There’s heaps of people within that junior district who are young enough to offer fresh new ideas , yet old enough to do it in a sensible and wise manner .
The hypocrisy of the Balmain board members , literally presiding over a pile of ashes , criticising the HBG for thier shady dealings is hilarious .
No one even knows anything about the Balmain board , how you get on it , how you affect change , how to even run an opposing ticket .
And then you have wests Cambo , who wash thier hands of the whole thing, because 20 odd years ago the club decided it wasn’t the right time to push into that area, ( I honestly think it was the right decision at that time).
Where the tigers messed up , badly IMO, is when the whole Camden valley way corridor and the farmland out there was rezoned for residential housing C and the selling off of Oran Park Racecourse , they didn’t recognise early the strategic advantage of getting hearts and minds early .
Now it all feels like the club is playing catchup , especially because Souths and the roosters have minor footprints out there .
It always seems that this club awaits for change to happen then make a decision , often real late to the party , rather than being forward thinking .
And I honestly think a big reason for that is the “back in my day” group think that happens at all 4 board levels.
Even that Hayward debenture guy , whilst he appeared a gentlemen , he didn’t strike me as being progressive at all , and that there was an undercurrent of resentment and almost begrudgingly he’d come to his more progressive ideas.
I think new blood is needed at all the board levels . And honestly a new generation should be brought through.
How many guys on these boards are under 55 ? Is there any ?
This whole thing is extremely ironic when you consider that 20 years ago , the wests tigers innovated and changed the way the game was played with smart , progressive colouring between the lines footy.
We just never could find a way to transition that ideology to the board rooms.
