I think he is having a fair crack at polishing the turd that is the Knights admin. I admire his passion and dedication. Or maybe he is slightly mad, taking a pay cut to take one of the most thankless jobs in history.
Doesn't mean I can't cop criticism of the bloke, but I think you (and many others, it seems) are OTT - no matter what he does, it is "arrogance" and "taking people for granted".
example - he keeps prices up, it is arrogance to expect people to pay so much. he puts them down, he is taking the season ticket holders for granted.
No matter what he does, you will criticise it. Maybe instead of bagging him, you could let us know what you would do, other than "sell the club" - because for all we know talks may well be happening, and it is hardly an overnight process, or one played out in the media.
I think roops has this one 100% correct. He is a duck at the wheel of the titanic. or something.
Hard on? Dude, he looks like fat elton john. That is more your thing, innit?
Hard on not in the literal sense :lol:
Look I really do know what you're saying.
The first thing I would do is not have put up the prices as drastically as the Knights have done to start with!
Especially the massive price rises that the premium seating for the core season ticket holders experienced in recent years.
Those large price rises in the premium areas in the last few years, are finally culminating with a significant portion of season ticket holders letting their seating go - and I'm not just talking those who are relocated. I know of people first hand who simply felt that the value for money simply wasn't there.
The price increases were drastic a couple years ago, and have continued an upward spiral which, like I mentioned earlier, sees the Knights tickets in the top 4 most expensive in the entire NRL. We both know the average Newcastle resident is not earning as much $$ as our Sydney counterparts, so the price is one huge thing that would be the first thing I'd change as CEO.
I'd introduce some novel ideas based on American promotions - such as a dedicated bay where you buy tickets that include all you can eat hot dogs and chips in the ticket price for that particular bay! Things like that. In america its called ALL YOU CAN EAT BAY. The food is prepared nearby and is easy enough to keep your eye on cheats who want to feed their mates in another bay. Ways to ensure its fairness. That would be one way to fill out an end bay each week. That is just but one example of an idea off the top of my head.
There's a number of different ticket promotions and theme nights the Knights could undertake to improve attendance without it being too difficult.
I've proposed the idea before of blind auctions where fans can bid to spend matchday with the team, in the week leading up to the game, at training, and after the game.
As CEO, there would be many different ideas I would put forward.
But I'm not CEO Macca, and to be frank, putting forward any ideas is simply a waste of time anyway, because who is going to listen? Certainly not our current admin and CEO. That's been made clear.
