Denis Fitzgerald = Days Are Numbered : Sun Dec 14, 2008 12:48 pm  

http://leagueunlimited.com/article.php?newsid=17278 Now he run off and start his little yawnion franchise and leave people who care about Parramatta to run the show.

http://leagueunlimited.com/article.php?newsid=17278 Now he run off and start his little yawnion franchise and leave people who care about Parramatta to run the show.

: Mon Dec 15, 2008 2:24 pm  

Talk about complicated! They have 3 boards running the one club! one for Jnr's, one for Leagues club and one for the NRL franchise. No wonder it costs so much to run an NRL club, it's all the board meetings sandwiches!

: Mon Dec 15, 2008 9:49 pm  

JB Down Under wrote:

Talk about complicated! They have 3 boards running the one club! one for Jnr's, one for Leagues club and one for the NRL franchise. No wonder it costs so much to run an NRL club, it's all the board meetings sandwiches!

Aren't or haven't many other clubs been like that? ie. Souths. Souths Juniors. Souths Juniors Leagues etc. etc.

Different boards. Different costs. Not all out of the same pocket.

Re: Denis Fitzgerald = Days Are Numbered : Mon Dec 15, 2008 11:28 pm  

The Daddy wrote:

http://leagueunlimited.com/article.php?newsid=17278

Now he run off and start his little yawnion franchise and leave people who care about Parramatta to run the show.

Well, he's not gone - yet:

1) He has a vote on the Football Club board (he must be the only CEO in any organisation in the world to also have a vote on the board that they are directed by) which, in some circumstances, will mean the PDRLFC could be tied 4-all in a direct faction clash; and

2) The 3Ps need to win control of the Leagues Club board in April which shouldn't be too hard as they will need to only win one or, at the most, two positions (3 of the LC board coming from the PDRLFC Board - assuming they are all from the 3P faction) to take control.

Hopefully, what is happening at my club will mean more committment to the football operations, more investment in fan culture from the Leagues Club - and less interest in investing in rival sports and more concentration from the next CEO on running a football club and less on running a gaming-centric organisation...

Re: Denis Fitzgerald = Days Are Numbered : Tue Dec 16, 2008 2:18 pm  

CumberlandsAshes wrote:

Well, he's not gone - yet:

1) He has a vote on the Football Club board (he must be the only CEO in any organisation in the world to also have a vote on the board that they are directed by) which, in some circumstances, will mean the PDRLFC could be tied 4-all in a direct faction clash; and

...

Plenty of CEO's have a board voting right. It is not unusual in business.

Re: Denis Fitzgerald = Days Are Numbered : Tue Dec 16, 2008 10:36 pm  

JB Down Under wrote:

Plenty of CEO's have a board voting right. It is not unusual in business.

Well, only if they're also a board member.

Denis Fitzgerald is an employee of the company. He is not a board member. Having a vote alongside elected board members is an outrage.

If he is going to sit on the board it should be in an "ex-officio" capacity only.

: Wed Dec 17, 2008 12:44 pm  

nope, plenty of companies CEO's have board voting rights as paid employees. My own included.

: Thu Dec 18, 2008 12:20 am  

JB Down Under wrote:

nope, plenty of companies CEO's have board voting rights as paid employees. My own included.

Good for him.

But it should be avoided, however (and generally is) -- after all, the Board is the CEO's boss, the CEO reports to the board, the board carries out his performance review and determines his actions. Mixing up the duties of a board member and a CEO reduces the accountability of the CEO and has been shown to reduce the effectiveness of individual board members...

I mean, the bloke ends up reporting to himself and being his own boss -- and, as experience shows, ends up becoming the board's biggest mouth. Which is the problem at Parramatta -- No accountability at all with slavish board members deferring everything to him -- as Denis is essentially reporting to himself.

: Thu Dec 18, 2008 2:29 pm  

Not when you have 12 board members and one CEO!

: Sun Dec 21, 2008 4:19 pm  

He should go for the good of the club. When he first took over the club was winning GFs etc. Thereafter nothing.