory towards financial stability.
Until said person actually does anything promising, he was a politician and in my circle every male and female alike the first utterance was job for the boys ….. so in that survey alone he has plenty of work to do before many take this appointment seriously. When these appointments happen quickly this has been decided quite a while ago hence the movement of certain types at the higher level ... more lies from the board about the exhaustive search for the right person what garbage .. this was who you know not what your bringing and yes job for the boys!
The whole NRL is based on jobs for the boys. There is not a club in existence that doesn't operate on that principle in some respect.
He will be judged on his performance and if he does a good job it will be irrelevent of how he came into the job. And if he does a bad job he wont last long.
He will be judged on his performance and if he does a good job it will be irrelevent of how he came into the job. And if he does a bad job he wont last long.
Tweed_Tiger
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How long should they search for? Marina gave notice at the end of December.
Tweed_Tiger
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Yeah like you said it could of been in place for some time. Marina was asked by the board to stay until the cap situation was sorted. Hopefully we can go forward from here as it would be sad to put it in reverse.
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newtiger
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So you have inside knowledge that the club hasn't been looking for a replacement Chairman sense December when Marina Go told the club that she was standing down.
cochise
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@Snake said:
Are you being serious? In your opinion, it was bad if it was rushed and it's and if they have been looking since December? I guess to meet your approval it would have to be somewhere in between?
Will refrain from reading the comments on this thread, i anticipate that they will all be negative…
Barry is a great appointment.
- Relationships with politicians, will assist in development of our new project
- Knowledge of the game
- Experience working at the highest level
Barry is a great appointment.
- Relationships with politicians, will assist in development of our new project
- Knowledge of the game
- Experience working at the highest level
Jobs for the boys means hiring either old boys or people from directly within the organisation.
This was **not** a case of jobs for the boys.
He is an ex-premier of NSW who has headed up multiple nation and international boards since his retirement from politics. He is more than qualified for the job based on his resume alone. The fact that he is also a supporter is just the cherry on top.
But since you are so adamant he is not qualified, please name an alternative chairperson who is equally or greater qualified ?
This was **not** a case of jobs for the boys.
He is an ex-premier of NSW who has headed up multiple nation and international boards since his retirement from politics. He is more than qualified for the job based on his resume alone. The fact that he is also a supporter is just the cherry on top.
But since you are so adamant he is not qualified, please name an alternative chairperson who is equally or greater qualified ?
cochise
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@Abraham said:
Having Premier of NSW on your resume would allow you to be a very strong candidate for any job he would want to apply for. He resume would be extremely hard to beat for a Chairman of a sporting organisation. Great appointment!!
Pawsandclaws
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For most workers having an ICAC jacket would not get you past first base. Snake has a case and like him I fear a return to the bad old days. Use Google to work out which of our players has a background with him.
# New Chair O'Farrell won't let politics get in the way of dream job
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Tue 12 Mar 2019, 08:38 PM
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As Barry O’Farrell conducted his first interview after taking on his dream role of Wests Tigers chairman, it was inevitable that he would be asked whether he could work with ARLC chairman Peter Beattie.
After all, Beattie is a former Queensland Labor premier and O’Farrell is a former NSW Liberal premier who, coincidentally, resigned in 2014 after mistakenly denying at an ICAC hearing that he had received a bottle of Grange Hermitage from former Wests Tigers chairman Nick Di Girolamo three years earlier.
O’Farrell even addressed that during a wide-ranging media conference in which he spoke of his passion for the Tigers, excitement with the financial position he has inherited and desire to help the club and new coach Michael Maguire repeat the premiership success of 2005.
Asked if he would celebrate his appointment with a glass of red, O’Farrell said “red Gatorade, absolutely”.
A former North Sydney supporter whose dislike of Saturday night’s opening round opponents, Manly, led to him to follow Wests Tigers, O’Farrell said he had always wanted to be involved with the club but had never been approached until Marina Go’s decision to stand down from the board.
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Maguire expects Mbye to return in a fortnight
“I once said to [former ARLC chairman] John Grant that there was a similarity between his job and the job as premier of the state, and that was that everyone was vitally interested at times in what you were doing and everybody was absolutely convinced that they could do it better,” O’Farrell said.
“I have been one of those fans from time to time who has shared those feelings so now I get a chance to put up or shut up.”
However, he spoke in support of Beattie’s leadership and went out of his way to offer backing to the NRL’s new “no fault stand down” policy.
“What you learn in politics is that the important things aren’t the personalities, it’s what you achieve and what you want to achieve,” O’Farrell said. “I can work with Peter Beattie and clearly we have to work with Peter Beattie, we are part of the NRL.
“I have no doubt that every club understands the responsibility for on and off field behaviour rests with them. I absolutely support the NRL with the introduction of the stand down rule for those players who have been charged with serious offences.
ARLC chairman Peter Beattie.©Grant Trouville/NRL Photos
“I want to ensure that we have the best behaviour on and off the field, we have a great coach who is leading the club culture and we just need to support the NRL.”
Asked about the NRL’s refusal to register a contract for Tigers recruit Zane Musgrove while he is defending an indecent assault charge, O’Farrell said: “That’s their decision and we respect their decision. We will behave responsibly financially and abide by the NRL’s rules and policies”.
For the first time since Wests Tigers were formed as a joint venture between Balmain Tigers and Wests Magpies in 1999, the club is poised to announce a profit.
The Tigers have also surpassed their previous highest membership for the third consecutive season, despite not having played in the NRL finals series since 2011.
“One of the greatest experiences of my life was being able to witness at ANZ Stadium the Wests Tigers grand final victory in 2005 and I can think of no experience that would be better than that other than to be personally involved with the club and going on to assist them to win that next premiership,” O’Farrell said.
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Wests Tigers support NRL's no-fault stand down policy
“It is the first time I have been approached about the role and I wasn’t going to let it go past.”
Maguire said strong leadership was vital to the success of any club and praised Go for her role in helping to turn the Tigers around.
“The club has shifted in a big way over the last couple of years under the current leadership so I am looking forward to progressing on that and taking them to new heights,” Maguire said.
“When I first joined the club I went through where they are at, what they need to do and the club itself is in really good shape and now it is about everyone involved taking that forward and making sure we go to somewhere they haven’t been for a long time.”
Maguire named his first side for the Manly clash at Leichhardt Oval, with captain and fullback Moses Mbye, second-rower Chris Lawrence and winger David Nofoaluma the notable absentees while former NSW Origin five-eighth Josh Reynolds is unlikely to be included in the 17-man squad who take the field on Saturday.
Wests Tigers winger David Nofoaluma.©Robb Cox/NRL Photos
Mbye is recovering from a knee injury and was restricted during a trial match against Canberra, Nofoaluma has a shoulder injury, Lawrence has undergone facial surgery and Reynolds has had a disrupted pre-season so Maguire wants him to build game time in the NSWRL’s Canterbury Cup competition.
“He just needs to get back and play,” Maguire said. “He has had a bumpy two years with injuries and I can see he is going to grow as we go through the season. It is just about playing for Josh and I want to see him go and enjoy his footy again.”
Benji Marshall, who O’Farrell nominated as his all-time favourite Wests Tigers player, will captain the team in Mbye’s absence.
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As Barry O’Farrell conducted his first interview after taking on his dream role of Wests Tigers chairman, it was inevitable that he would be asked whether he could work with ARLC chairman Peter Beattie.
After all, Beattie is a former Queensland Labor premier and O’Farrell is a former NSW Liberal premier who, coincidentally, resigned in 2014 after mistakenly denying at an ICAC hearing that he had received a bottle of Grange Hermitage from former Wests Tigers chairman Nick Di Girolamo three years earlier.
O’Farrell even addressed that during a wide-ranging media conference in which he spoke of his passion for the Tigers, excitement with the financial position he has inherited and desire to help the club and new coach Michael Maguire repeat the premiership success of 2005.
Asked if he would celebrate his appointment with a glass of red, O’Farrell said “red Gatorade, absolutely”.
A former North Sydney supporter whose dislike of Saturday night’s opening round opponents, Manly, led to him to follow Wests Tigers, O’Farrell said he had always wanted to be involved with the club but had never been approached until Marina Go’s decision to stand down from the board.
>
Maguire expects Mbye to return in a fortnight
“I once said to [former ARLC chairman] John Grant that there was a similarity between his job and the job as premier of the state, and that was that everyone was vitally interested at times in what you were doing and everybody was absolutely convinced that they could do it better,” O’Farrell said.
“I have been one of those fans from time to time who has shared those feelings so now I get a chance to put up or shut up.”
However, he spoke in support of Beattie’s leadership and went out of his way to offer backing to the NRL’s new “no fault stand down” policy.
“What you learn in politics is that the important things aren’t the personalities, it’s what you achieve and what you want to achieve,” O’Farrell said. “I can work with Peter Beattie and clearly we have to work with Peter Beattie, we are part of the NRL.
“I have no doubt that every club understands the responsibility for on and off field behaviour rests with them. I absolutely support the NRL with the introduction of the stand down rule for those players who have been charged with serious offences.
ARLC chairman Peter Beattie.©Grant Trouville/NRL Photos
“I want to ensure that we have the best behaviour on and off the field, we have a great coach who is leading the club culture and we just need to support the NRL.”
Asked about the NRL’s refusal to register a contract for Tigers recruit Zane Musgrove while he is defending an indecent assault charge, O’Farrell said: “That’s their decision and we respect their decision. We will behave responsibly financially and abide by the NRL’s rules and policies”.
For the first time since Wests Tigers were formed as a joint venture between Balmain Tigers and Wests Magpies in 1999, the club is poised to announce a profit.
The Tigers have also surpassed their previous highest membership for the third consecutive season, despite not having played in the NRL finals series since 2011.
“One of the greatest experiences of my life was being able to witness at ANZ Stadium the Wests Tigers grand final victory in 2005 and I can think of no experience that would be better than that other than to be personally involved with the club and going on to assist them to win that next premiership,” O’Farrell said.
>
Wests Tigers support NRL's no-fault stand down policy
“It is the first time I have been approached about the role and I wasn’t going to let it go past.”
Maguire said strong leadership was vital to the success of any club and praised Go for her role in helping to turn the Tigers around.
“The club has shifted in a big way over the last couple of years under the current leadership so I am looking forward to progressing on that and taking them to new heights,” Maguire said.
“When I first joined the club I went through where they are at, what they need to do and the club itself is in really good shape and now it is about everyone involved taking that forward and making sure we go to somewhere they haven’t been for a long time.”
Maguire named his first side for the Manly clash at Leichhardt Oval, with captain and fullback Moses Mbye, second-rower Chris Lawrence and winger David Nofoaluma the notable absentees while former NSW Origin five-eighth Josh Reynolds is unlikely to be included in the 17-man squad who take the field on Saturday.
Wests Tigers winger David Nofoaluma.©Robb Cox/NRL Photos
Mbye is recovering from a knee injury and was restricted during a trial match against Canberra, Nofoaluma has a shoulder injury, Lawrence has undergone facial surgery and Reynolds has had a disrupted pre-season so Maguire wants him to build game time in the NSWRL’s Canterbury Cup competition.
“He just needs to get back and play,” Maguire said. “He has had a bumpy two years with injuries and I can see he is going to grow as we go through the season. It is just about playing for Josh and I want to see him go and enjoy his footy again.”
Benji Marshall, who O’Farrell nominated as his all-time favourite Wests Tigers player, will captain the team in Mbye’s absence.
@Pawsandclaws said:
Lets give the guy a chance..maybe your stance will change as it has with Maguire being our coach…
If it turns to crap of the bad old days well you can be justified..looks to me he has the best interests of Wests Tigers at heart on the surface..that can't be all bad..
cochise
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@Pawsandclaws said:
He was cleared of any attempt to mislead?
I guess Diabetes Australia, NSW Rugby League Foundation, Board of Racing Australia, Obesity Australia, The Royal Flying Doctors and both the Federal and State Governments are all boys clubs and gave him his roles as a job for the boys?
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