Again you talk in absolutes which is just nonsense. I had hope in Smith, I never had much in Greenberg. I liked Greenbergs ability to increase our revenue and start to close the massive gap on our rivals but he didnt seem to have much strategic direction or vision. News wnated Smith gone, he was gone. Ch9 wanted greenberg gone, he was gone. Our game is controlled by Tv companies as much now as it was in 1997. Pss weak.
Unfortunate? lol. It was unnecessary, unprofessional and damaging. Take off the man love Vlad glasses and call it for what it was. f**k me your going back to 1995 to try and justify his lack of professionalism? That'll do me.
Why do I talk up the AFL? Because they are bloody good at their job in a lot of areas and are performing a lot better in many areas than us. Id swap our leadership of the last 20 years for theirs any day of the week.
Imagine if we had:
$300million a year more revenue
avg crowds over 30k
owned a major asset
Had 2 clubs in Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide
Owned the media rather being owned by the media
Had Govt falling over itself to help us
Right there is leadership we lack, but anyway we are off track as this thread is about Vlandys so I wont be responding to any more questions on AFL or my personal opinions on previous CEO's lol.
You can't handle facts.You continue to act like these armchair generals who have never tasted combat, and put pins on maps for their troops to go out and get zapped.The old WW2 saying about Patton."My guts ,his glory."
LOL Politicians come on board and give people hope, and 9 times out of 10 they fail to deliver.Smith delivered alright, a big fat lazy est.$500m to the AFL over 5 years.
You're amazing you gave Greenberg heaps ,and deservedly so at times, now because that evil Darth Vader Chairman gave him the big A, you cry that he's been hardly done by.
News wanted Smith gone. that's no scoop, so did quite a few clubs(after all clubs do make up the comp),he had little empathy for the people in the game.He had zero experience of the game.I don't care whether he couldn't remember players' names.SMH and 9 were not happy with Greenberg, well it appears judging by the amount of waste that is being cut by Abdo & co ,Greenberg spent on things that were either overdone, not necessary and jobs for the boys mentality.IOW no organisation can afford such waste, especially in times like COVID.You seem to be of the opinion that COVID is a passing faze and we should continue as per normal, judging by some of your past loony posts.
Damaging? You have the temerity to call it damaging(the spoken word) LOL.
I tell you what was damaging,a club that just joined the new competition ,and in its very first year defected to Super League.This SL war cost the code all its cash assets, many friendships, and in the end clubs themselves.And you compare that with V'landys saying AFL is a rusted on AFL state(which it is) and money is better spent in heartland states under pressure(which they are.
Yet with all that money the AFL had and crowds. and so called professionalism and all teh points you lovingly throw at us:-
1) they were left behind in getting their competition up and running by the NRL.,Two weeks additional revenue running into extra $40m plus.We led they followed.
2) They continue to pour huge sums into clubs in the North,that continue to bleed their shrinking coffers,and have made very little difference to Nth TV ratings.
3) They tried to get involved in NZ and we know how that ended up.
4) They tried a SOO it failed ,and even now some want to have it.
5)They have spent decent sums overseas for ages.They still have no semi pro or pro comps overseas despite all the money.
6) They gave a big wrap to their Chinese experiment, and got caught out with the crowd figures.They then claimed the crowd were in marquees.You couldn't script that stuff.
7) At no stage in their existence have they had any war ,that depleted their cash reserves, or had a brand new club jump into a rebel comp to help deplete those reserves.
8)The AFL have sycophantic media behind them and at times the police in their heartlands have been far too lenient with players 'incidents offield.
9)With all their assets that you lavishly swoon over ,the AFL found the need to seek a $600m Loan from ANZ and NAB and which they will be spending a decent part of it, as indicated by Melbourne media and the Australian/sports media. V'Landys has advised because they have the comp up and running when it did and continuing ,they will not need the line of credit.
The media earlier on made a big noise about the AFL with all their monetary power would be little affected by COVID.If BS were bees ,they'd have an apiary.
10) Prior to the SL War, rugby league was on a par with the AFL .In fact the RL had more in cash assets than the AFL.Your club (a brand new guest)sir and mine and others decided in 95 to join a rebel comp ,and all that money was gonski.
Yet you in your whining wisdom continue to sing the praises of the AFL.
You should be hiding in the shadows instead of cringingly boot licking an organisation, that seized the moment, when rugby league was down for the count.That was/is one of the underlying factors of why AFL is where it is today.If you disagree with that point ,might I humbly suggest you have NFI.
Let me also suggest ,if there had been no SL War, would we be where we are today,I'd venture to say you'd be watching a Red's team and there would also be a 2nd Brisbane team in place.And the AFL would not have had the leg up it got, and be struggling more in the North.
