As much as I’d love to be excited by this, I’ve put my faith in people before, only to be let down. Through all of this I’ve almost come to doubt my ability to judge people and situations and the only thing that prevents me from doing so is that we don’t know all the factors involved that have lead to certain events taking place. That’s what I’m telling myself anyway.
Nevertheless, it doesn’t stop me from being wary of anyone new, because when these shiny new people arrive, we’re always told how good they are and how we’re going to do this, that and everything else, only to invariably finish with nothing but broken promises.
I’m not saying it couldn’t work and many supporters would no doubt welcome the prospect of a new ticket. But for people to be able to put their faith in any new regime, they would need to have a team ready to go from the outset, which would include coaching staff. Because I think we’re all way beyond tired of promises of what will be and we don’t want to just be told about it, we want to see it.
As for a fly-in president, wasn’t Alan Bond going to do a similar thing? What a rip-roaring success that turned out to be. (Great minds think alike WP
). I don’t know how necessary it is to have a President who is available at all times, but it would probably be more desirable. We don’t need people who have no idea about what they are getting themselves into. We need people who have their eyes wide open and who know how much work there is to do and are prepared to do it.
If this new Board were to eventuate, one thing I would want to know about these people is that they would be doing the job for all the right reasons, i.e. they are doing it because they want to and not because they are being talked into it, or because they’re ego maniacs.
I would want to know that they have a plan and are united in the direction the Club would take. We want people who know what it is to work as a team, rather than individuals who are in it for themselves. They need to have an appreciation of the Club’s history and have the best interests of RFC at heart, at all times. Otherwise, they needn’t bother.
