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[Morpheus]

The board.

The happy little bunch of nepotists and grovel warts who have had command of our club over recent times.

You are next gents.

Those fans of our club who felt it was a board OR Anderson to go choice are mistaken.

The has sat over some of the most embarassing and potentially devastingly bad decisions in our clubs history, and then managed those bad calls with little nouse or business savvy.

The board signed Chris Anderson, allowed his reign to disolve into a farce until the only option was todays sacking, and now may potentially preside over a litigation case from the same coach.

At the same time our marketting and fan base has been neglected, and our finances bogged down. Just when litigation caused by a similarly stupid and un-just move by the same shady characters on our board has been completed ( in which they were painted as people of low credibility and people who would lie to in court to save their own cushy board jobs), they have led us into another bad area.

They must go, we have a new coach for next year, a new board is essential for the new era to begin.

They will say that at this time, some level of consistency be mantained at the club and management areas, that is rubbish, the only thing that will remain consistent should the current president remain controlling his ticket, will be consistently bad, ill-fated, self serving, negligent decisions.

 

[King of the Hill]

i concur!

 

[cheese]

As much as i hate that bunch of piss swigging dropkicks. I cant see them going anywhere.

The majority of the "average joe" voting members will be so stoked to see Anderson dismissed, that they wont even flinch when re-election time comes along.

 

[Marty Moose]

as do I

 

[Shark]

Nepotists and Grovel Warts? You don't like them much, do you dude?

Still, I agree. The future will be smoother if we are not sailing with an anchor dragging the murky depths of skullduggery.

 

[Bastard Squad]

So do people think the CEO should also go ?

People don't like to knock Sludge because of his legend status, but he has to accept as much, if not more, of the resonsibility as well.

 

[Frenzy]

Dare I say - DITTO!

 

[Sheros los Deros]

I think the board must take some of the blame for the mismanagement of the last two years.

 

[Morpheus]

A fair point indeed.

However the impression I have is that Steve Rogers was nothing but a passenger during Andersons reign and that Rogers had no say in things. It was hard for him to have the coach wave a contract in his face basically telling him to get stuffed, the board said I can do as I please.....very hard for the CEO to be judged when dealing with such a silly situation, as prepared by the board.

 

[Punk]

So do people think the CEO should also go ?

People don't like to knock Sludge because of his legend status, but he has to accept as much, if not more, of the resonsibility as well.

Wasn't he the one who installed Anderson as coach and also gave him free reign?

 

[King of the Hill]

sludge was the link man between anderson and the board
the mediator
he tried to keep the peace for so long and facilitate conversation between the two immature sides
he was as responsible as anyone for signing vagana
he made the hard decision to turn down jarrad anderson's demands even though he would have known the trouble it would case
and for all this, anderson that petulant child called him a 'low merkin'

the board didnt even tell sludge when the meetings were planned between them and anderson! he was knocking his head up against two brick walls!


this wasnt his fault
he's one of our most precious commodities, and yes, a legend
he'll serve the club, not himself...he'd fight relocation too if it was ever on the cards i'm sure

keep him forever

 

[Bastard Squad]

It was hard for him to have the coach wave a contract in his face basically telling him to get stuffed, the board said I can do as I please.....very hard for the CEO to be judged when dealing with such a silly situation, as prepared by the board.

Was it only prepared by the Board ? From my experience the CEO has the major say in contract negotiations for senior staff. Sludge would have had quite a bit to do with that contract waved in his face.

 

[cheese]

Sure Steve has played a part in this

But through several email exchanges, i have no doubt that his heart is in the right place, and i get the impression that he would give his left nad for cronulla. He bleeds black, white, and blue.

However, those cecil's on the board seem to only be there for the glory that they perceive is attatched to their title's. This was evident in the court transcripts from the gow case that PJ posted a couple of months back.

 

[Shark]

I agree Cheese, I sent Sludge a few emails this year, and not only did he ALWAYS reply, he put a fair amount of effort into each email. I asked some pretty specific questions of him when I emailed, and he explained and responded to each question quite specifically. So, it wasn't like he was 'cutting and pasting' with his replies, and the way the stuff was written, I am sure it was him and not some staffer writing the replies.

He didn't pass the buck, but you could tell that he was basically working with a gun at his head.

I was particularly concerned about some issues surrounding Dean's release, and I also asked some questions about Paul Mellor's departure.

I reckon releasing Dean was the hardest thing Sludge had ever had to do in his career as a football administrator, since he has known Deano since Dean was a kid kicking a footy around the shire with one M. Rogers by his side.

Put it this way - If Sludge negotiates a way to get Dean on the park at Cronulla for 2004, would you understand how bad 2003 really was for our number 1 club legend?

 

[chileman]

Financial suicide :shock: I know I've got nothing when I say that with a coach like Peter Sharp given the boot this year :roll: and Hasler who was a legend for us but can he coach...but surely the Sharks should have seen out Andos term for the good of the club in the near future!

 

[PJ]

Yes Chile, but he did sack a Pierce!

 

[sharknows]

Another year of turmoil awaits us - when there are administrative problems the results on the paddock are always affected.

 

[chileman]

:lol: PJ amigo...I'm no expert on your club or whats going on there or though I do see Fizmans hair going grey in the office.....such a high profile coach and plenty of $$$ going his way....guess I thought it would be better to see his term seen out for your club!

 

[ali]

This was evident in the court transcripts from the gow case that PJ posted a couple of months back.

I never saw these. What thread was it in? I wouldn't mind having a look.

 

[Morpheus]

I believe it was titled " the board" from memory and was a topic I began, so maybe look back for someting like that. Very interesting reading though.

Chileman, are you really posting from Chile ? great to see league fans around the globe! welcome !