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PARRAMATTA coach Daniel Anderson has been given the full backing of the new board swept to power in the club's elections and there are no plans for a cleanout of players in the struggling Eels team.
Anderson and his players received the assurances yesterday as a new era began at Parramatta after the 3P group gained 77 per cent of votes in the leagues club elections held over the weekend. The result also gives the rebels control of the NRL club, with five directors on the seven-person board, and has cast doubts over the future of chief executive Denis Fitzgerald, who last night revealed his services could be terminated without a full pay-out on the remaining two years of his contract.
Cronulla chief executive Tony Zappia, who was recruited to the Sharks from Parramatta, expressed interest in the job if Fitzgerald was sacked but said he had not been approached about a return to the club.
But aside from a possible new chief executive, there are unlikely to be any other noticeable changes at the Eels.
"We're not going in to put a broom through the joint," said John Chidiak, the only new director who is also on the Parramatta District Football Club board. "Daniel Anderson in my opinion is doing a good job and I've worked with Daniel Anderson in the past when he was coaching under Brian Smith. I know he knows his business and at the end of the day there is no question about his ability to coach."
Chairman-elect Roy Spagnolo, who manages Eels players Eric Grothe jnr and Fuifui Moimoi, said: "Daniel Anderson is working hard to try and recapture the winning spirit. We've had a couple of bad weeks and I don't know if all of this off-field stuff affects them or not, but certainly now that will be over and once the newly elected board gets the opportunity to meet the players we will make sure they understand that we are behind them."
While Eels greats Ray Price, Eric Grothe snr and Brett Kenny were the public faces of the 3P campaign to unseat the incumbent board, the group is now reconsidering plans to install them to the NRL club board by transferring control from the leagues club to the district football club, of which they are directors.
To do so would involve calling a special general meeting of Parramatta Leagues Club's 22,000 members and obtaining 75 per cent of votes for a change to the club's constitution, which also requires three of the leagues club directors to be on the board of the football club.
As a result, Ron Hilditch and Geoff Gerard will remain on the leagues club board although they did not poll in the top seven.
"The legends that are currently on the board of the district football club have always been of the opinion that they don't want a common board between the football club, leagues club and the NRL club," Chidiak said. "We're doing what is best for the interests of the club and its members - no egos and no agendas."
However, the new board is likely to separate Fitzgerald's roles as chief executive of the leagues club and football club.
Fitzgerald told Channel Seven: "There is a clause in the contract to say the club can terminate my services any time on the payment of 12 months, not two years. So if they wanted to do that there is no argument."
http://www.smh.com.au/news/lhqnews/...ts-full-backing/2009/04/27/1240684400325.html
it's been nice knowing you DA :lol:
Anderson and his players received the assurances yesterday as a new era began at Parramatta after the 3P group gained 77 per cent of votes in the leagues club elections held over the weekend. The result also gives the rebels control of the NRL club, with five directors on the seven-person board, and has cast doubts over the future of chief executive Denis Fitzgerald, who last night revealed his services could be terminated without a full pay-out on the remaining two years of his contract.
Cronulla chief executive Tony Zappia, who was recruited to the Sharks from Parramatta, expressed interest in the job if Fitzgerald was sacked but said he had not been approached about a return to the club.
But aside from a possible new chief executive, there are unlikely to be any other noticeable changes at the Eels.
"We're not going in to put a broom through the joint," said John Chidiak, the only new director who is also on the Parramatta District Football Club board. "Daniel Anderson in my opinion is doing a good job and I've worked with Daniel Anderson in the past when he was coaching under Brian Smith. I know he knows his business and at the end of the day there is no question about his ability to coach."
Chairman-elect Roy Spagnolo, who manages Eels players Eric Grothe jnr and Fuifui Moimoi, said: "Daniel Anderson is working hard to try and recapture the winning spirit. We've had a couple of bad weeks and I don't know if all of this off-field stuff affects them or not, but certainly now that will be over and once the newly elected board gets the opportunity to meet the players we will make sure they understand that we are behind them."
While Eels greats Ray Price, Eric Grothe snr and Brett Kenny were the public faces of the 3P campaign to unseat the incumbent board, the group is now reconsidering plans to install them to the NRL club board by transferring control from the leagues club to the district football club, of which they are directors.
To do so would involve calling a special general meeting of Parramatta Leagues Club's 22,000 members and obtaining 75 per cent of votes for a change to the club's constitution, which also requires three of the leagues club directors to be on the board of the football club.
As a result, Ron Hilditch and Geoff Gerard will remain on the leagues club board although they did not poll in the top seven.
"The legends that are currently on the board of the district football club have always been of the opinion that they don't want a common board between the football club, leagues club and the NRL club," Chidiak said. "We're doing what is best for the interests of the club and its members - no egos and no agendas."
However, the new board is likely to separate Fitzgerald's roles as chief executive of the leagues club and football club.
Fitzgerald told Channel Seven: "There is a clause in the contract to say the club can terminate my services any time on the payment of 12 months, not two years. So if they wanted to do that there is no argument."
http://www.smh.com.au/news/lhqnews/...ts-full-backing/2009/04/27/1240684400325.html
it's been nice knowing you DA :lol:
