The Borg mudslinging was obvious and Irvine put him in his place.
The fact that Irvine met with them, agreed that compromise (instead of in fighting) was the way ahead in unstable times for our club does not mean that he had agreed to sack board members or not have faith in board members. He merely made an undertaking to take their resume's to the board for discussion. Irvine has maintained consistently that he is all for having the best people available on the board, he has said that he will step aside himself if those people come forward. Those resumes were never forthcoming from the Tynan group though, so how can they move forward? Not by leaking the story too early to their journo mates, thats for sure.
As Irvine correctly pointed out, however, he was not at the Borg/Tynan meeting to speak on behalf of the board, he went there with the best interests of the Sharks in mind to forge a way ahead with what was building as a showdown between Tynan's group and the new board. That showdown may still happen, which would be ugly and costly and considering the membership voted overwhelmingly to endorse the new board last night, is unwarranted.
Irvine says he will step aside if the right people are available. Well he is the right person. He is passionate. As passionate as I have ever seen. He knows the ins and outs of being a sponsor and what they expect, from the big guys right down to the minor sponsors. He knows about us, the fans, too cause he's there with us every week in the concourse, he's been on these boards with us and he's still one of us. He's not accepting honorariums purely to save the club money, and he's convinced his fellow board members to do the same. He is transparent. He is honest.
Yes, I am a close friend of Irvine's, yes along with a few others, we started the CSSC together. Yes I have nothing but respect and admiration for a guy who is working ridiculous hours trying to get this club back on it's feet.
The membership has spoken, Let's get on with it!
