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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: mightytiges on May 17, 2007, 10:05:35 PM
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He wants to join the board for next year and if the club wants to become president within 2 years.
Source: Hutchy on the footy show. They showed a recorded interview with Ilham.
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He wants to join the board for next year and if the club wants to become president within 2 years.
Source: Hutchy on the footy show. They showed a recorded interview with Ilhan.
Gee John's a generous soul - if the Club wants - pluuzeee..... :wallywink
I think Caro's been out scoped with the poop.
Hmmmm what was that I was saying earlier in the week about conditions being attached ......... :banghead
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Apparently has the support of sponsor Motorola according to Hutchy.
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And another thing :-\
Is John one of these so-called "people at richmond" that poor Caro was talking about :help
If so what an absolute joke
But I wont harp on this ..... :whistle
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As i said a few weeks ago , he will be there by years end, as Pres ;)
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From 2004:
Ilhan said last night he had the time to join the board of his beloved Tigers but was not interested in being president.
But bad business dealings with Casey in the past had soiled his relationship with the embattled leader.
"No one has actually asked me (to join). If they did it wouldn't be with the current board," Ilhan said.
"I have had a few bad business dealings with them.
"We tried a couple of sponsorship deals in the past, but they (the Tigers) weren't professional."
http://oneeyed-richmond.com/forum//index.php?topic=199.msg4480#msg4480
From 2005:
Mobile phone retailer Crazy John's is in the hunt to put its name on Richmond shirts after the Transport Accident Commission withdrew sponsorship of the club last week.
The company, run by Richmond fan John Ilhan, is one of 12 companies considering getting involved with the club.
"We have not formally approached Richmond yet but are discussing it internally," managing director Brendan Fleiter said.
"We are always looking for good value sponsorship options.
"It is potentially a good fit for us because Motorola is already a club sponsor and also a major supplier to Crazy John's."
http://oneeyed-richmond.com/forum//index.php?topic=1525.msg16859#msg16859
RICHMOND is poised to sign a lucrative sponsorship deal with mobile phone magnate "Crazy" John Ilhan.
The two parties are in discussions and are expected to finalise an agreement for the 2006 season and beyond by Christmas.
The Tigers are already well supported by joint major sponsors Motorola and the Australian Finance Group, but Mr Ilhan, a life-long Richmond supporter, says he is willing to pour millions of dollars into the club he loves.
"I've been waiting for a major (sponsorship) but it's never really come up. So we're going to go in there anyway at some level and get involved," he said yesterday.
"We've tried a few times before and it didn't work out – but now we'll be there for the long haul."
The 39-year-old said few people at Tigerland realised he was a die-hard supporter until his name emerged during last year's bitter boardroom dispute.
He has since met with coach Terry Wallace and chief executive Steve Wright to discuss a number of options, including signage rights at Punt Rd Oval.
Ilhan said he was also interested in joining the Richmond board in coming years. "If the opportunity was there and I was asked, I'd love to – they're my team, " he said.
Crazy John's has an existing sponsorship deal with Collingwood.
Richmond's off-field fortunes have soared since the TAC withdrew its major sponsorship in April.
http://oneeyed-richmond.com/forum//index.php?topic=2298.0
From 2006:
MILLIONAIRE mobile phone magnate "Crazy" John Ilhan wants to be Richmond president.
And the lifelong Tigers fan says he's willing to pour millions of dollars into the club he loves to return it to its premiership glory days.
"I love Richmond, I always have," he said.
"When the time is right, and if they want me, I'd love to lead the club."
Ilhan, 41, topped last year's BRW Young Rich List with an estimated worth of $300 million.
Richmond president Gary March has revealed moves are already under way for the innovative phone king to join the Tigers board, possibly as early as next season, but more likely in 2008 once a new overseas business venture is finalised.
"John is looking more and more to be involved with Richmond. It's his club of choice. And anyone of John's business acumen, obviously we'd be very keen," March said.
"We are constantly looking for the next wave of directors to come through, and John is one of the ones we targeted."
March said Ilhan had all the credentials for Punt Rd's top job.
Ilhan said he had been inspired by close friend Eddie McGuire's reign at Collingwood and the innovative ideas adopted by the Pies' board to make it the AFL's power franchise.
Crazy John's is already one of Richmond's financial backers behind major sponsors Motorola and the Australian Finance Group. But Ilhan said he was ready to give more.
His ideas include luring club legend Kevin Bartlett back to the fold and aligning the Tigers with other codes such as netball and soccer to create a financial super club.
"I don't think the Melbourne-based clubs are really looking outside the square enough, and I think they need to, to survive," Ilhan said.
http://oneeyed-richmond.com/forum//index.php?topic=4053.msg45409#msg45409
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What happened to Rex joining the board?
How can Crazy John have an existing sponsorship deal with Collingwood? Isn't that a conflict of interest?
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As i said a few weeks ago , he will be there by years end, as Pres ;)
And how does he intend to do that Jack - the board elect the president not "people at Richmond".
There are only 3 vacancy a season on the board unless......
So is he and his people going to spill the entire board.... :banghead
We just don't get it
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I honestly dont know, only tell you what I am told.
Buy his way in perhaps? Money is not a problem
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Well the rumours are gathering more and more reality as time moves on, Plough may have a decision to make soon?
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As i said a few weeks ago , he will be there by years end, as Pres ;)
And how does he intend to do that Jack - the board elect the president not "people at Richmond".
There are only 3 vacancy a season on the board unless......
So is he and his people going to spill the entire board.... :banghead
We just don't get it
the board elects the president after every election, doesn't it? so, Ilhan gets elected, then the board elects him pres. can happen.
why do i get a bad feeling about this bloke?
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the board elects the president after every election, doesn't it? so, Ilhan gets elected, then the board elects him pres. can happen.
Yes the board does so if the board elects him well and good but if they don't what he going to do is all I am asking.
As I said there is under normal circumstances 3 positions on the board that become vacant every year - which Mr Ilhan has right to nominate for (if he is a member - he is a member now isn't he ::)) he he wants. I am just asking does he intend to do this or is going to call for a spill. What is he going to do.
I don't watch the footy show but I wonder if this is just another one of his self promotional interviews >:( :P ::)
why do i get a bad feeling about this bloke?
You and me both.....
But I wont go there ;D
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would think there are some extremely nervous people today at punt road.
There is no doubt that if he is successful and its only the timimg of it all ,that there will be a clean sweep.
Similar to what Eddie did at the pies
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You and me both.....
But I wont go there ;D
Could be a Gutnick?
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would think there are some extremely nervous people today at punt road.
There is no doubt that if he is successful and its only the timimg of it all ,that there will be a clean sweep.
Similar to what Eddie did at the pies
Then god help these people if those that are behind it - not looking at anyone ::)- put this club in the scrap heap!
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would think there are some extremely nervous people today at punt road.
There is no doubt that if he is successful and its only the timimg of it all ,that there will be a clean sweep.
Similar to what Eddie did at the pies
Then god help these people if those that are behind it - not looking at anyone ::)- put this club in the scrap heap!
Hey Moi.
This has nothing what so ever to do with me. Only telling you what I am told, if you dont like , run for the board!
If people want to put money up and improve the processes behind the scenes, well and good.
As how things are functioning at the moment is extremely poor
Now why did Cleve Hughes get dropped ::)
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Hey Moi.
This has nothing what so ever to do with me.
Sorry, I see it differently.
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What do you think me and John are friends ? Answer no
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What do you think me and John are friends ? Answer no
so, you can't increase his exposure and help him make money? ;D
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What do you think me and John are friends ? Answer no
so, you can't increase his exposure and help him make money? ;D
i probably could actually
Anyway, interesting times ahead
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What do you think me and John are friends ? Answer no
so, you can't increase his exposure and help him make money? ;D
i probably could actually
Anyway, interesting times ahead
Gee, if only you had a bit of self-confidence.... ::)
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fact of the matter is that the business I run has the same dollar turnover as the RFC. Running a business isnt hard if you have strategy and leaders who know what there doing ::)
I still trying to work out how young Cleve Hughes got dropped.?
Can anyone here answer that please ?
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fact of the matter is that the business I run has the same dollar turnover as the RFC. Running a business isnt hard if you have strategy and leaders who know what there doing ::)
I still trying to work out how young Cleve Hughes got dropped.?
Can anyone here answer that please ?
maybe because 6 disposals and 1 behind in his last outing wan't quite good enough?
it's gonna be wet.
we need runners against adelaide.
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If John Ilhan runs for the board I expect he'll win because our members wont accept the season we just had, if the people who dont want Ilhan to be on the board want a better outcome Id suggest they get together and try and get David Morgan to take over the presidency of the club coz hes just about the only big name thats been out there associated with us who could beat Ilhan and he could probably do it to coz hes tenure at Westpac is finishing.
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You're showing remarkable restraint, WP, and you're right on the money about this guy.
I have a neighbour with a lot of money. He wants to be president of Richmond as well. He thinks he can just takeover the club because he wants to. I told him that the members might not want him. He said "but I've got lots of money...that means I'm the right person for the job". He also says he's a die-hard supporter. When I questioned him about some of our young players, he didn't have a clue.
Ilhan would be a disaster for this club. He doesn't care about the club, he cares about himself and making money. He regularly makes vague promises, but rarely delivers. His self-promotion is shameless. I honestly don't believe he's a "richmond person".
We need stability.If he wants to donate some money, that's great.If he wants to increase his sponsorship, that's okay too. If he wants to stand for the board, then that's his right. A real "richmond person", someone with CLASS, would first try to win a place on the board. They would keep their presidential aspirations quiet, instead trying to EARN that position after being on the board for awhile and having the faith of the rest of the board. If he said "give me the presidency or I'll keep my money that I've promised", then they should tell him to get stuffed.
His past record suggests that you shouldn't believe any of his promises anyway. If Motorola is backing him, then it's clear they're doing it out of self-interest (cross-promotion), not goodwill for the club.
I will never vote for Ilhan, and if he takes over in some sort of coup, then I really fear for the club.
We need stability. Wallace must be given time to serve out his contract. Slow and steady wins the race. Big upheavels haven't helped in the past.
Hughes being omitted this week is totally irrelevant to this issue.
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Now why did Cleve Hughes get dropped ::)
Because they have no idea?
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Yes I feel uneasy about a person buying their way into the presidency. Is Crazy John actually a member? And why has no-one answered my question about Rex?
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Rex thought his THC membership was also a club membership, Julz.
It's not, so he wasn't a member and couldn't run for the board then. The opportunity has not presented again, for whatever reason. Probably because the people on the board seem to have turned the business side of the club
I still trying to work out how young Cleve Hughes got dropped.?
Can anyone here answer that please ?
Because John Ilhan is not on the match committee? :-\ (Is it a trick question?)
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Cleve refuses to use modern technology and doesn't own a mobile phone lol
Great question, Jack :rollin
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Cleve refuses to use modern technology and doesn't own a mobile phone lol
Great question, Jack :rollin
It is a great question, as he was the future of the club a fortnight ago and now he is back at the burgers.
Wallace wont survive as he isnt prepared to do what the current board want!
Can tell you he went against the wishes of the board( No player over 25 ) by recruiting Kingsley, and now drop a kid after one bad game
Might add the Matty White shouldnt of been dropped either.
Shut the door on the way out Terry, its a disgrace, :banghead
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fact of the matter is that the business I run has the same dollar turnover as the RFC. Running a business isnt hard if you have strategy and leaders who know what there doing ::)
Then why should we support the very "Richmond people" who have shown over the past 25 years that they never understood what they're doing and still haven't learnt and moved into the 21st century. They still believe in board upheaval, sackings and other quick fixes. It's not as simple as translating business success to football club success. There are so many artifical socialist constraints at an AFL club that you don't encounter in the free market. All we've heard over the past few years is Ilhan wants to join the board and become prez. We need more substance than just that he is loaded. He can't go out and buy players. Pratt has stabilised Carlton off-field but Carlton haven't improved any further than expected this year. They are still a bottom 4 side.
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Like it or not, Footy is now a business.
Just ask Eddie!
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Like it or not, Footy is now a business.
Just ask Eddie!
True Jack but Eddie bleeds Collingwood and understands the average Pie fan's psyche. He also had a weekly national tv program to promote his Club and draw in sponsors, more members and revenue.
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We'd better not ask Eddie how business success translates to football club success though (which was the point made). He doesn't know. ;)
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Eddie talk on a job that he never had the skills to do.
CEO of a TV Channel ::)
Hardly think Eddies has had much of an eduction or passed degrees etc etc ::)
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We'd better not ask Eddie how business success translates to football club success though (which was the point made). He doesn't know. ;)
Didn't realise Collingwood won a premiership under Eddie ;). Footy is a business but the name of the game is still winning flags. No one remembers runners-ups.
In any case as far as Richmond goes I don't see the sky falling in as the has-beens squealing from behind the scenes are trying to make out and feeding Caro. The club needs to persist with the kids and not throw out the baby with the bathwater because of one or two absolute shockers. There'll be more downers and backward steps to come but that's the nature of a young inexperienced side. We certainly don't need boardroom upheavel and idiots wanting to change things now mid-stream with their quick fixes.
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Crazy idea to boost the Tigers
20 May 2007 Sunday Herald Sun
Jon Ralph
NO point banging on again about how terrible Richmond's plight has become.
Any hope of turning around what is statistically its worst start to the season might have gone down the gurgler with a face injury to Matthew Richardson, the Tigers' only available matchwinner.
The Tigers were much improved on Friday night and their draw gets easier, but the fact remains they have equalled Sydney and Fremantle as the only 0-8 teams in the past 15 years.
The two options available to most clubs in such a predicament would seem closed off.
Richmond won't sack its coach and won't be able to trade off a host of its established players as Hawthorn did recently to bring together young talent in a cohesive group.
The coach has another two years left on his contract, and there simply aren't the Jon Hay/Nathan Thompson equivalents to garner interest elsewhere.
The answer lies in recruiting and it is here that a novel idea might be the solution.
Publicity craving John Ilhan (above), of Crazy John's fame, was at it again on The Footy Show on Thursday, forecasting his intention to move on to the Richmond board and eventually become president.
Here is another idea, John.
Why not put your money where your mouth is and cough up $500,000 a year to sponsor an expanded Richmond recruiting department and give the Tigers a legitimate chance to build through the kids?
Those juniors were on show on Friday - rookie elevations Nathan Foley, Jake King, Will Thursfield and a revelation in first-year midfielder Shane Edwards.
But there is no point in having emerging kids - you need more than your rivals or you just stagnate.
Collingwood, which is today unveiling its fifth first-gamer of the year, spent $787,000 on its recruiting last year compared with Richmond's $150,000.
That figure doesn't include Greg Miller's salary, but it is a woefully inadequate sum.
Call the kids Crazy John's Cubs, or Crazy John's Young Guns, but think of the goodwill engendered when another late pick or rookie begins to flourish.
You can bet Collingwood, which even has a sponsor for Eddie McGuire and boasts it will soon be a $100 million-a-year business, will only be expanding its recruiting budget.
The new frontier of recruiting is scouring international destinations, hiring a battery of recruiters, spending vast sums on developing interstate potential and honing rookie talent.
Desperate measures call for desperate solutions and Richmond needs something drastic to ensure it is not a middle-of-the-road side for another quarter of a century.
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/common/story_page/0,8033,21761341%255E19742,00.html
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Great article :clapping. We need constructive ideas that are specific, useful and practical; not handwavey notions of accountability and set-ups.
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Great article :thumbsup
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Great article :thumbsup
I was beginning to think OER had died on me.
4 1/2 hours between posts thank goodness I still have a couple of active accounts at PRE where I can go and cause the Mods some grief.
:shh
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.....thank goodness I still have a couple of active accounts at PRE where I can go and cause the Mods some grief.
Aren't you a teacher, '65? Reform school? ;D
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.....thank goodness I still have a couple of active accounts at PRE where I can go and cause the Mods some grief.
Aren't you a teacher, '65? Reform school? ;D
Couldn't be further from the truth, reform school might be a little more rewarding than the...
Don't start me.
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Crazy idea to boost the Tigers
20 May 2007 Sunday Herald Sun
Jon Ralph
The new frontier of recruiting is scouring international destinations, hiring a battery of recruiters, http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/common/story_page/0,8033,21761341%255E19742,00.html
I will put my hand up to go see if there are any potentials in the Greek Isles!! ;D
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Crazy idea to boost the Tigers
20 May 2007 Sunday Herald Sun
Jon Ralph
The new frontier of recruiting is scouring international destinations, hiring a battery of recruiters, http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/common/story_page/0,8033,21761341%255E19742,00.html
I will put my hand up to go see if there are any potentials in the Greek Isles!! ;D
You can go to Rhodes and Ill go Kerkyra and Santorini. Im sure we'll both find plenty of talent ;D
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You're showing remarkable restraint, WP, and you're right on the money about this guy.
I show restraint GB because this bloke is not worth my time or energy. He says he bleeds for the Tigers but he sponsors the Magpies first before he considers sponsoring the club he supposedly loves and then blames Richmond for not sponsoring sooner. As I said conditions.
Now I am not in Mr Crazy's league financially. All I know is that ever year come hell or higher water I put what I can afford into this football club and I don't put conditions on support I just do it (like most on this forum do). I have never liked him and I've always found myself questioning his motives. Again in this instance my "gut" feel has not changed.
Ilhan would be a disaster for this club. He doesn't care about the club, he cares about himself and making money. He regularly makes vague promises, but rarely delivers. His self-promotion is shameless. I honestly don't believe he's a "richmond person".
Exactly GB :clapping
Crazy idea to boost the Tigers
20 May 2007 Sunday Herald Sun
Jon Ralph
NO point banging on again about how terrible Richmond's plight has become.
Any hope of turning around what is statistically its worst start to the season might have gone down the gurgler with a face injury to Matthew Richardson, the Tigers' only available matchwinner.
The Tigers were much improved on Friday night and their draw gets easier, but the fact remains they have equalled Sydney and Fremantle as the only 0-8 teams in the past 15 years.
The two options available to most clubs in such a predicament would seem closed off.
Richmond won't sack its coach and won't be able to trade off a host of its established players as Hawthorn did recently to bring together young talent in a cohesive group.
The coach has another two years left on his contract, and there simply aren't the Jon Hay/Nathan Thompson equivalents to garner interest elsewhere.
The answer lies in recruiting and it is here that a novel idea might be the solution.
Publicity craving John Ilhan (above), of Crazy John's fame, was at it again on The Footy Show on Thursday, forecasting his intention to move on to the Richmond board and eventually become president.
Here is another idea, John.
Why not put your money where your mouth is and cough up $500,000 a year to sponsor an expanded Richmond recruiting department and give the Tigers a legitimate chance to build through the kids?
Those juniors were on show on Friday - rookie elevations Nathan Foley, Jake King, Will Thursfield and a revelation in first-year midfielder Shane Edwards.
But there is no point in having emerging kids - you need more than your rivals or you just stagnate.
Collingwood, which is today unveiling its fifth first-gamer of the year, spent $787,000 on its recruiting last year compared with Richmond's $150,000.
That figure doesn't include Greg Miller's salary, but it is a woefully inadequate sum.
Call the kids Crazy John's Cubs, or Crazy John's Young Guns, but think of the goodwill engendered when another late pick or rookie begins to flourish.
You can bet Collingwood, which even has a sponsor for Eddie McGuire and boasts it will soon be a $100 million-a-year business, will only be expanding its recruiting budget.
The new frontier of recruiting is scouring international destinations, hiring a battery of recruiters, spending vast sums on developing interstate potential and honing rookie talent.
Desperate measures call for desperate solutions and Richmond needs something drastic to ensure it is not a middle-of-the-road side for another quarter of a century.
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/common/story_page/0,8033,21761341%255E19742,00.html
Excellent article Jon Ralph - hit the nail on the head :clapping
fact of the matter is that the business I run has the same dollar turnover as the RFC. Running a business isnt hard if you have strategy and leaders who know what there doing ::)
I still trying to work out how young Cleve Hughes got dropped.?
Can anyone here answer that please ?
What has Cleve Hughes being dropped got to do with the business side of the Club? One would hope absolutely nothing
I have no doubt that at the RFC there is a business strategy (plan) and a football department strategy. To ensure that the footy side is achievable the business side of things needs to be stable and productive. The reality is that the business side of the Club is now very strong (eg the financial side). Mr Crazy coming on board is not going to change that. The hard work on that front has already been done
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While talking about Steve Bedwell backing off today from his challenge on Rod Butterss at the Saints, Mark Doran on SEN had a little dig at John Ilhan saying Bedwell was like Crazy John who pops up every year saying he wants to be on the Richmond board then disappears again after getting the pludits and publicity while the club gets nothing.
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he will inject $$$ for us ...
elect him in 08 !
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Alan Bond's making money again - how about him lol
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he will inject $$$ for us ...
elect him in 08 !
Yeah, might be able to get a decent recruiting department
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he will inject $$$ for us ...
elect him in 08 !
Do you know that for sure, and if so, whether it'll be of any substance? The answer is "no".
Mark Doran has gone up in my estimation.
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Does anyone know who are the three on the RFC board up for re-election at the end of the year?
Is it Miller, Dalton and OShannassy?
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he will inject $$$ for us ...
elect him in 08 !
If he really loves the Club as much as he claims torch, he'd pour the money regardless.
He isn't what we need on the board.
Football club boards need people who are prepared to work together when things are tough and when things are great.
It's funny that now that the finances have turned around due to the hard work of the current board Mr Crazy is interested in being on the board :o :o What a surprise. Come on the board now when the hardest work is already done and enjoy the spoils - yeah right ::)
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Does anyone know who are the three on the RFC board up for re-election at the end of the year?
Is it Miller, Dalton and OShannassy?
O'Shannassy, Dalton and Cameron were last year. ;) Miller is next year.
Not sure who is up. I think they had to draw straws or something as they were all elected at the same time.
I seem to recall Clinton Casey would have been one, so that would mean Penny Haines seeing she took his place.
The other 2 have to be out of March, Lord, Matthies and Mithen.
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Does anyone know who are the three on the RFC board up for re-election at the end of the year?
Is it Miller, Dalton and OShannassy?
O'Shannassy, Dalton and Cameron were last year. ;) Miller is next year.
Not sure who is up. I think they had to draw straws or something as they were all elected at the same time.
I seem to recall Clinton Casey would have been one, so that would mean Penny Haines seeing she took his place.
The other 2 have to be out of March, Lord, Matthies and Mithen.
Thanks FF :). I was being lazy not doing a search.
Just checked. Mithen was last year and Cameron the year before. Leaves March, Matthies and Haines up for re-election this year.
March was appointed on 1/10/02 (last elected 2004)
Cameron - 16/12/99 (2005)
Lord - 23/10/01 (2005)
Dalton - 9/11/04 (2006)
Matthies - 29/1/04 (2004)
Mithen - 20/4/04 (2006)
Miller - 22/12/04 (2005)
OShannassy - 22/12/04 (2006)
Haines - 12/11/05 (took Casey's position who was last elected 2004)
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Just checked. Mithen was last year and Cameron the year before. Leaves March, Matthies and Haines up for re-election this year.
Ahh, that's right. The reports last year kept mistakenly saying Cameron when it was actually Mithen.
That's a pretty comprehensive search in the end. Worth the wait. :)
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he will inject $$$ for us ...
elect him in 08 !
If he really loves the Club as much as he claims torch, he'd pour the money regardless.
He isn't what we need on the board.
Football club boards need people who are prepared to work together when things are tough and when things are great.
It's funny that now that the finances have turned around due to the hard work of the current board Mr Crazy is interested in being on the board :o :o What a surprise. Come on the board now when the hardest work is already done and enjoy the spoils - yeah right ::)
I dare say that most of the work that has been done to get us in the position we are now in financially has to do with Steven Wright and not so much the board.
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I dare say that most of the work that has been done to get us in the position we are now in financially has to do with Steven Wright and not so much the board.
The CEO reports to the board Bull - and ultimately the board give "yeahs & neahs" on long term strategic decisions. For example Boards sign off on the budgets etc - management put them together Boards give final approval - that's what happens in nearly every company.
Also, Directors bring with them the contacts regarding sponsorship. For example it was Gary March who bought AFG to the RFC - Steven Wright did the deal but it was Gary who made the first contact and bought them to the table.
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Millers ability and contribution to us becoming financially viable should not be understated in all this.
HE has contributing massive amounts of funds indirectly through his richmond executive and another little money earner just comp[leted that will profit the club +180k to be announced soon.
:shh
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That's true blaisee.
Well if John Ilhan wants to get on the board and be Prez will he challenge March at this year's upcoming election or will it be more hot air?! He's been saying for 3 years about wanting to join the board in 2008. There's a quote from 2004 in the media of him saying that.
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I dare say that most of the work that has been done to get us in the position we are now in financially has to do with Steven Wright and not so much the board.
The CEO reports to the board Bull - and ultimately the board give "yeahs & neahs" on long term strategic decisions. For example Boards sign off on the budgets etc - management put them together Boards give final approval - that's what happens in nearly every company.
Also, Directors bring with them the contacts regarding sponsorship. For example it was Gary March who bought AFG to the RFC - Steven Wright did the deal but it was Gary who made the first contact and bought them to the table.
Ofcourse the CEO reports to the board, but Wright has done all of the hard work to get things where they are. He is the one who has done all of the number crunching etc to make sure that we are making a profit. It's no coincidence that things have improved since he has come on board.
Just look how back things were when Brayshaw was in charge and that other American dude. It wasnt the board's fault it was the CEO's of the time.
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The CEO does the work but the board appoints the CEO and is answerable to the shareholders (the members in our case). The board carries the responsibility for decisions made.
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The CEO does the work but the board appoints the CEO and is answerable to the shareholders (the members in our case). The board carries the responsibility for decisions made.
No denying that, thats why they sack them when they dont perform.
There is also no denying that Steven Wright has been a key factor in our current financial position.
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There is also no denying that Steven Wright has been a key factor in our current financial position.
Not disputing the work Steven Wright's done Bull - exceptional operator (quality person) :thumbsup
Just saying the kudos should be shared around to all those involved in it and I am a little wary of the likes of Mr Crazy wanting to be part of it now :thumbsup
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There is also no denying that Steven Wright has been a key factor in our current financial position.
Not disputing the work Steven Wright's done Bull - exceptional operator (quality person) :thumbsup
Just saying the kudos should be shared around to all those involved in it and I am a little wary of the likes of Mr Crazy wanting to be part of it now :thumbsup
Steve Wright deserves every plaudit that comes his way, not to mention the others that for some reason have a strike against their names.
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bump ;)
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l like to see hardened football knowledge people on the board at Richmond
not people who have got bags of $$$ & no football knowledge
l'm sure every rich supporter of Richmond would like to get on the board
Gary March is not someone l want at the helm
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$$$ wants success ... so will have power ... and if we don't ... sack sack sack ... more $$$ the better ...
Terry did say we still need more $$$ for more "things" around the club ... $$$ $$$ $$$ $$$ $$$ = power !!!
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Ilhan was on Ch 7 news last night supporting Plough to continue.
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Ilhan was on Ch 7 news last night supporting Plough to continue.
John Ilhan gave Channel Seven a statement saying:
“I am a Terry Wallace fan and believe he should have at least five years to implement his coaching strategy.
Whether it is business or sport everyone should be offered the opportunity to implement their strategy over five years, similar to Bomber Thompson.”
:bow
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Ilhan was on Ch 7 news last night supporting Plough to continue.
i know he is not our pres, but everytime someone such as a president assures or backs teh coach, its a deadset sign the coach will be sacked
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Ilhan was on Ch 7 news last night supporting Plough to continue.
i know he is not our pres, but everytime someone such as a president assures or backs teh coach, its a deadset sign the coach will be sacked
But surely if he was trying to get on side with supporters, the popular thing would be to say "Get Sheeds". He's not president, or even a board member, so there's no need for him to defend him.
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Ilhan was on Ch 7 news last night supporting Plough to continue.
The fact that Ilhan's views on the coaching situation are getting coverage despite the fact he has no role at the club would hardly comfort Wallace!
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Ilhan was on Ch 7 news last night supporting Plough to continue.
i know he is not our pres, but everytime someone such as a president assures or backs teh coach, its a deadset sign the coach will be sacked
But surely if he was trying to get on side with supporters, the popular thing would be to say "Get Sheeds". He's not president, or even a board member, so there's no need for him to defend him.
If this guy ever gets to a position of authority or power at Richmond I swear "I'll spew up"
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If this guy ever gets to a position of authority or power at Richmond I swear "I'll spew up"
yeah, there'll be carrot on the floor of many homes.
At least it puts paid to many people saying that he'll use his own money to pay out Wallace's contract in order to get Sheedy.
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If this guy ever gets to a position of authority or power at Richmond I swear "I'll spew up"
:thatsgold Terry sorry I meant mjs :thumbsup
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At least it puts paid to many people saying that he'll use his own money to pay out Wallace's contract in order to get Sheedy.
Yep GB. Not even Crazy John would just throw away $1 million.