Member Information Evening - May 16

[RedVDave]

Lots of answers but no real answers.

Fits our patten.

 

[saintmar]

Hook is cooked... but it'll mean nothing unless the Dragons change everything

St George Illawarra now have a clean slate to map out long-term success after the overdue end of Anthony Griffin's time as coach.

www.theroar.com.au

Great read and very accurate

 

[possm]

Great read and very accurate

Nothing has changed. The BOD continues to go down the path of making decisions based on political agreement rather than those found in the Club's best interest.

Hasler rather than Ryles. Let Hasler choose his staff and the BOD choose the new Head of Football.
Complete re-fresh of BOD
New CEO
Brown as Recruitment/Retention/Pathways

 

[jeffdragon]

Blah Blah Blah.
It only takes them 12 years and not sure if they are even on the tight track

 

[Draginzaaar]

I was on Zoom-i dont think any questions from Zoom were answered. If they were, who read them out, because we couldn't see who asked questions. There was certainly some anger in the crowd, and a few guys were very passionate. The board looked very uncomfortable with quite a few of the speakers and Matt Elliot tried to calm a few down a bit, and limit what they had to say. They talked a lot about how things were going blah blah blah, but everyone knew what we were there for and what answers we wanted. As far as accountability for selecting 3 dud coaches in a row, there was none. They just sat there and pretended it wasnt them. One guy even made it a direct question, and still it wasnt answered. I was cranky no Zoom questions were answered but i dont think the crew there knew how to make it happen. When they were asked why our website was so out of date as regards to NRLW, they couldnt answer, or worse werent even aware of it and just blamed an overworked IT dept. The guy who asked that question then pointed out that it was small things like that , that make all the difference and we really have to try harder.However i came away with a renewed hope for the future, and think things will hopefully improve from now on with correct team selection maybe happening. The comp is compressed enough that we can still dream of finals football if our team decides to try and do it. I guess we'll find out friday night. Please,please ,please get some revenge on the cheating chooks after Anzac Day

I for one don't care about NRLW. Put it on a separate site. It's just in the way of what I want to look at.

 

[Dragonssupporter]

I for one don't care about NRLW. Put it on a separate site. It's just in the way of what I want to look at.

I agree with you fully. I only mentioned it because it highlighted everything thats wrong at the Dragons. They cant even keep the website up to date. However i dont want to watch NRLW or read about it either

 

[RedVee_8]

However, it may be telling that we lost so many players from our NRLW team. Including a Dally M winner, and our Captain.

 

[RedVee_8]

Blah Blah Blah.
It only takes them 12 years and not sure if they are even on the tight track

I think at one point they indicated a learning was to have adequate staffing.

Things get missed by good people when they try to cover two or three roles.

 

[RedVee_8]

Also they denied there is any divide in the boardroom.

I was interested that there were a couple of sponsors there, and asking questions

 

[dannyt]

However, it may be telling that we lost so many players from our NRLW team. Including a Dally M winner, and our Captain.

My understanding there was the increase in new teams was before the increased salary cap, which meant the new teams pretty much had a free reign to lure players away.

 

[RedVee_8]

My understanding there was the increase in new teams was before the increased salary cap, which meant the new teams pretty much had a free rein to lure players away.

Yes, correct a few more teams came in. As an original team that has happened to us every time a new team has come in. This time was remarkable though. Just to skim the top - Aust reps: Kezie Apps to WTigers, Emma Tonegato to <Cough> Sharks and Shaylee Bent to Titans.

We did pick up the current Dally M though from Chooks (I think).

The KPI to win NRL and NRLW Premierships was in Red, seems like it may be for some time to come.

 

[RedVee_8]

One mistake they admitted to was interfering when Mary was Coach by putting in a selection committee over him.
They won’t do that again, the lesson being let the coach coach.

 

[RedV Resurgence]

One mistake they admitted to was interfering when Mary was Coach by putting in a selection committee over him.
They won’t do that again, the lesson being let the coach coach.

Thanks RedVee

I'm not fan of the Board, but I will give them some credit here for calling that out and acknowledging their interference. The first step in the right direction.

The Board needs to focus on building the Dragons brand, re-engage with its supports, work out how to maximise the value of its assets (eg Dragons Leagues club at Kogarah) and build stronger ties with Corporate Australia.

 

[RedVee_8]

Thanks RedVee

I'm not fan of the Board, but I will give them some credit here for calling that out and acknowledging their interference. The first step in the right direction.

The Board needs to focus on building the Dragons brand, re-engage with its supports, work out how to maximise the value of its assets (eg Dragons Leagues club at Kogarah) and build stronger ties with Corporate Australia.

This board doesn’t have St George Leagues Club as its asset. That belongs to one of the shareholders.

 

[R&WTILLIDIE]

Is it true that their dial up modem dropped out because someone picked up the phone on their end?

 

[dannyt]

Is it true that their dial up modem dropped out because someone picked up the phone on their end?

Yes

 

[R&WTILLIDIE]

One mistake they admitted to was interfering when Mary was Coach by putting in a selection committee over him.
They won’t do that again, the lesson being let the coach coach.

That wasn’t a mistake. Mary’s team selections and general coaching were terrible. By putting a selection committee over him forced McFlop to f**k off. Giving the keys to Mary was like giving the keys to your lambo to a toddler

 

[dannyt]

That wasn’t a mistake. Mary’s team selections were terrible. By putting a selection committee over him forced McFlop to f**k off. Giving the keys to Mary was like giving the keys to your lambo to a toddler

I agree that it wasn't a mistake to take away team selections from him-your Lambourgini and toddler analogy is fantastic.

The mistake was admitting they took team selections from him.

 

[ralph18]

However, it may be telling that we lost so many players from our NRLW team. Including a Dally M winner, and our Captain.

Wrong thread for this of course, but for me, the biggest loss is Taliah Fuimaono.

 

[RedVee_8]

Wrong thread for this of course, but for me, the biggest loss is Taliah Fuimaono.

Yes another loss. Plus Elsie Albert - on her form of 2 years ago a big loss, on last season not so much.