Taking a wrecking ball to the club! (Recent Media Reports)

[Pascoes_barber]

If HBG keep putting their hand in their pocket and WT get an independent board (filled with capable adults) the club will be ready for success, hallelujah.

Most pressingly, have they appointed a new gear steward yet?

I think the petition needs a broader focus if not.

 

[jirskyr]

"Pushing their own barrows for their own interests"

He could not have been clearer in his condemnation of Cochise, and the counsellor.

He gave them a fatherly pasting.

What nonsense, he's talking about the media coverage and the outspoken directors. Richo might not even know who the different podcasters are.

Gee you write some rubbish.

 

[jirskyr]

On the petition topic.

My mistake. I should be more concise in future.

Precise

 

[GNR4LIFE]

So we’re back, Where were we 🤔

 

[hammertime]

So now Richo's a liar and a conspirator as well.

He could not have been clearer that all board members have been unanimous in their support.

No reading between the lines for 'ol Ron. Richo didn't lie, just framed things in a clever way to ensure it completed as expected.

 

[innsaneink]

So we’re back, Where were we 🤔

1999 apparently

 

[gallagher]

Richo

"for people to suggest there's is any any sort of challenges to the governance at Wests Tigers is just sheer and utter pettiness and ridiculousness"

it's pretty clear to me he's referring to mainstream and social media.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

1999 apparently

Ahh Y2K and Tamagotchi’s. What a time to be alive.

 

[BZN]

What did I do?

My apologies Gnr, I don't remember what you did or didn't do, all good my end 👍🙂.

 

[BZN]

It's interesting, they put on a united face.

I don't really believe that the outgoing directors are completely lying or fabricating, and like cochise has maintained I am unclear why it's taken over 12 months to implement the main recommendations of the external review, particularly the changes to Board structure. So for example silly stuff like forcing BOF to reapply for his role, or insisting on a second bid for the director recruitment consultation only to decide on the same company that was already selected.

But given that Julie Romero has finally put her face forward and both Barry and Richo appear adamant we will be seeing the recommended Board changes implemented within 1 month (says Barry), it would appear either:

(a) the "Rebel" directors (Rick, Tony, Dave) read the room incorrectly and were spooked and/or concerned with the lack of speed towards the agreed overhaul; or

(b) the "Dinosaur" directors really did have designs on scrapping parts of the review but have been cowed by a rapid increase in public fan and media pressure (and potentially also internal threats from neutrals like Richo and O'Farrell).

Probably a bit of a mixture of (a) and (b).

It's interesting that a wide range of Tigers fans, particularly those with a media platform, have generally agreed and shared concerns about the change of HBG stewardship and implications for the restructuring. I can't believe they were all just making it up or all just listening to the same "misinformed miscreants".

I was also concerned how the fairly fanciful/tame charges and draconian bans were levelled against Rebel directors during this same period of upheaval, because if Julie and others were indeed steering us strongly towards agreed positive changes, I don't see why they would simultaneously have to organise a Boardroom coup and guillotine their rivals. And why Rick or Tony would bother making public comments, same as some Balmain folks last year, if there was never any doubt that the Board restructure would occur and HBG would relinquish majority control of Wests Tigers.

Do people not find it coincidental that at the same time some fans have united to put external pressure on HBG to follow through with the restructure, HBG have come out and said it will be resolved possibly within January? Much ado about nothing if there was never any doubt we would have the external review realised in the first month of 2025.

I hope we've seen the last of Rick, Tony and Dave.

 

[Magpie_Magic]

Ahh Y2K and Tamagotchi’s. What a time to be alive.

Was an act of God.

But which one?

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Was an act of God.

But which one?

Well my God in 1999 was Kevin McGuinness. What a player. The things he couldn’t have done in a good team.

 

[BZN]

BZN gives as good as he gets.
He replies to peoples posts who don't want to engage with him.
Throwing the bullying term in relation to someone who instigates engagement is way off.
.

Rats and fiddlesticks Tt.
I get about a dozen people jumping on me for most of my posts, and that's ok.
I answer each one without abuse or at least not as much as I cop and I try to avoid answering any that may turn into an arguement.

My final comment.

I've seen a group on here relentlessly attempt to bully BZN.

It turns out that Richo verified a whole lot of BZN's narrative.

It was a puerile, juvenile display of social media bullying at it's worst.

Thank you, RBS. I appreciate your kind words Very Much👍🙂.
It's great that there are a few on here able to stick together to present Our side of the story in the JV, against about ten X more expressing the opposing view.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Rats and fiddlesticks Tt.
I get about a dozen people jumping on me for most of my posts, and that's ok.
I answer each one without abuse or at least not as much as I cop and I try to avoid answering any that may turn into an arguement.

Some people take differing opinions as an affront. I’m not sure why. You can give an honest opinion on something, all the while being fully respectful to other users, yet some will still want to string you up. Disagreements can be frustrating, I get that, but unless someone makes it personal, it’s nothing to get upset over.

 

[innsaneink]

Sincere?
Bahahahaha

 

[Magpie_Magic]

Oh wow.

Richo just squashed the podcasters.

Who saw that coming?

They're paying themselves out early anyway?

 

[Magpie_Magic]

I would say it wasn’t happening by end January and the grubs were still working out how they could get more on the board of Wests Tigers , Richo I feel scuttled this today

What BS.

 

[Magpie_Magic]

It's interesting, they put on a united face.

I don't really believe that the outgoing directors are completely lying or fabricating, and like cochise has maintained I am unclear why it's taken over 12 months to implement the main recommendations of the external review, particularly the changes to Board structure. So for example silly stuff like forcing BOF to reapply for his role, or insisting on a second bid for the director recruitment consultation only to decide on the same company that was already selected.

But given that Julie Romero has finally put her face forward and both Barry and Richo appear adamant we will be seeing the recommended Board changes implemented within 1 month (says Barry), it would appear either:

(a) the "Rebel" directors (Rick, Tony, Dave) read the room incorrectly and were spooked and/or concerned with the lack of speed towards the agreed overhaul; or

(b) the "Dinosaur" directors really did have designs on scrapping parts of the review but have been cowed by a rapid increase in public fan and media pressure (and potentially also internal threats from neutrals like Richo and O'Farrell).

Probably a bit of a mixture of (a) and (b).

It's interesting that a wide range of Tigers fans, particularly those with a media platform, have generally agreed and shared concerns about the change of HBG stewardship and implications for the restructuring. I can't believe they were all just making it up or all just listening to the same "misinformed miscreants".

I was also concerned how the fairly fanciful/tame charges and draconian bans were levelled against Rebel directors during this same period of upheaval, because if Julie and others were indeed steering us strongly towards agreed positive changes, I don't see why they would simultaneously have to organise a Boardroom coup and guillotine their rivals. And why Rick or Tony would bother making public comments, same as some Balmain folks last year,

What's this got to do with Balmain?

if there was never any doubt that the Board restructure would occur and HBG would relinquish majority control of Wests Tigers.

Do people not find it coincidental that at the same time some fans have united to put external pressure on HBG to follow through with the restructure, HBG have come out and said it will be resolved possibly within January? Much ado about nothing if there was never any doubt we would have the external review realised in the first month of 2025.

Post in thread 'Wests Tigers Unite: Call to Arms' https://weststigersforum.com/threads/wests-tigers-unite-call-to-arms.36189/post-2046444

 

[Magpie_Magic]

Actually there's another thing, nobody really liked the Magpies that much prior to the merger did they?

At least you like Wests since 2000 right. 😃

 

[Iron Fist]

obviously the WT Unite petition is about ensuring that the HBG Directors and Chair are democratically elected, which is entirely fair and reasonable. Liquor and Gaming can and should ensure that the debenture system is thrown out and I hope that it succeeds.

for now though, as others have stated, there is no reason to be concerned with the implementation of the independent directors for the Wests Tigers board. it has taken longer than it should have, but at present, it seems to me as if HBG and Simon Cook are intent on ensuring they are simply financiers and shareholders. holding just a single seat on the future WT board also indicates as such.

I know there's a lot of feeling and mistrust out there, and it is understandable given the past few years, but we can now wait and see what happens with the implementation of the new board, which we have been told will be put in place late this month.

In reality, it will be two seats, as HBG will elect aHBG appointed member to be the Magpies rep on the WT board.