Sack Adam O'Brien

[Yosh]

the Brennan thing frustrates me. I have my own business, started 11 years ago with three employees and now have 77. Will turn over a fair bit more than the Knights this year.

I got there by employing good people and empowering them to do the job they were hired to do. Why can’t they do that?

Any chance you want to buy out the Knights?

 

[macavity]

Any chance you want to buy out the Knights?

yeah haven’t got pokie money

hope to sponsor one day. If they deserve it

 

[Loose Cannon]

yeah haven’t got pokie money

hope to sponsor one day. If they deserve it

Is this what you have in mind?

 

[aqua_duck]

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Is this what you have in mind?

looks less hideous than the NIB monstrosity

 

[Frederick]

It's telling that he says there's only one person at fault

 

[Jono078]

It's telling that he says there's only one person at fault

Knew it. Bloody Willie Peters. Thankfully he'll be gone next year and will finally allow AOB to implement his gameplan and take us to the 2023 GF.

 

[Frederick]

Knew it. Bloody Willie Peters. Thankfully he'll be gone next year and will finally allow AOB to implement his gameplan and take us to the 2023 GF.

What if we're all way off and it's actually Bedsy who is the villain here - wouldn't that be a plot twist

 

[Jono078]

What if we're all way off and it's actually Bedsy who is the villain here - wouldn't that be a plot twist

I actually have questioned what he does in his role... Certainly feels like nepotism there.

Also curious he doesn't list the Knights on his Linkedin https://au.linkedin.com/in/danny-buderus-25766979 ...

 

[perverse]

Eh it's all well and good for Nathan Ryan to say that... but he has to reconcile that with the fact that Gardner would have signed off on Kurt Manns last 2 contracts.

 

[aqua_duck]

Eh it's all well and good for Nathan Ryan to say that... but he has to reconcile that with the fact that Gardner would have signed off on Kurt Manns last 2 contracts.

why wouldn't he though? Mann is a good clubman whos never been in trouble and is someone the coach wanted, if hes going to veto every 2nd mid tier player the coach wants then he may as well coach the side himself

 

[Jono078]

Yep. We can't have it both ways.

Either Gardner is too involved in recruitment/retention or he does his role and allows those in charge of recruitment/retention to advise him of what they want to do.

 

[Loose Cannon]

Tweet’s deleted guys. What have I missed?

 

[Frederick]

Tweet’s deleted guys. What have I missed?

Nathan Ryan saying there's one person to blame and it's not Phil Gardner

 

[PhilGould]

AOB not getting on with Ryan was the reason he was fired, or so the story went at the time. Doubt he'd have nice things to say even if we were winning.

 

[macavity]

There are lots of people to blame

By all reports Phil is a switched on and good dude. But he is a micromanager extraordinaire. That absolutely kills organisational culture and doesn’t allow others to use their talents. No one wants to work for a micromanager and it never leads to good results in a complex environment.

Danny is a super nice guy. But his role requires a hard arse willing to upset people.

AOB… I don’t know. But it’s not working and blaming the culture when (at least with the playing group) it’s your responsibility… is a dangerous game to play.

 

[perverse]

why wouldn't he though? Mann is a good clubman whos never been in trouble and is someone the coach wanted, if hes going to veto every 2nd mid tier player the coach wants then he may as well coach the side himself

Oh, I was just having a laugh. My point is that the boss always holds some level of responsibility, because they're the ones that make the big decisions, that hire and keep these people making bad decisions employed. Having said that, Kurt Mann is a turnip of a footballer, and one of the many nobodies we've constantly hitched our wagon to for whatever reason.

But I've never been one to beat up on Gardner, at least that I can remember. I don't know where the theory that a guy that runs the scale of business he has for so long is somehow a mug came from.

 

[aqua_duck]

Oh, I was just having a laugh. My point is that the boss always holds some level of responsibility, because they're the ones that make the big decisions, that hire and keep these people making bad decisions employed. Having said that, Kurt Mann is a turnip of a footballer, and one of the many nobodies we've constantly hitched our wagon to for whatever reason.

But I've never been one to beat up on Gardner, at least that I can remember. I don't know where the theory that a guy that runs the scale of business he has for so long is somehow a mug came from.

once the parasites at news limited have a target they don't let up

 

[Knight Tales]

The fact they have gone after Gardner and conveniently overlooked all the money he has invested in the club is very lowball. Yes he could make stronger choices but to suggest he is a incompetent CEO is hilarious. His business record is second to no one.

 

[aqua_duck]

The fact they have gone after Gardner and conveniently overlooked all the money he has invested in the club is very lowball. Yes he could make stronger choices but to suggest he is a incompetent CEO is hilarious. His business record is second to no one.

was even funnier of Buzz to suggest Phil was under pressure, that just tells me Buzz hasn't bothered to do an ounce of research about the position of Gardner, Wests and the knights

 

[Yosh]

I've been through some terrible times as a Knights supporter but if we lose out on Ciraldo to either the Tigers or Bulldogs because we fired AOB too late... I'm going to lose it. I've had enough crap. We've been in the gutter the past decade and a half but I've stuck through it.

Seriously, if we lose out on Ciraldo, end up firing AOB at the end of season because we got the spoon and then end up hiring another nuffie again... I'm going to.... I'm going to... I'm going to keep supporting this toilet of a club I guess because I must be a sick machoistic sucker or something... But you guys get my point.