OFFICIAL Terrell May #296

[mtd#2]

If that was the case than you would think the HBG board did what it did, when it did to kill the 2 deals or at least with knowledge that the deals would be killed. Does anyone know if any debenture holders have a nephew or grandson that is aspiring to be a 5/8 or fullback? that could explain it. Or perhaps they are so dumb that they saw the contracts and decided to punt the board so the HBG board could take all the credit. My tin foil hat is getting a workout.

I highly doubt that.

I assume they didn't know what was taking place - nor did they really need to know.

It does explain why the sudden rush to then sign benji long term, they probably realised the implications of what they had done. But that's just my speculation.

 

[liltiger]

Im just curious to know why no one has spoken to Terrell in private just to let him know he defi atly hasnt been forgotten, but negotiations will be put on hold for a little while just till we get the set up, up top sorted then he will be called in to resume negotiating. Just seems amaturish.

 

[king_sirro]

I would agree that it would be most likely.
Again, its not what we were talking about though

Oh dear

 

[gallagher]

Oh dear

Yes darling?

 

[Vicious]

That’s why you employ a GM of football. Thats why you employ a recruitment manager that isn’t the NRL Head Coach. Sorry but if Shaun is not involved in recruitment and retention, and Gallant has come up from only doing junior recruitment and Benji is still learning to be a head coach let alone doing recruitment - who here has experience balancing our salary cap? Who’s out scouting? How is Benji qualified to do both roles? Our football department is run on absolute crumbs, we refuse to employ anyone of note because we don’t have the funding to pay the wages their experience would demand. Richo could do all of this himself because he had the runs on the board and has built rosters from scratch.

I think you will find Benji wants it this way and it is all under control.
When players are requesting hefty pay rises, the process is not always straight forward.

 

[TigerNeddyK]

It feels like a few posters are waiting for someone to leave to get their 'told you so' moment.

So you decided to get ahead of it?

Shaun is wearing too many hats. The club has left him in a terrible position. He came over to support Richardson's vision in building the profile of the club not to carry the whole load, deal with a non existent board while contracts for our best players are left dangling.

How anyone still insists in giving this mob the benefit of the doubt is mind boggling - and must make other clubs sit back and laugh while they enquire about our players with their managers and compare their clubs records next to ours.

I am absolute filthy on them and what’s even worse is when you come to this forum for news and updates and you still see the troll supporters defending their rank incompetence …Richo was turning the place around and he was kneecapped… so futile and self destructive…

 

[hammertime]

Shaun Mielekamp himself has stated recruitment and retention sits with Benji and Shannon Gallant.
Obviously as CEO he can get involved if required and I would assume all recruitment and retention decisions are discussed with Shaun before being signed off, but it’s all up to Benji and Shannon at the moment.

I think that's a bad management structure from the board. This was our problem in the past, Pascoe was told he was supposed to be hands-off the football dept and not get involved. Most CEOs or other leaders in clubs would be involved in this stuff. People sign with the dogs because of Gus, with the roosters because of Nick, just as people would have signed with WT because of Richo.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not blaming Shaun here. He's had too much on his plate with the idiocy from HBG and trying to keep the club unified through their implosions. Poor bloke probably has no time to do his job.

 

[hammertime]

Shaun is wearing too many hats. The club has left him in a terrible position. He came over to support Richardson's vision in building the profile of the club not to carry the whole load, deal with a non existent board while contracts for our best players are left dangling.

How anyone still insists in giving this mob the benefit of the doubt is mind boggling - and must make other clubs sit back and laugh while they enquire about our players with their managers and compare their clubs records next to ours.

100%. Well said