Craig Young and personal reference for Finch

[R&WTILLIDIE]

Funny enough, if I needed a character referee from Albert I’d be saying keep the Dragons letterhead out of it mate, it’ll only make it worse.

Probably add another 10 years to your sentence

 

[TruSaint]

Show some decency Young and step down today.

 

[st.phil]

Be less concerned at his stupidity

And more concerned he's giving a character reference to a pedophile

100% - and the fact that he has called him a decent person who has just made a mistake... his walk back was a double down. Something tells me Craig has never been wrong in his life.

 

[Dragon David]

Maybe Craig Young has done more harm than good for Finch and his parents with his letterhead fiasco. Getting no sympathies that's for sure and has embarrassed the club no end.

 

[Qdf]

I think Craig done it more out of respect for Robert than for Brett.

Who cares what the reason is
The question is did he have permission?

 

[OneEyedDragon]

Who cares what the reason is
The question is did he have permission?

No, no he didn't! Young made a mind numbingly dumb decision to do the deed all on his own!

 

[Gareth67]

This reminds me of the ex P.M. with the big bushy eyebrows who gave a Sydney cardinal a glowing reference a few years back .

As to Young , it is obvious that he did not think this through before he took pen to paper and our club letterhead only compounded the error .

 

[Qdf]

No, no he didn't! Young made a mind numbingly dumb decision to do the deed all on his own!

So what happens now?
Young say, oh! I'm sorry and that's it?
I hope there's a strong response from the club.
He should know better, after all he was a NSW police officer. (Detective)
I'm afraid sorry is not good enough. Young should step down, I'm sure our sponsors
would like to see some action forthcoming.

 

[Qdf]

Statement from St George Illawarra Dragons

The Dragons were not aware of a personal statement provided by Chairman Craig Young on club letterhead.

www.dragons.com.au

Apology not good enough.
Has tobe action taken over this act of trying to use our club letter head to add more legal weight to his personal
reference. You can't tell me an ex Detective did not know what he was doing. It was a
Blatant act of deception.

 

[Parko1310]

If he doesn't step down he should be sacked. Finch has pleaded guilty, it's a matter of his sentence. This is disgusting from Craig Young and just goes to show he needs to get out of our club. If this doesn't make him step down (which it won't) then nothing will. Just get him tf out of this club, it's appalling.

 

[Dragon David]

Apology not good enough.
Has tobe action taken over this act of trying to use our club letter head to add more legal weight to his personal
reference. You can't tell me an ex Detective did not know what he was doing. It was a
Blatant act of deception.

Yep. He probably thought that by using the letterhead for his character reference for Brett F it might have carried a bit more weight than on plain A4 paper. That weight is now on his shoulders and has backfired on him.

 

[YoHadrian]

The blokes spinning a silk purse from a pigs ear that he was trying to buys drugs makes this reference a million times worse. Embarassing doesn't even begin to describe this course of action.

 

[Illusion]

So what happens now?
Young say, oh! I'm sorry and that's it?
I hope there's a strong response from the club.
He should know better, after all he was a NSW police officer. (Detective)
I'm afraid sorry is not good enough. Young should step down, I'm sure our sponsors
would like to see some action forthcoming.

More than likely nothing will happen , and the life as a St George Illawarra board member goes on ......

 

[FlameThrower]

I wonder how the main club sponsors feel about this latest fiasco.
We seem to be tripping from one stuff up to another lately.
Truely unbelievable…

 

[Qdf]

The blokes spinning a silk purse from a pigs ear that he was trying to buys drugs makes this reference a million times worse. Embarassing doesn't even begin to describe this course of action.

Yes and this mob running our
Club are trying to distract us
again.
Introducing Ben Creigh to the
Board.
Funny thing that, just at the same time Craig Young is under pressure with his deceptive personal reference
for Brett Finch.
This Board of ours are real scumbags .

 

[Maddragon99]

Very disappointed to see Craig provided a personal reference on his employers letterhead.

Another muppet using the club as his personal fiefdom.

By all means provide a family friend with a reference if you wish.

Don’t embroil the club in your personal matters.

Obviously a favour for an old mate, but someone should remind Craig that unlike his farther Brett Finch never wore the Red V

 

[TruSaint]

Obviously a favour for an old mate, but someone should remind Craig that unlike his farther Brett Finch never wore the Red V

Whether or not he wore the Red V is irrelevant.

Subjecting the Club to scrutiny by using its letterhead, for anyone charged / convicted with such heinous acts is beyond belief. He should f**k off right now.

 

[Billeus]

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[RedVee_8]

Imagine what many in here would be saying if the Sharks Chairman did this and you would be 100% justified in such ch criticism and ridicule.

This is appalling really. The bloke is entitled to provide his personal reference but if you or I did it on our employers letterhead we would be shafted for it

Correct.

 

[Gareth67]

More than likely nothing will happen , and the life as a St George Illawarra board member goes on ......

Unfortunately just so , regardless of their incredible acts of stupidity our board are bulletproof .

And as to anyone of these characters falling upon their own sword , well that is a impossibility , as the sword of St.George rusted to it’s shield many a year ago .