Too Late Now, We're Suing The Storm

[Noa]

Belly-ache seems worried......not. He must have received some advice to be so blase about it.

 

[Sans Souci Sainter]

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/sport/nrl/story/0,26746,24435462-5003409,00.html

There you go, Waldron. That's how you follow through on threats of legal action.

Waldron = Clown of NRL.

 

[Catweazle]

Too far?

I don't know how a man's illiterate words can be so misconstrued.

 

[Iafeta]

See this is the sh1t that fills the paper at a time we should have headlines about the great attacking abilities of the two Gf teams, all because some numpty wants 5minutes of fame.

Having said that at least the NRL judiciary has the balls to ban a high profile player for a GF. Leeds winger Lee Smith carried out a vicious stomp on Phil Bailey's face in the SL semi and despite being found guilty on a charge that carries a 4 match suspension he was only fined 300quid and no ban meaning he is free to play in the SL GF!

Again, for the ones who have no idea about league; Darrell Williams is a former test international and a grand final winner. He was also his countries player of the year in 1989. He's anything but a numpty.

 

[_Johnsy]

Peggy Sue will stick for wally waldron I think.

 

[kia ora storm]

Are they suing for defamation or defacation...what a load of crap.

 

[innsaneink]

Melbourne - dragging our great game in the centenary year during GF week, thru the mire....what scum they are

 

[_Johnsy]

Are they suing for defamation or defacation...what a load of crap.

Probably much the same as peggy wanted too but did not have the balls, the difference is Brown did not defame the franchise, the franchise certainly have defamed the nrl judiciaries integrity. There is that word again, integrity, something Melbourne wouldn't understand. Hence their stance.

 

[IAmDancingHomer]

Melbourne - dragging our great game in the centenary year during GF week, thru the mire....what scum they are

Well then the NRL are guilty of the same. Gallop being a lawyer as well as the CEO of the NRL should know better. This is not what the NRL wants or needs. How pathetic it is to take legal action and air this crap publically when in actual fact this kind of rubbish should have been hit on the head with a meeting between the NRL and Melbourne representatives. No to f**kn simple that would be isn't it. Instead lets blast it all over the papers and go to court. Pathetic from both parties IMHO.
Gallop has got to get his house in order before he expects clubs to do the same. He should gag Stuart for a start because he shouldn't have commented on it before Smith went to the tribunal. It should be a standing order that NO ONE who is a direct or indirect employee of the NRL or it's clubs can make a comment to the media in regards to tribunal matters until after the hearing.
Walldron and Belly should have gone to Gallop personally and aired there issues with him instead of feeding it to a hungry media.
Gallop needs to pull some heads in but not by going to court. He needs to do it in the boardroom. By allowing it to get this far he has shown that he has lost control and it is time for new leadership.

 

[innsaneink]

Well then the NRL are guilty of the same. Gallop being a lawyer as well as the CEO of the NRL should know better. This is not what the NRL wants or needs. How pathetic it is to take legal action and air this crap publically when in actual fact this kind of rubbish should have been hit on the head with a meeting between the NRL and Melbourne representatives. No to f**kn simple that would be isn't it. Instead lets blast it all over the papers and go to court. Pathetic from both parties IMHO.
Gallop has got to get his house in order before he expects clubs to do the same. He should gag Stuart for a start because he shouldn't have commented on it before Smith went to the tribunal. It should be a standing order that NO ONE who is a direct or indirect employee of the NRL or it's clubs can make a comment to the media in regards to tribunal matters until after the hearing.
Walldron and Belly should have gone to Gallop personally and aired there issues with him instead of feeding it to a hungry media.
Gallop needs to pull some heads in but not by going to court. He needs to do it in the boardroom. By allowing it to get this far he has shown that he has lost control and it is time for new leadership.

I agree in part with what youre saying, particularly barring people from commenting on matters before the judiciary, but to say the NRL/Gallop is to blame is quite a stretch, he was not to know Bellamy/Wally were going to accuse the judiciary of being corrupt.....once that happened its out of his hands. You'd think though with these so called highly professional people in Belly/Wally, Gallop wouldnt have to even worry about such out of line behaviour.
But then again, I guess the team are just following the coach and CEO in that they dont give a f**k about the game and its reputation ...theyre only following on from the top down, like a kid picks up his parents bad habits.

 

[kia ora storm]

This whole situation proves that Gallop does not have the depth of character to manage this proactively by speaking to Bellamy and co one on one...Gallop gags the Storm yet allows sooks like Stuart to air his dribble in public.

Double standards alive and well...Gallop is a muppet.

 

[innsaneink]

This whole situation proves that Gallop does not have the depth of character to manage this proactively by speaking to Bellamy and co one on one...Gallop gags the Storm yet allows sooks like Stuart to air his dribble in public.

Double standards alive and well...Gallop is a muppet.

Why should he have to do that?

Are they special?

 

[t1tan]

This whole situation proves that Gallop does not have the depth of character to manage this proactively by speaking to Bellamy and co one on one...Gallop gags the Storm yet allows sooks like Stuart to air his dribble in public.

Double standards alive and well...Gallop is a muppet.

Ok,so Gallop should go out of his way and speak to the storm privately,and yet the storm couldnt do that in the first place? :roll:

 

[_Johnsy]

Ok,so Gallop should go out of his way and speak to the storm privately,and yet the storm couldnt do that in the first place? :roll:

Of course they couldn't, they are melbourne storm. Afterall thats what they did when they threatened legal action against Brownie.

 

[kia ora storm]

Ok,so Gallop should go out of his way and speak to the storm privately,and yet the storm couldnt do that in the first place? :roll:

Gallop is the boss...for the purpose of preserving the brand he manages and controls then a CEO should deal with these types of situations in a proactive manner.

Agreed...Waldron should have contacted Gallop and smoothed it over but Gallop ran to the press very quickly and aired his views in a manner that does nothing for the NRL.

 

[t1tan]

...for the purpose of preserving the brand he manages and controls then a CEO should deal with these types of situations in a proactive manner.

Hello,Brian Waldron!

 

[_Johnsy]

Hello,Brian Waldron!

Well said, but they are Melbourne Storm afterall.

 

[Meth]

Its funny to me that the Storm are asking for the legal action to be delayed until next week, on the other side of the Grand Final, claiming that Sunday's match needs to be their sole focus, when they held a press conference earlier this week so Smith could tell us all he is the judiciary's scapegoat.

You can't have it both ways

 

[Surandy]

Gallop is the boss...for the purpose of preserving the brand he manages and controls then a CEO should deal with these types of situations in a proactive manner.

Agreed...Waldron should have contacted Gallop and smoothed it over but Gallop ran to the press very quickly and aired his views in a manner that does nothing for the NRL.

Gallop being proactive? :lol::lol::lol:


And for those using the analogy of two speeding drivers and one is let off. Lets put this in perspective, 300 speeding drivers (this year alone) and over 95% let off without even a warning.

 

[kia ora storm]

Hello,Brian Waldron!

Read the reply...I am referring to Gallop the CEO of the NRL not Waldron who is simply a CEO of a club.