Great emails Chachi and Evergreen. My intent when coming into this thread was to drum up support to email or send a letter to the club in response to this. I heard about the article last night and read it today but as soon as I found out the nature of the article last night I had already made up my mind to send Furner a venomous email anyway.
Firstly, WTF have people like Bay56, GE, Ultra, Myself and a few others been trying to tell you about the tit's running this club for around 3 or 4 years now? Some people have either argued against us, belittled our opinions and called us nego's, but much like the Elliott thing we were right all along. This club is being run by people who are so inept that we now face losing our club because they have done a poor job and the only way for them to continue getting paid good wages to do a sh*t job is to move somewhere that will ensure they are paid well for a few more years!
I'm gutted about the whole article, I really am. A few weeks ago I had a bit of a wry smile when the Brumbies said they might be leaving town and now they get to have a laugh back because of Furner. What the difference is between the two reasons to relocate is that the Brumbies NEED the corporate dollar. Their game is heading that way (eg. Giteau) where the team with the most corporate backing will just show their 'shlong' by buying the best players. Our game only allows a club to spend just under 4 million a year so for a club running off 12 Mill revenue this shouldn't be an issue.
Furner has deadset shown his hand here. He doesn't have the ability to get the club moving in the right direction so as the coach that he has backed that has provided a strong contribution to the reason that no one turns up, he is considering the band aid solution. They can't attract decent players because they obviously don't have the skills or strategy to talk the talk, so to speak. This obviously applys to the marketing to sponsors and fans as well. My way of thinking is that if you can't do these things yourself then you pay someone who has the credentials to do so. Furner, can't even get the hiring of decent staff right!
To say I am furious that something like this would be made public by someone within the club is an understatement. Like I said at the start, send emails and letters stating your disgust on his quotes and poor management. Although having said that you might be wasting your time. I have sent him 4 emails in as many years and never received a response. Further to that, RaidersMalt sent him an email congratulating the efforts of one of his staff members and put a read receipt on it. Needless to say he was disgusted to get confirmation that the email was deleted without being opened. What if Malt was a sponsor making an enquiry? What if he was a player manager? What if he simply had an idea to help the club receive more exposure? Plenty of 'what if's' there and all things that Furner has stated the club is struggling with.
Unbelievable!
Finally, before someone mentions it, NO you cannot do a thing to remove Furner. Rugby League clubs aren't like AFL clubs whereas paying to be a member entitles you to vote on such issues. The Raiders management are determined by the board who are pretty much family to people like Furner (in fact I think his father is on the board). You have no say, no choice but to sit back and accept decisions like who runs the club and if we decide to relocate. Totally ridiculous. No wonder the AFL got 8 times more people to the MCG today than the NRL got to Telstra!
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