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Todd Greenberg Appointed NRL CEO

Who Should Be The Next NRL CEO

  • Todd Greenberg

    Votes: 6 7.4%
  • Shane Richardson

    Votes: 5 6.2%
  • Phil Gould

    Votes: 7 8.6%
  • John Grant

    Votes: 2 2.5%
  • Andrew Demetriou

    Votes: 5 6.2%
  • John Quayle

    Votes: 10 12.3%
  • Somebody Else.....Post Who

    Votes: 46 56.8%

  • Total voters
    81
  • Poll closed .

DiegoNT

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Just going by the press conference today, the next ceo will probably be some one along the lines of dave smith , a successful overseas business man who's name will be unfamiliar to almost every nrl fan
 
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Just going by the press conference today, the next ceo wilk probably be some one along the lines of dave smith , a successful overseas business man who's name will be unfamiliar to almost every nrl fan

I didn't get that impression at all.
 

DiegoNT

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Smith was hired to modernise & upskill the games administration & governance, and get the games finances in order, he was always going to make a lot of enemies doing that, that's why it was never going to be a long tenure. The next guy can be the diplomat.

Your post always make to much sense. You really don't belong here
 

DiegoNT

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I didn't get that impression at all.

They quickly ruled out promoting anyone from within, saying that all the current executives are to crucial in their current roles to make changes.

They then said they'd take a long search worldwide for the right person to achieve their goals. These are the 2 things that gave me that impression
 

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I wouldn't be surprised .
Most CEOs only stay 3-5 yrs in a job & move on .
If News conceded to pay what Smith & co were asking(maybe with 2 new teams for Fox on a Sat night) it could have been if Smith was ready to move on .
He could have been, & this just sped it up .

As for the nutters who think that after what the ARLC went through to get Out of NEWs LTds grip ,& now are suddenly going to drop to their knees again .
Words cannot describe the utter stupidity of that line of thinking .

As for Smith .
I thought he was great .
Stood up to news ltd .pissed them right off .
Which is a big improvement on Gallop .

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They quickly ruled out promoting anyone from within, saying that all the current executives are to crucial in their current roles to make changes.

They then said they'd take a long search worldwide for the right person to achieve their goals. These are the 2 things that gave me that impression

Wasn't that in the context of acting-ceo? Grant said they set the administration up for an internal transition in mind & hoped they would apply.

Grant also made a point of saying the next phase would be a focus on grassroots, which implies a skill set with knowledge of sports administration.
 

Cockadoodledoo

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Or the alternative is to have a CEO who's got a great relationship with news ltd, and sell the entire rights to the game for $500 million over 6 years while also letting news ltd have almost comolete control over the game

One of the golden rules of business is to keep your friends close and your enemies closer. News Ltd are a pack of bastards but Smiths job was to extract the biggest sum of money possible out of them. Instead he allowed AFL to do that instead. From that moment he was a dead man walking. John Grant should follow him.
 

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Just going by the press conference today, the next ceo will probably be some one along the lines of dave smith , a successful overseas business man who's name will be unfamiliar to almost every nrl fan

I didn't get that impression at all.

They quickly ruled out promoting anyone from within, saying that all the current executives are to crucial in their current roles to make changes.

They then said they'd take a long search worldwide for the right person to achieve their goals. These are the 2 things that gave me that impression

That's how I saw it as well. It'll be someone like Smith again. Which I agree with.
 

Cockadoodledoo

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Your post always make to much sense. You really don't belong here

nah.. He sounds like a public service policy maker or some student doing his third degree. Everything he posts leads me to believe he has never worked a day in his life in the corporate world.
 

undertaker

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Had Jim Doyle not moved back to NZ, he was a shoe-in for it. Its a shame he got homesick....

I wouldnt be surprised to see the World Cup CEO bloke get a perminant RL job. but my money is on Shane Richardson.

Who else is a candidate??

Greenberg will probably get it.

Oh dear....it better not be either Richardson or Greenberg.

Are the talent stocks really that low in the RL community to the point where those two candidates are the best options?
 
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DiegoNT

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One of the golden rules of business is to keep your friends close and your enemies closer. News Ltd are a pack of bastards but Smiths job was to extract the biggest sum of money possible out of them. Instead he allowed AFL to do that instead. From that moment he was a dead man walking. John Grant should follow him.

Well that keep our enemies approach worked wonders in the past.
Gallop secured a whopping $500 million over 6 years with 1 live game on free to air.
Smith has already secured $925m over 5 years with 4 live games on free to air. We also have 2 years to make fox sweat it out to make a deal. Nrl still have many cards up its sleeves in the negotiations
 

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