A lot of people on this forum get periodically annoyed with GH, with his annual emails, fact-finding trips to Australia, jobs for the boys appointments etc.


What was JJB's answer when pushed about why Leeds aren't punching their weight in SL? Some jibberish about expanding pathways into sport, or the transformative power of sport in society... Maybe he should become a local councillor or MP instead?

My concern with JJB is the constant looking over his shoulder at the team he played in and the culture of the club at that time.


That was a unique time with a concentration of real quality players and like the Leeds Utd team of Bremner and Giles can never be replicated.


Times move on and businesses that look backwards go backwards.  Will he recruit players in his own image i.e. big hearted triers rather than real quality individuals.


Promoting Rob Oates is a great move - his ability to fill the corporate despite the poor level of entertainment on offer is a stroke of genius.

hopefully blease will make all the recruitment decisions as I've no faith in jones to do it

It was BS then and it's BS now. If you've ever actually encountered anyone at Leeds then you know how much winning means to them.

When was the last time you heard jjb mention the golden. I haven't heard it for a while now. 

I think Sir Kev though he couldn't do the job justice so walked away.JJB must think he's up to the job otherwise he would have turned the job down. JJB must think he can do the job otherwise he would have walked away.
Time will tell.

jjb loves the sound of his own voice!! I guess he thinks he can do anything

I agree with that.


The challenge is this is a sporting organisation that needs success on the field to grow and develop the brand/organisation.


As an observer looking in it seems the commercial personnel are far more proficient than their counterparts on the rugby playing side.


We must also put things into context - this is a SME of modest revenues and profits.  


This business cannot progress to the next level with a team that regularly fails to even make the playoffs.

Every time he is SKY he refers to how the golden generation did things - he needs to move on to the reality of how RL is coached/played these days

His role as CEO will have nothing to do with how RL is Coached/Played that's why we now have a Director of Rugby.

Do you really believe that!!


Who chooses the next coach and senior coaching appointments inc. DOR?


JJB will have a massive influence on the rugby side of the business.