Not sure if true but I was told at the time by someone that usually is correct that Madge sacked Mark Hughes.
After the 2014 season it was reported that Madge was handed control of all recruitment and retention and that John Lee was an acquaintence of James Packer who suggested that he be given the vacant CEO position.
100% correct madge then botched tbe job and discovered it was more than a full time job flying around watching many junior games etc he then appointed grant jones who completely screwed it and now richo a damn good administrator who can help with recruiting but is no way a recruiter has continued the decline.
A good recruiter spends minimal time in his office he is flying out watching games to identify juniors from the youngest age. He is phoneing potential recuits getting in their ear showing he cares about them garnering confidence etc etc etc and on it goes.
Mark hughs was top flight he signed bully for eg. The biggest mistake we made was tossing him, madge showed him the door and ordered him out, many here dont like the way madge was treated, i dont know why he was politly told confidentially ,unlike others that spread the news all over the media, given every cent he was owed and he was not ordered off the premisses. There is never a nice way of sacking but we showed him respect unlike what he did to hughs who had to sue us for payment.
So now we need a gun recruiter who can instill a sense of belonging in players.