EELS TEAM SIDESTEPS HEARTLAND
Parramatta Eels could be accused of losing touch with their heartland.
Of all the places to book a room for a daylong strategy meeting on Friday, the Eels chose a conference room at the plush Intercontinental Hotel in Sydney’s CBD – a million miles away from their fan base.
As if there wasn’t a suitable facility in western Sydney for the occasion.
What’s wrong with the local Park Royal or Novotel in Parramatta, just a drop kick from CommBank Stadium?
Parramatta use plush Intercontinental Hotel for strategy meeting
This is so typical of Parramatta, a club with lots of top-end-of-town corporate experience but not a heap of footy nous.
Not that chief executive Jim Sarantinos agrees.
“Every internal and external event we host is in western Sydney,” he said. “This is a once-a-year occasion, and an opportunity to take our leadership team to another location – pretty common for any organisation.”