Peter Beattie to stand down as ARLC head.

[BalmainJnr]

Not so fast on toddy following Beattie out the door....


Speaking on Nine's 100% Footy, Weidler said there was a growing disillusionment around the game concerning the Greenberg-Beattie leadership.

"There's been a lot of talk and a lot of disquiet about the performances of Peter Beattie as chairman and Todd Greenberg as CEO, and there are people who want both of them out of the game," Weidler said.

"The most likely scenario we're going to see is Beattie will be gone by February. Peter V'Landys will be the new chairman of the game. And you'll find that Todd Greenberg will be offered a couple more years if he wants it.

"At this stage I am hearing, and who wouldn't because he's getting paid around $1.25 million-a-year, he'll probably accept that.


https://amp.nine.com.au/article/512ce338-7360-4e4e-bf1d-79407c963fdf

Sounds like when a club comes out saying the coach has the full support of the board.

 

[WT2K]

Not so fast on toddy following Beattie out the door....


Speaking on Nine's 100% Footy, Weidler said there was a growing disillusionment around the game concerning the Greenberg-Beattie leadership.

"There's been a lot of talk and a lot of disquiet about the performances of Peter Beattie as chairman and Todd Greenberg as CEO, and there are people who want both of them out of the game," Weidler said.

"The most likely scenario we're going to see is Beattie will be gone by February. Peter V'Landys will be the new chairman of the game. And you'll find that Todd Greenberg will be offered a couple more years if he wants it.

"At this stage I am hearing, and who wouldn't because he's getting paid around $1.25 million-a-year, he'll probably accept that.


https://amp.nine.com.au/article/512ce338-7360-4e4e-bf1d-79407c963fdf


Sounds like when a club comes out saying the coach has the full support of the board.

Hope that's the case!

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

v'landys is a dragons man

 

[tigerap]

Can’t think of a single achievement from Beattie during his tenure......

 

[tiger_one]

@tigerap

Come on @tigerap, who could forget his not knowing who the Cronulla Sharks were, or his mistaking a Barcelona football jersey for a Newcastle Knights jersey.
These are classic bloopers at any time let alone down to the Chairman of the ARLC.

PS you're dead right - Beattie is a total embarrassment as the perceived head honcho of our sport!

 

[TIGER]

Let's all take a moment to reflect on how much of an embarrassment Beattie has been.
Blows my mind how this muppet got any position at all.

 

[2005magic]

Beattie- wont miss him, but if anything, his getting the NRL to finally be dragged kicking and screaming into not accepting horrendous player behaviour off the field is commended. The players, managers and many others dont like it but tough.

V'Landys- will be interesting as the long time steward of harness racing, he was instrumental in setting standards and accountability within the industry. I'm not sure how long he will / would accept CEO Greenburg's inconsistant, flexible standards in judging issues as they arise. I think this will be an anathema to V'Landys.

Greenburg and his cronies- the refereeing standards, bunker set up- I'd be very, very nervous.

This new Chairman might actually have the gumption to take on the players union, player managers and club power. Not all at once but bit by bit.

 

[Tigerlily]

Thank god for that! He should never have been appointed in the first place. Just add it to a long list of stuff ups being made by Greenberg and his band of misfits.

 

[Elderslie_Tiger]

@Cultured_Bogan
One down TODD TO GO!!!!
Keep praying
If V'Landys does half in the NRL what he has achieved in racing we are in good hands.All he needs is good people around him not the numbats that are there now

 

[tigerap]

Let's all take a moment to reflect on how much of an embarrassment Beattie has been.
Blows my mind how this muppet got any position at all.

The NRL Administration has been a joke for years, how much of a square peg in a round hole was Dave Smith?...

Surely the NRL Board/Commissioners have to be accountable for these appointment blunders,

 

[tigerap]

Beattie- wont miss him, but if anything, his getting the NRL to finally be dragged kicking and screaming into not accepting horrendous player behaviour off the field is commended. The players, managers and many others dont like it but tough.

V'Landys- will be interesting as the long time steward of harness racing, he was instrumental in setting standards and accountability within the industry. I'm not sure how long he will / would accept CEO Greenburg's inconsistant, flexible standards in judging issues as they arise. I think this will be an anathema to V'Landys.

Greenburg and his cronies- the refereeing standards, bunker set up- I'd be very, very nervous.

This new Chairman might actually have the gumption to take on the players union, player managers and club power. Not all at once but bit by bit.

One can only hope...with the end goal being kicking the Storm out of the NRL competition who how they have ruined the game in the last 15 years

 

[jirskyr]

Beattie- wont miss him, but if anything, his getting the NRL to finally be dragged kicking and screaming into not accepting horrendous player behaviour off the field is commended. The players, managers and many others dont like it but tough.

Agreed; he pushed through the player stand-down rule. He's also trying to get the "cannot have been associated with a club within last 3 years" rule removed, which is an unpopular move in some centres, but which also limits the talent pool that the ARLC can draw on.

I would be in favour of removing that rule, because many of the best league administrators and businessmen in the game are associated with clubs, and 3 years is an arbitrary time period, as if blokes like Politis aren't pro-Roosters after a 3-year break.

Beattie is willing to get through some unpopular changes on his way out, rather than preserve his political station.

Also if I'm not mistaken, Beattie is going to stand for re-election as a regular old commissioner, just not the chairman?

 

[mike]

He’s an absolute tool and fool. Can’t wait until I cannot see him anymore. An absolute joke of an appointment that should never have been made.

 

[Elderslie_Tiger]

@Cultured_Bogan
Peter Beattie had been quoted as saying V'landys will do a better job than Him.COCO THE CLOWN would do a better job.

 

[jirskyr]

It's far too easy to criticise people in positions of power just for how they appear in public. Beattie, Greenburg, John Grant, Pascoe, Barry O'Farrell, even Marina Go before she left, people just so fast to put the boot in without really having any idea exactly what the person has or has not achieved in their role, or even what their role is.

It's like a lazy cliche.

Is Beattie a boofhead? I really have no idea. Never met the bloke, never seen him actually doing his job apart from press conferences. He presided over a whole state for 9 years and won 4 consecutive state elections, including bringing Labor back into power in 1998. You can't be a complete moron and also achieve that, you must have some kind of chops whether they be political only, business, strategy, popular vote etc.

I'm no Beattie enthusiast and I literally don't care if he is stepping down, but I also don't claim to have an informed opinion about his actual ability.

On the far end of the spectrum, Dave Smith was hounded for not being a "league man" and not "understanding" key facts or concepts of the game, yet by all reports was a very capable businessman and produced results - record TV deal etc.

It's all very "rugby league", this criticism; why can't people just say "thanks for your effort and all the best"?

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

It's far too easy to criticise people in positions of power just for how they appear in public. Beattie, Greenburg, John Grant, Pascoe, Barry O'Farrell, even Marina Go before she left, people just so fast to put the boot in without really having any idea exactly what the person has or has not achieved in their role, or even what their role is.

It's like a lazy cliche.

Is Beattie a boofhead? I really have no idea. Never met the bloke, never seen him actually doing his job apart from press conferences. He presided over a whole state for 9 years and won 4 consecutive state elections, including bringing Labor back into power in 1998. You can't be a complete moron and also achieve that, you must have some kind of chops whether they be political only, business, strategy, popular vote etc.

I'm no Beattie enthusiast and I literally don't care if he is stepping down, but I also don't claim to have an informed opinion about his actual ability.

On the far end of the spectrum, Dave Smith was hounded for not being a "league man" and not "understanding" key facts or concepts of the game, yet by all reports was a very capable businessman and produced results - record TV deal etc.

It's all very "rugby league", this criticism; why can't people just say "thanks for your effort and all the best"?

Reasoned points. I personally think he was out of his depth. Pretty sure Dave Smith could have named all 16 teams without issue.

 

[jirskyr]

Reasoned points. I personally think he was out of his depth. Pretty sure Dave Smith could have named all 16 teams without issue.

You have made my point exactly. Who cares if the chairperson knows the name of every team off the top of their head? That's not a pre-requisite of doing good business or setting strategy.

Dave Smith couldn't even point out Cameron Smith and instead made reference to Benji Barba. Didn't really stop him doing his job though.

 

[mike]

It's far too easy to criticise people in positions of power just for how they appear in public. Beattie, Greenburg, John Grant, Pascoe, Barry O'Farrell, even Marina Go before she left, people just so fast to put the boot in without really having any idea exactly what the person has or has not achieved in their role, or even what their role is.

It's like a lazy cliche.

Is Beattie a boofhead? I really have no idea. Never met the bloke, never seen him actually doing his job apart from press conferences. He presided over a whole state for 9 years and won 4 consecutive state elections, including bringing Labor back into power in 1998. You can't be a complete moron and also achieve that, you must have some kind of chops whether they be political only, business, strategy, popular vote etc.

I'm no Beattie enthusiast and I literally don't care if he is stepping down, but I also don't claim to have an informed opinion about his actual ability.

On the far end of the spectrum, Dave Smith was hounded for not being a "league man" and not "understanding" key facts or concepts of the game, yet by all reports was a very capable businessman and produced results - record TV deal etc.

It's all very "rugby league", this criticism; why can't people just say "thanks for your effort and all the best"?

Because what effort? Beattie is like a dear in headlights and has absolutely no clue. The worst appointment that could have been made. His only interest is looking good. He has made zero positive contribution to Rugby League making up changes on the fly without understanding any of the underlying issues. See ya and don’t come back.

 

[jirskyr]

Because what effort? Beattie is like a dear in headlights and has absolutely no clue. The worst appointment that could have been made. His only interest is looking good. He has made zero positive contribution to Rugby League making up changes on the fly without understanding any of the underlying issues. See ya and don’t come back.

I actually I assume you don't know any of that to be true and your opinion is based entirely on perception you take from the media. I am guessing you literally have no idea what he has or has not done in his tenure. Happy to be corrected if you know something concrete.

Anyone with any knowledge of the history of rugby league administration will know that it is, unfortunately, littered with mistakes, self-interest and grudges. Of all the people to be in charge of different facets of league over the past 110 years, Beattie does not stand out as particularly bad or particularly self-interested; I am not aware of any critical mistakes made?

If we are talking about gaffes - I don't care. Beattie is no more a bumbler or self-interested jibberer than Barry O'Farrell.

 

[mike]

Because what effort? Beattie is like a dear in headlights and has absolutely no clue. The worst appointment that could have been made. His only interest is looking good. He has made zero positive contribution to Rugby League making up changes on the fly without understanding any of the underlying issues. See ya and don’t come back.

I actually I assume you don't know any of that to be true and your opinion is based entirely on perception you take from the media. I am guessing you literally have no idea what he has or has not done in his tenure. Happy to be corrected if you know something concrete.

Anyone with any knowledge of the history of rugby league administration will know that it is, unfortunately, littered with mistakes, self-interest and grudges. Of all the people to be in charge of different facets of league over the past 110 years, Beattie does not stand out as particularly bad or particularly self-interested; I am not aware of any critical mistakes made?

If we are talking about gaffes - I don't care. Beattie is no more a bumbler or self-interested jibberer than Barry O'Farrell.

Tell me what Beattie has done. I’ve listened to him, not just what is interpreted reported by a third party but his actual words, speeches and interviews and he is absolutely clueless. He has plenty of opportunity to layout his plans and thoughts for the Rugby League but all you ever get is gibberish and cliches. The worst appointment by a long shot in a number of years. The guy is an idiot, and yes that is my opinion of him. Of course you are entitled to yours.