One-Eyed Richmond Forum
Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: one-eyed on January 22, 2016, 04:27:47 AM
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Two leading AFL club chief executives have knocked back approaches from the NRL to join a shortlist of candidates for the job vacated by former rugby league boss Dave Smith.
Highly-regarded Geelong Cats boss Brian Cook and Richmond Tigers CEO Brendon Gale received separate approaches before Christmas from recruitment agency Crown & Marks, which is acting on behalf of the NRL.
Both Cook and Gale, widely considered the top two CEOs at AFL club level, had a number of conversations with the recruitment agency, but declined the NRL's invitation to a formal interview for the job.
Fairfax Media understands the Australian boss of an international hotel chain is one of the 10 external applicants in the interview process, with another six candidates from within the NRL also in the frame for the job.
The money on offer for the vacant NRL CEO position is not as much as Smith's contract, which was believed to be worth in excess of $1.5 million. The new CEO stands to earn $1 million a year, a similar figure to what the top AFL club bosses earn.
It is significantly lower than the $3.3 million contract AFL chief executive Gillon Mclachlan is reportedly on and lower than the $2.2 million former AFL boss Andrew Demetriou was earning.
While Australian Rugby League Commission chairman John Grant insists the new chief executive must have a love and knowledge for rugby league, the NRL has expanded its search across the country in a bid to find the right person to lead the game.
Scottish-born Cook, who almost took the North Melbourne job in 2012, is widely considered the No.1 club chief executive in the AFL, starting his career as the boss of the West Coast Eagles in 1990.
Cook transformed the club into a powerhouse, quadrupling membership and helping the Eagles become the first non-Victorian club to win the AFL premiership in 1992.
Gale played 244 games for Richmond between 1990 and 2001, moving on to the CEO role at the AFL Players Association before taking the job as the Tigers boss. It is understood Gale perceives his job at the Tigers to be half done, while Cook was reluctant to uproot his family to Sydney.
http://www.theage.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/two-afl-club-bosses-knock-back-nrl-approach-to-apply-for-chief-executives-position-20160121-gmb3ul.html
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widely considered the top two CEOs at AFL club level
Except on OER :whistle :whistle
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I think Gale has done a good job but with all the unprecedented amount of resources at the disposal of the footy department its decidedly "premiership time" but we still struggle to win a final. :banghead
It may be time to pull the trigger on a host of people in the footy department if they can't get the team winning in September it's what makes a season, a team & a legacy.
I want this:
(http://www.lombard.com.au/www/746/files/7599.jpg)
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Gees ... you mean to tell me we haven't won a final since September last year? Struth ... what with all the chances we've had since then? ::)
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Gees ... you mean to tell me we haven't won a final since September last year? Struth ... what with all the chances we've had since then? ::)
JP Tiger = happy to lose finals
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It's like all those ninths but with even worse draft picks...
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Gees ... you mean to tell me we haven't won a final since September last year? Struth ... what with all the chances we've had since then? ::)
JP Tiger = happy to lose finals
Really? Its interesting how you came to that conclusion.
Here's a question for you Dooky - When do the AFL finals start?
Take your time answering, you can get back to me sometime around September 2016 ...
I'd be pretty bloody impressed if we could win an AFL final BEFORE then ... ::) :P
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In your defence, we are undefeated over the last 4 odd months. See, I can be balanced too
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Gees ... you mean to tell me we haven't won a final since September last year? Struth ... what with all the chances we've had since then? ::)
JP Tiger = happy to lose finals
JP Tiger = happy to lose back to back to back finals :clapping