All good points Harry. In fairness to Rex though, he has only recently cleared some commitments that now make it possible for him to take on more of a role at the Club.
As incompetent as the current Board may be or seem, the alternative is and never will be a viable alternative. And it may turn out that we have to decide between the two.
Love or hate Casey, he is the one person that has got up off his backside and done something to get RFC going again. To do that, he and whoever else is involved, had to acknowledge what and where the problems are and then set out to do something about them. The appointment of Miller alone has resulted in some much needed changes, as he is someone who realises that a long-term approach to changing things is necessary and is prepared to do whatever it takes to change them.
Anyone who knows and understands the Richmond history will know that previous administrations weren’t even prepared to accept that we had problems. They were content to sit back and say things are “fine”. “There’s nothing wrong here” type attitude. Or maybe they just didn’t know how to go about changing them or weren’t prepared to.
At least Casey has had enough ticker to shake things up and get some action into the place. The only other person to do that was Mal Brown in about 1994. God forbid though, that someone should attempt to change anything and perhaps make a mistake in the process. We all know what happens to anyone who does that at this Club.
Maybe Casey isn’t the ideal President, but if it’s a decision between Casey and Macek then I’ll take my chances with those who are prepared to see there are problems and can and will do something about them. Unlike those before him.
From their attitude, the things they say and everything else about them, the alternatives, can only clearly send us backwards at a rate of knots.
The fact they are buoyed by an oversight and believe that it gives them credibility (which they never had before), says it all. They must have sore hands from all the high fives they’ve been giving each other since yesterday. Truth is, if they are prepared to see it, which I doubt, is that they have about as much credibility as they had on Wednesday. NONE.
They speak about democracy when they wanted to take over the place.
They speak about the times pre Casey when we were financial and competitive as a team.
Maybe they’ve just woken up from a 20 year slumber or something. Or maybe they’re still asleep, which would explain some things. When they finally wake up, they might like to count the numbers of times we made the finals during their time at the Club versus the drubbings we copped. They’ll need to take the socks and shoes off for that one (counting the drubbings that is).
As embarrassing as this might be, it’s hardly end of the world stuff and it seems that the news got out before things had been finalised and fully decided. When the dust settles and we all regain our composure, we’ll see that, if Rex is still prepared to be involved with the Club, he could still take on a role and become a Director down the track. Even before an election is held next year. Just as other Directors have, without election.
