Denis Fitzgerald's reign comes to end

[eel4life]

I still argue 3P got rid of quite a few members who "got in their way." There was the mysterious Dr from one of the first newspaper reports among others. 40 people at the initial meeting, now down to around 17, does that mean 23 people were all wrong, or did they also have questions that 3P couldn't answer?

Are you serious?

so if the 23 people had issues with them why did they not make a rival ticket ...

answer me this question, ceo says the future cant be assured past 5 years ... thats why he is under the pressure he is now, and rightly so, no other ceo would survive if he / she came out and said something like this ...

do you think he was not going to be put under pressure?

 

[El Diablo]

answer me this question, ceo says the future cant be assured past 5 years ... thats why he is under the pressure he is now, and rightly so, no other ceo would survive if he / she came out and said something like this ...

don't recall hearing Zappia was sacked. have read he's coming back to Parra

 

[eel4life]

don't recall hearing Zappia was sacked. have read he's coming back to Parra

i never said he was, but zappia put a plan to the NRL to help ease their cash flow problem. the sharks are a potentially asset rich club

"

Plan B for the Sharks is to seek financial backers prepared to buy a stake in the club, which is potentially asset rich - with undeveloped land beside the leagues club - but cash poor.

Last year, the Sharks lost $1.4 million, turned $6 million in the bank into a $2 million overdraft and have more than $12 million of short-term debt that has still to be refinanced.

"

http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,25446911-5018866,00.html

diff from we are in trouble, yet when the ceo see's he is in trouble then saying we are 60 million better off because we are asset rich ...

Zappia is trying to do the best he can in an area where if the team is not winning then the fans do not go, just like all other sydney based teams.

 

[bartman]

don't recall hearing Zappia was sacked. have read he's coming back to Parra

Given the current state of the Sharks, then it doesn't really reflect well on his performance there imo.

He might have been/be a good FC CEO... not sold on the LC CEO credentials given the Sharks apparent slide on his watch?

 

[El Diablo]

i never said he was, but zappia put a plan to the NRL to help ease their cash flow problem. the sharks are a potentially asset rich club

"

Plan B for the Sharks is to seek financial backers prepared to buy a stake in the club, which is potentially asset rich - with undeveloped land beside the leagues club - but cash poor.

Last year, the Sharks lost $1.4 million, turned $6 million in the bank into a $2 million overdraft and have more than $12 million of short-term debt that has still to be refinanced.

"

http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,25446911-5018866,00.html

diff from we are in trouble, yet when the ceo see's he is in trouble then saying we are 60 million better off because we are asset rich ...

Zappia is trying to do the best he can in an area where if the team is not winning then the fans do not go, just like all other sydney based teams.

should i quote what you said again?

 

[Parra]

don't recall hearing Zappia was sacked. have read he's coming back to Parra

That would be stupid. Why get rid of Fitzgerald only to hire Fitzgerald MkII?

If change is required - and enough people are saying that it is - then you don't choose someone with the same style, from the same management school.

 

[TheRam]

Thanks Col for taking the time to respond with such a lengthy and detailed post. I do appreciate it immensely and found it particularly helpful in regards to your assessment of the three new board members to the LC and the former players involved in 3P. But as you probably already guessed, you have now cast a huge question mark and doubt on the remaining two new directors that you have omitted to talk about, creating speculation that they may have a different agenda other then purely to help the LC and ultimately the football team in its endeavors to become more successful on and off the field. Now we are left to ponder what's behind their motives in getting involved in the first place?

I understand that this is a public forum and you can not go into great detail about certain things and I do not expect you to. So I may take you up on your generous offer and call you privately to clear the air on this matter since you offered. Unfortunately though this will be of little comfort to the majority of people that come here and read these posts who may also now be worried.

Once again I wish to thank you for your time in responding to my post and I am glad that you were not offended by what I said and can see how it must look from a general fans point of view. However I must admit that I now feel a little uneasy about our future if my vivid imagination is the reality of what is going on behind the scene.

Cheers
TheRam

 

[eel4life]

should i quote what you said again?

where was i talking about zappia please explain .... and while your at it please explain to me the similarities between cronulla and parramatta .. i would love it for you to educate me on this ...

 

[El Diablo]

you were talking about CEO's

Zappia has said more dir things about Cronulla than Fitzy has about Parra yet still has a job

you said that kind of thing has not happened and if it had the CEO would be gone

 

[eel4life]

you were talking about CEO's

Zappia has said more dir things about Cronulla than Fitzy has about Parra yet still has a job

you said that kind of thing has not happened and if it had the CEO would be gone

Zappia went to the NRL with a plan to increase the clubs revenue cash flow for the extra 800K that they need to keep them viable and it was refused, he is now lookint at pivatisation for the club, doing something ...

Denis CEO came out and said parra in 5 years will not be viable and since then has not made a plan other than what making people redundant.

we have signed no-one significant into the club, and a sleeve sponsor on the eve of an election to appease who?

massive dif between the clubs as everyone knows about the losses that the sharkies have been suffering, eels 60 million rich asset club and he cant say we will be around in the future ... there is a difference between the 2.

CEO of cronulla is ceo of the football team, fitzgerald is CEO of leagues and football ... there is a diff between the 2 ...

i hope parra get a person who has vision in the ceo department and someone who wants the club to be around for more than 5 years ...

 

[mickdo]

you were talking about CEO's

Zappia has said more dir things about Cronulla than Fitzy has about Parra yet still has a job

you said that kind of thing has not happened and if it had the CEO would be gone

Given the Sharks financial situation, Zappia's comments appear to be accurate. Fitzgerald's did not.

 

[Gronk]

Given the Sharks financial situation, Zappia's comments appear to be accurate. Fitzgerald's did not.

You guys are hypocrites. Blinded by personal agendas.

How are the Sharks and the Eels different ? We have equivalent asset holdings and LCs that no longer can afford to support the football team. Both CEO's have painted a picture of gloom for the immediate future.

Our CEO can't guarantee survival inside 5 years (which given the recent losses seems to be true without a massive turnaround in FC & LC revenues) and he's slammed as being negative and jeopardizing existing and potential sponsors.

Zappia says the same and he's being defended ? Indeed he's proposing to play a dozen home games far away from their Shire base. FMD there would be a 500 page thread about that if Fitzy proposed to take 5 of our home games to Gosford.

 

[KMP08]

Denis CEO came out and said parra in 5 years will not be viable...

I thought the quote was that he "couldn't guarantee" it would be viable, not that it was a certainty. This quote was probably in the telecrap as well so we dont know what the context was.

 

[El Diablo]

Denis CEO came out and said parra in 5 years will not be viable and since then has not made a plan other than what making people redundant.

you nutters just make it up as you go along

he has said no such thing

 

[badav]

Given the current state of the Sharks, then it doesn't really reflect well on his performance there imo.

He might have been/be a good FC CEO... not sold on the LC CEO credentials given the Sharks apparent slide on his watch?

The sharks have been sliding for a hell of a lot longer than Zappia has been in charge. Its just all coming to a head now. The situation they find themselves in would have been building for several years

 

[cv8z]

The sharks have been sliding for a hell of a lot longer than Zappia has been in charge. Its just all coming to a head now. The situation they find themselves in would have been building for several years

The sharks do not have the same resources as parra, so its not apples with apples, sharks have never been strong financially and never will. i still think grant mayer is the man

 

[El Diablo]

I thought the quote was that he "couldn't guarantee" it would be viable, not that it was a certainty. This quote was probably in the telecrap as well so we dont know what the context was.

this is what he said http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/sport/nrl/story/0,26746,23890527-5003409,00.html

Q: Will the Sydney clubs survive the poker machine tax?

A: They will not all survive unless there are concessions from the NSW Government. The licensed club might but they won't be able to afford an NRL team. We are really hurting.

Q: Are the Eels safe?

A: I can't guarantee they will be in existence in five years time.

 

[cv8z]

this is what he said http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/sport/nrl/story/0,26746,23890527-5003409,00.html

THAT he believes rugby league should merge with rugby union to fight off the threat of rivals codes;

THATS A CLASSIC LINE

 

[Stagger eel]

Zap is definitely not to blame for the situation Cronulla are in, he inherited a basket case which has been allowed to get to the stage it's currently in due to an imcompetant board that has been there for 10 years.

it's essential that we get him back at the club where he's spent 15 years at, he should be hired to look after our NRL and the PDRLC whils Fitzy or someone else can oversee the LC operations.

Zap is well respected by the media, players, fans and players managers which in itself is far more than what we can say about current CEO.

 

[cv8z]

Zap is definitely not to blame for the situation Cronulla are in, he inherited a basket case which has been allowed to get to the stage it's currently in due to an imcompetant board that has been there for 10 years.

it's essential that we get him back at the club where he's spent 15 years at, he should be hired to look after our NRL and the PDRLC whils Fitzy or someone else can oversee the LC operations.

Zap is well respected by the media, players, fans and players managers which in itself is far more than what we can say about current CEO.

I reckon he's a certainty