Futtocks Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 1 "We are easily breakable, by illness or falling, or a million other ways of leaving this earthly life. We are just so much mashed potato." Don Estelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 I'm glad to see they are looking outside RL. It is important that the game gets someone with the right skills to do the job and someone who has fresh ideas. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hallucinating Goose Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 I think we should rotate the role of scapegoat on a weekly basis with volunteers taken from this forum. We should all do our bit for RL moanery and I personally will nominate Harry Stottle as the first scapegoat. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RP London Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 9 hours ago, Futtocks said: interviews? Sounding people out from other places? what sort of whitchery is this??? surely you just promote the highest placed, least competent person in the organisation and let them have a crack at it... what could go wrong? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nadera78 Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 7 minutes ago, RP London said: interviews? Sounding people out from other places? what sort of whitchery is this??? surely you just promote the highest placed, least competent person in the organisation and let them have a crack at it... what could go wrong? There's still time... "Just as we had been Cathars, we were treizistes, men apart." Jean Roque, Calendrier-revue du Racing-Club Albigeois, 1958-1959 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Poster Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 I'm not sure expecting somebody paid a lot of money to oversee the development and health of Rugby League in the UK, to do just that, is making anyone a scapegoat? If I don't do my job properly, I'll get sacked. So will all of us. That's not making us scapegoats it's expecting us to do our job. Which, IMO RR didn't do very well. Not sure why it would be different here. 1 Take it Off! Take it Off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Poster Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 12 minutes ago, RP London said: interviews? Sounding people out from other places? what sort of whitchery is this??? surely you just promote the highest placed, least competent person in the organisation and let them have a crack at it... what could go wrong? Careful, they might read this forum. 1 Take it Off! Take it Off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 Scudamore ex CEO of the Premier League would be a great choice. Why he'd be interested is the 64,000 dollar question or in his case the 1 billion pound question, but who knows!? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunbar Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 17 minutes ago, RP London said: surely you just promote the highest placed, least competent person in the organisation and let them have a crack at it... what could go wrong? Where did you get my cv from! 2 "The history of the world is the history of the triumph of the heartless over the mindless." — Sir Humphrey Appleby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Poster Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 4 minutes ago, HawkMan said: Scudamore ex CEO of the Premier League would be a great choice. Why he'd be interested is the 64,000 dollar question or in his case the 1 billion pound question, but who knows!? I thought he was a jockey? Take it Off! Take it Off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 3 minutes ago, The Masked Poster said: I thought he was a jockey? That's Peter, this is Richard Scudamore. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Scudamore 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sports Prophet Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 (edited) Perfect time to hire. With the WC on now, it should demonstrate we want high calibre candidates. it’s just we probably pay peanuts. The job would suit a young up and coming administrator looking to make a big name for themselves. A but like a younger, more brash, Richard Lewis. Edited November 10, 2022 by Sports Prophet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Poster Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 (edited) Is this guy available? Edited November 10, 2022 by The Masked Poster 2 Take it Off! Take it Off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hallucinating Goose Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 9 minutes ago, The Masked Poster said: Is this guy available? Well he's got the flat cap, that's the most important thing covered. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Poster Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 2 minutes ago, The Hallucinating Goose said: Well he's got the flat cap, that's the most important thing covered. Fev a shoo in for SL then. Take it Off! Take it Off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 30 minutes ago, HawkMan said: Scudamore ex CEO of the Premier League would be a great choice. Why he'd be interested is the 64,000 dollar question or in his case the 1 billion pound question, but who knows!? In what way? I don't know much about him to have an opinion but on the face of it running a multi billion pound league for easily the biggest sport in the country is quite different. What made him a success there, which I presume you think he was, may not come across well or be applicable to RL. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 1 minute ago, Damien said: In what way? I don't know much about him to have an opinion but on the face of it running a multi billion pound league for easily the biggest sport in the country is quite different. What made him a success there, which I presume you think he was, may not come across well or be applicable to RL. He's retired so it's all moot. Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RP London Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 18 minutes ago, The Masked Poster said: Is this guy available? next year we'll all be millionaires! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Poster Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 Supposedly big names with lots of connections don't always work out like we think. Who was the guy with the "little black book" that was going to benefit RL? Brian Barwick? Either way, it didn't seem to make much difference in the end. 1 Take it Off! Take it Off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave T Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 3 minutes ago, Damien said: In what way? I don't know much about him to have an opinion but on the face of it running a multi billion pound league for easily the biggest sport in the country is quite different. What made him a success there, which I presume you think he was, may not come across well or be applicable to RL. I think this is right, I don't think we can just look at big names of people that did well in one area and see that as translating perfectly and they wave their magic wand and deliver growth. It'll likely be somebody we haven't heard of. And that's probably the right approach, there are a lot of good people out there doing good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Poster Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 Just now, RP London said: next year we'll all be millionaires! This should be written (in Latin maybe) on the doors of RL headquarters. Take it Off! Take it Off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 4 minutes ago, Damien said: In what way? I don't know much about him to have an opinion but on the face of it running a multi billion pound league for easily the biggest sport in the country is quite different. What made him a success there, which I presume you think he was, may not come across well or be applicable to RL. As GJ says, he's retired anyway, but below is a part of his Wikipedia biog that stood out; The total value of British Premier League television rights negotiated under Scudamore have risen from £1.2 billion for the 2001–04 season to £5.134 billion for the 2013–16 season.[3] Scudamore was accountable for all elements of the League's operations and his core responsibilities included regulatory, legal and political matters, and the sale of broadcasting and central commercial rights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnM Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 55 minutes ago, The Masked Poster said: I'm not sure expecting somebody paid a lot of money to oversee the development and health of Rugby League in the UK, to do just that, is making anyone a scapegoat? If I don't do my job properly, I'll get sacked. So will all of us. That's not making us scapegoats it's expecting us to do our job. Which, IMO RR didn't do very well. Not sure why it would be different here. You're new on here, aren't you. You need to get with the program. "Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth." JohnM - 17/01/2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Poster Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 2 minutes ago, JohnM said: You're new on here, aren't you. You need to get with the program. I'm not green though. I know people like the CEO of something like the RFL will get blamed for a lot of stuff that are not their fault, that goes with the territory though. We can ignore people blaming them for it raining on GF night or ridiculous stuff like that but not if the game isn't improving and growing. I don't have to like them, I just want them to do their job and help RL grow. Which in the last years, I'd say it hasn't. In fact it's gone backwards. Take it Off! Take it Off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davo5 Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 47 minutes ago, The Masked Poster said: Is this guy available? Can’t wait to see the Peckham Broncos. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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