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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: one-eyed on March 03, 2014, 06:43:01 PM
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They could be just throwing names around but Ch 7 news tonight had Benny Gale potentially in the running along with Gil McLachlan, Jeff Browne (Ch 9) and Paul Bassat (Seek).
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Just quietly he d be the top of most headhunters list given his cred and achievements since taking the reigns hot on the heels of multi million dollar losses, 30 odd thousand members and more debt than Zimbabwe ...has been quite a ride :shh
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Just quietly Gill McLachlan is the favourite, he will rewarded for his loyalty over the last 3 years ;D
Just quietly he d be the top of most headhunters list given his cred and achievements since taking the reigns hot on the heels of multi million dollar losses, 30 odd thousand members and more debt than Zimbabwe ...has been quite a ride :shh
Oh and BTW the Club was making profits before Benny became CEO but don't let any facts get in your way just quietly
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Ohh ok , I thought during Clinton Casey's reign we wrote a 2mn loss , plunging us into debt that required the prez to strike a personal guarantee to limit borrowing costs blowing out further with a Z grade credit rating, but I could have been mistaken :shh
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BOOOOOOOM BJ
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Ohh ok , I thought during Clinton Casey's reign we wrote a 2mn loss , plunging us into debt that required the prez to strike a personal guarantee to limit borrowing costs blowing out further with a Z grade credit rating, but I could have been mistaken :shh
Yes but .....
Under Steven Wright's tenure as CEO which precedes Benny the club made profits, so as I said don't let the facts get in the way of pumping up Benny's tyres
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"Benny" Gale can't even negotiate a decent stadium deal for Richmond at the MCG so just HTF is he going to run the league? Lmfao
RFC pulls the second biggest crowds and is the second longest tenant yet has the worst deal of all the MCG tenants. FACT. Watch Carlton and Essendon come in and get a better deals than us too.
The bloke can't even negotiate for our cheersquad to sit in the same seats FFS
What a joke :lol
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Just quietly Gill McLachlan is the favourite, he will rewarded for his loyalty over the last 3 years ;D
Just quietly he d be the top of most headhunters list given his cred and achievements since taking the reigns hot on the heels of multi million dollar losses, 30 odd thousand members and more debt than Zimbabwe ...has been quite a ride :shh
Oh and BTW the Club was making profits before Benny became CEO but don't let any facts get in your way just quietly
Won't be Gil
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Should not go until a flag is won
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Ohh ok , I thought during Clinton Casey's reign we wrote a 2mn loss , plunging us into debt that required the prez to strike a personal guarantee to limit borrowing costs blowing out further with a Z grade credit rating, but I could have been mistaken :shh
Yes but .....
Under Steven Wright's tenure as CEO which precedes Benny the club made profits, so as I said don't let the facts get in the way of pumping up Benny's tyres
Further to that, during the 2004 board spill where Casey was re-elected, we were technically trading while insolvent and only the AFL guarantee allowed us to continue as per the note from the auditors in the 2004 accounts.
"(a) Economic Dependency
The Richmond Football Club Limited is economically dependent on the ongoing financial assistance of the Australian Football League ("AFL"). This ongoing assistance provided by the AFL is in the form of a Redirection Order of up to $4.27 million to the ANZ Bank as security for the current borrowing facilities......."
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"(a) Economic Dependency
The Richmond Football Club Limited is economically dependent on the ongoing financial assistance of the Australian Football League ("AFL"). This ongoing assistance provided by the AFL is in the form of a Redirection Order of up to $4.27 million to the ANZ Bank as security for the current borrowing facilities......."
The same guarantee that is still in place today? Only difference is the value has steadily reduced over time. A guarantee I might add the majority of clubs have from the AFL
From the 2013 Full Financial Report (page 25: note 21):
"Throughout the financial year ended 31 October 2013, the AFL provided a guarantee of up to $3.0 million to the Westpac Banking Corporation as security for borrowing facilities. From 1 November 2013 this guarantee has been reduced to $1.5 million. The reduction in the guarantee is as a result of the elimination of the Company’s debt in the year ended 31 October 2013. Consequently, the facility limit has also been reduced from $3.0 million to $1.5 million. No other matter or circumstance has arisen since 31 October 2013 that has significantly affected
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I'm not disputing Benny has done a very good job. But to say the Club wasn't or didn't start making profits until Benny Gale became CEO is not correct; it is simply wrong.
I think people forget or simply refuse to acknowledge the things the Club achieved under Stephen Wright's time as the CEO of the RFC.
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not sure anyone said we didn't start making profits , was more about taking us from the bleaches to one of the contenders with the right amount of off field clout that goes with successful clubs. His predecessors did an outstanding job in the club surviving, Benny g has built the bridge to take us further than survival mode :shh
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Just quietly he d be the top of most headhunters list given his cred and achievements since taking the reigns hot on the heels of multi million dollar losses, 30 odd thousand members and more debt than Zimbabwe ...has been quite a ride :shh
:lol
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Just quietly he d be the top of most headhunters list given his cred and achievements since taking the reigns hot on the heels of multi million dollar losses, 30 odd thousand members and more debt than Zimbabwe ...has been quite a ride :shh
:lol
I blame you and the education system ;D
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not sure anyone said we didn't start making profits , was more about taking us from the bleaches to one of the contenders with the right amount of off field clout that goes with successful clubs. His predecessors did an outstanding job in the club surviving, Benny g has built the bridge to take us further than survival mode :shh
Survial mode?
With all due respect if it wasn't for Steve Wright and his vision re the Indigenious Institute & the lobbying of govts to get the funding for it and the re-development of Punt Road then we wouldn't have the facilities we have today. Originally we were to get $6mil in total Steven Wright got us just on $20mil
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Sir Richard Tambling got us the dolla dolla bills lady ::)
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not sure anyone said we didn't start making profits , was more about taking us from the bleaches to one of the contenders with the right amount of off field clout that goes with successful clubs. His predecessors did an outstanding job in the club surviving, Benny g has built the bridge to take us further than survival mode :shh
Survial mode?
With all due respect if it wasn't for Steve Wright and his vision re the Indigenious Institute & the lobbying of govts to get the funding for it and the re-development of Punt Road then we wouldn't have the facilities we have today. Originally we were to get $6mil in total Steven Wright got us just on $20mil
Thanks to TAMBLING
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not sure anyone said we didn't start making profits , was more about taking us from the bleaches to one of the contenders with the right amount of off field clout that goes with successful clubs. His predecessors did an outstanding job in the club surviving, Benny g has built the bridge to take us further than survival mode :shh
Survial mode?
With all due respect if it wasn't for Steve Wright and his vision re the Indigenious Institute & the lobbying of govts to get the funding for it and the re-development of Punt Road then we wouldn't have the facilities we have today. Originally we were to get $6mil in total Steven Wright got us just on $20mil
Thanks to TAMBLING
Yes in part but who's idea was it use Richie Tambling and get him to speak to the folks up in Canberra ;)
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not sure anyone said we didn't start making profits , was more about taking us from the bleaches to one of the contenders with the right amount of off field clout that goes with successful clubs. His predecessors did an outstanding job in the club surviving, Benny g has built the bridge to take us further than survival mode :shh
Survial mode?
With all due respect if it wasn't for Steve Wright and his vision re the Indigenious Institute & the lobbying of govts to get the funding for it and the re-development of Punt Road then we wouldn't have the facilities we have today. Originally we were to get $6mil in total Steven Wright got us just on $20mil
Thanks to TAMBLING
Yes in part but who's idea was it use Richie Tambling and get him to speak to the folks up in Canberra ;)
Joel Bowden's
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Yes in part but who's idea was it use Richie Tambling and get him to speak to the folks up in Canberra ;)
Joel Bowden's
:nope :nope
;D
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Yes in part but who's idea was it use Richie Tambling and get him to speak to the folks up in Canberra ;)
Joel Bowden's
:yep :yep
:stupid
wasnt hard was it
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peoples rewriting of history isnt fair. Wright was the CEO when we got the funding for the redevelopment. I like Richie Tambling and yes he made a very fair contribution to the whole project but lets not go overboard. The project, the negotiations the outcome came as a result of the work of Steve Wright and his management team. People want to give all the credit to Brendon but thats not fair on his predecessor who IMHO did a fine job to bring balance back to the club after the club lost millions of dollars in a 12 month period during the Campbell period.
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Blind Freddy can see jillian will get it
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I'm pro Gale bashing Ramps ;D
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not sure anyone said we didn't start making profits , was more about taking us from the bleaches to one of the contenders with the right amount of off field clout that goes with successful clubs. His predecessors did an outstanding job in the club surviving, Benny g has built the bridge to take us further than survival mode :shh
Survial mode?
With all due respect if it wasn't for Steve Wright and his vision re the Indigenious Institute & the lobbying of govts to get the funding for it and the re-development of Punt Road then we wouldn't have the facilities we have today. Originally we were to get $6mil in total Steven Wright got us just on $20mil
Yeah I was a fan of Steve wright and was disappointed he fell ill whilst making some real progress , he was our first real effective CEO since the 70 s , Benny has taken it up a notch again :clapping
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I guess Benny can sell the vision better than just about anyone(maybe excluding Eddie)
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"(a) Economic Dependency
The Richmond Football Club Limited is economically dependent on the ongoing financial assistance of the Australian Football League ("AFL"). This ongoing assistance provided by the AFL is in the form of a Redirection Order of up to $4.27 million to the ANZ Bank as security for the current borrowing facilities......."
The same guarantee that is still in place today? Only difference is the value has steadily reduced over time. A guarantee I might add the majority of clubs have from the AFL
From the 2013 Full Financial Report (page 25: note 21):
"Throughout the financial year ended 31 October 2013, the AFL provided a guarantee of up to $3.0 million to the Westpac Banking Corporation as security for borrowing facilities. From 1 November 2013 this guarantee has been reduced to $1.5 million. The reduction in the guarantee is as a result of the elimination of the Company’s debt in the year ended 31 October 2013. Consequently, the facility limit has also been reduced from $3.0 million to $1.5 million. No other matter or circumstance has arisen since 31 October 2013 that has significantly affected
"
I'm not disputing Benny has done a very good job. But to say the Club wasn't or didn't start making profits until Benny Gale became CEO is not correct; it is simply wrong.
I think people forget or simply refuse to acknowledge the things the Club achieved under Stephen Wright's time as the CEO of the RFC.
The club was "economically dependent on the ongoing financial assistance of the AFL" because of the debt position, according to the auditors.
The club is not dependant on the guarantee now due to an improvement in the asset/liability position. Nor are other clubs.
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not sure anyone said we didn't start making profits , was more about taking us from the bleaches to one of the contenders with the right amount of off field clout that goes with successful clubs. His predecessors did an outstanding job in the club surviving, Benny g has built the bridge to take us further than survival mode :shh
Survial mode?
With all due respect if it wasn't for Steve Wright and his vision re the Indigenious Institute & the lobbying of govts to get the funding for it and the re-development of Punt Road then we wouldn't have the facilities we have today. Originally we were to get $6mil in total Steven Wright got us just on $20mil
Ere Ere; Steve and his love for the Tigs cost him a chunck of his health.
Thanks to Steve (and Gary March) for the financial direction that got the club back on its feet, and in a position to establish the platform as comp heavyweights with a full list and a VFL side playingout of Punt Road Oval,
Benny has been critical to the execution strategy, but not the conceptual and implementation phase.
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Richmond's Brendon Gale may be the man to replace AFL boss Andrew Demetriou
Caroline Wilson
The Age
March 5, 2014
The AFL Players Association has become rightly cautious about its now well-deserved reputation as a pathway to executive positions within the competition.
It is five years since Brendon Gale quit as chief of the players' union to take over the running of the Richmond Football Club just months after completing an AFLPA-funded advanced management course at Harvard.
The course conservatively cost the players some $75,000 and Gale, equipped with his new and deeply entrenched values for which the Tigers were crying out, has transformed the business at Punt Road without having achieved any significant on-field success.
So much so that Gale, who is also popular, a good public performer and boasts a strong football and legal pedigree, remains at 45 the best-credentialled club chief executive to claim a chance of a place in the running to replace Andrew Demetriou at the helm of the AFL.
Gillon McLachlan, Demetriou's deputy, remains the favourite for Australian sport's most powerful job, particularly if the appointment is made from within the industry, but it is no coincidence that another AFLPA chief in Gale will be urged to put his hand up.
The union was more careful when it agreed to fund an international study grant for Gale's successor, Matt Finnis, who Fairfax Media revealed last week would also follow Gale's path into a club role and take over at the struggling St Kilda.
Finnis, having steered the union through a long, often bitter and ultimately successful pay negotiation and rallied firmly and consistently against Essendon's dangerous drugs program, headed to France late last year for a month-long intensive management course. But Finnis' contract dictated he repay to the players' association a significant proportion of the five-figure study tour - a repayment the St Kilda board has undertaken to take over.
Finnis had stated repeatedly that the players' union position - one revolutionised over two years by Demetriou in the late 1990s, grown and corporatised by Gale and more so by Finnis - should not be seen as a stepping stone to an executive role within the AFL or an AFL club.
But the influence of the role has dictated as much since Demetriou first won the admiration of commissioners Ron Evans and Bill Kelty with the players' historic first collective bargaining agreement. Demetriou's ascension was fast-tracked when he behaved in an honourable manner and did not hold the AFL to ransom as he could have done with that first wage negotiation.
For all Gale's commercial success, his clear aim has been to transform Richmond's long-ailing culture. It is a task he has attacked with gusto and achieved clear progress.
The Saints' culture has been the source of concern within and beyond the AFL and Finnis' stand against Essendon last year would not have harmed his prospects. St Kilda began chasing him in December and would not take no for an answer with McLachlan, a Saints fan, strongly supportive and reportedly influential in the appointment.
Demetriou was the pioneer in revolutionising AFL players' wages, conditions and welfare. That two of his three successors have proved influential leaders in the game says much about the work he achieved. And Gale's era and final contract with the players' association saw the job rewarded in line with other executive positions in the industry although not commensurate with club CEO roles.
By June, the players will be significantly better off also as a result of the equalisation restructure pushed by Finnis, which has been tied to a generous increase in the mid-term collective bargaining agreement negotiation.
It was a nice twist of timing that Demetriou's announced departure from the AFL's top job was immediately followed by the public promotion of Matt Finnis to the helm of St Kilda.
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/richmonds-brendon-gale-may-be-the-man-to-replace-afl-boss-andrew-demetriou-20140304-345d6.html
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So is this opinion piece by Caro about Benny Gale or Matt Finnis or how now 3 former leaders of the AFLPA have moved up the corporate AFL ladder ?
Seems more about Finnis and the AFLPA
Only a few lines about Benny ;D
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I also heard gale whispers
Would be worse e worse than losing choco
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Barrett is claiming tonight on the Footy Show that "people of high influence" want Benny Gale to run for the AFL CEO job.
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I tipped this.
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As said before, "Benny" Gale can't even get Richmond a good deal at the MCG – we have the worst of all tenants – nor can he get our cheersquad permanently located at the Punt Road end like the Pies have with the City end.
Considering the MCG is the biggest stakeholder the AFL have to negotiate with after the TV networks, clearly he'd be a dud AFL CEO and completely out of his depth.
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Brendon Gale says a woman could be next AFL CEO
Samantha Lane
The Age
April 04, 2014
Having committed Richmond to a groundbreaking project aimed at rectifying gender imbalance in sporting hierarchies, Tigers boss Brendon Gale says there is no reason why the next AFL chief executive couldn’t be female.
Mooted by some as a potential candidate for the top AFL job himself – a topic Gale would not elaborate on – the Richmond chief said superior management skills and leadership qualities were the most important traits, and added that clearly neither were gender specific.
“What does that require, what does it mean to be an outstanding leader or manager? Well, it doesn’t mean you have to be a bloke,” Gale said.
“At the AFL, it’s less about the subject matter – and when I talk about subject matter, I mean footy. You don’t need to be a subject-matter expert, you need to be an outstanding leader.
“I’m also convinced a woman can be a CEO of a club. In my role, I think it helps to have a grasp of the subject matter [football] because you’re closer to it and it’s the biggest part of our business and it’s the biggest organisational risk. But I think about where you spend the most of your time, and it’s about giving people a sense of where we’re trying to take the club, it’s about managing people and systems and resources, it’s about communicating, it’s not about going out and having a kick.”
In a three-year project backed and jointly funded by the Australian Sports Commission and the AFL, as reported today by Fairfax Media, Richmond has committed to affirmative action to improve the representation of women in positions of leadership. Doctor Pippa Grange, formerly of the AFL Players Association, is directing the longitudinal study with sport and social justice expert Paul Oliver.
http://m.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/brendon-gale-says-a-woman-could-be-next-afl-ceo-20140404-zqqzu.html
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Go for it Caro :clapping
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:lol
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Lyon asked Benny Gale on the Footy Show tonight if he had been interviewed for the top job and Benny said he couldn't comment as either way it wouldn't be fair to do so. Benny added he's got bigger fish to fry at the moment and his focus is on us winning tomorrow night.
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Gawn unfortunately
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If he goes before rfc win a flag he's off my Xmas card list
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Wishy washy stuff tonight.
Much more respect if he was upfront, if he wants the job say I'm having a crack at it and no-one would mind.
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Wishy washy stuff tonight.
Much more respect if he was upfront, if he wants the job say I'm having a crack at it and no-one would mind.
exactly. It's the top job in the game. No one will hold it against him except Mrakov and Caro.
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If he goes before rfc win a flag he's off my Xmas card list
He could retire at Punt Road before that happens..
If Benny gets it best of luck to him.
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Andrew Demetriou's departure from the AFL's top job has moved significantly closer as the interview process has begun to unearth his replacement.
Reports would suggest the AFL Commission will not need to dig too deep given that Demetriou's right-hand man, Gillon McLachlan, remains the hot favourite and has been doing most of the heavy lifting for some time.
But various external candidates have emerged and the commission's headhunters will justify their six-figure pay packet as they produce individuals to test McLachlan.
Fairfax Media understands at least three club chiefs - Brendon Gale (Richmond), Brian Cook (Geelong) and Stuart Fox (Hawthorn) - have also been sounded out, with two of those believed to have agreed to preliminary interviews. Those interviews began last week.
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-needs-firm-hand-on-tiller--now-20140423-zqybb.html
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Fairfax Media understands at least three club chiefs - Brendon Gale (Richmond), Brian Cook (Geelong) and Stuart Fox (Hawthorn) - have also been sounded out, with two of those believed to have agreed to preliminary interviews. Those interviews began last week.
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-needs-firm-hand-on-tiller--now-20140423-zqybb.html
AFL could do a lot worse than Brian Cook, he is a terrific operator
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Gale is gawnnnnn which is bullcrap because he said he'd stay until we win a flag or three
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Gale is gawnnnnn which is bullcrap because he said he'd stay until we win a flag or three
Gale is a clever fellow.
He wants to jump ship before the whole thing collapses in on itself and the club is looking for another coach with a new vision.
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Gale is gawnnnnn which is bullcrap because he said he'd stay until we win a flag or three
Gale is a clever fellow.
He wants to jump ship before the whole thing collapses in on itself and the club is looking for another coach with a new vision.
Something to this. Now is his one shot at the big time.
Again I don't blame him.
CEO of the bigge$t game in the country is a job few would knock back.
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Gillon Mclaughlan has got the job
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still a judas for throwing his hat in the ring mr gale
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Gillon Mclaughlan has got the job
oh lol he had a business go poo ;D maybe 10 years ago. who hand picked this guy
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Glad Benny hasn't jumped ship for the HMS Poo.
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Glad Benny hasn't jumped ship for the HMS Poo.
Can't jump if you're not offered the job ::)
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Glad Benny hasn't jumped ship for the HMS Poo.
Can't jump if you're not offered the job ::)
That's why I'm glad...........................all over.
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Hopefully Benny can concentrate on the most important job, killing off the disease at Punt road.
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Hopefully Benny can concentrate on the most important job, killing off the disease at Punt road.
We need this bloke:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RBQt544fqk
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Glad Benny hasn't jumped ship for the HMS Poo.
Can't jump if you're not offered the job ::)
I love Benny but he hasn't exactly set the world on fire in his tenure at Richmond...
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Gale obviously has had a pretty decent relationship over a long time with AD, hope it continues with the new guy who's just beaten him out of a job.
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When will they sack that stuff Carltank scumbag? How many Friday night games gave the blues got because of him?
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Glad Benny hasn't jumped ship for the HMS Poo.
Can't jump if you're not offered the job ::)
I love Benny but he hasn't exactly set the world on fire in his tenure at Richmond...
Set high standards with his business plan but looks like we will fall well short. What can I say he has done a reasonable and fair job but the people who reckon hes been the best thing sinced sliced bread to come to Richmond are Off the mark. Steve Wright doesnt get enough credit for the job he did at Punt Road and its his job performance that set the foundation for what the club has achieved in terms of facilities and profitability IMHO.
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Set high standards with his business plan but looks like we will fall well short. What can I say he has done a reasonable and fair job but the people who reckon hes been the best thing sinced sliced bread to come to Richmond are Off the mark. Steve Wright doesnt get enough credit for the job he did at Punt Road and its his job performance that set the foundation for what the club has achieved in terms of facilities and profitability IMHO.
:clapping :clapping
Spot on