Rush you mean? I'll have you know I was very polite to him on Friday when he came over and said hello to me and my friend (just after I had, rather embarrasingly, tried to teach my friend the tune to the song on the Red Vee Cafe walls).

Apparently there has been more damage to the roof following last night's little breeze and so I'm wondering whether the cladding will ever be done (since that is supposed to increase the risk of the roof spinning off into the stratosphere).

underwhelming appointment, one could be mistaken in thinking Rush has some dirt on the big man himself

Mike Rush is a good guy. Not many people know about the work he does for local amateur rugby.


I think he gets unfair stick on here.

Probably why Gaskell left.

I for one arnt saying he's not a good guy, i dont think anyone is, but that doesnt make him an ideal CEO.

Time will tell on this one

Wer fixing roof yesterday after I drove all the way from Warrington to get me 7 year old the new kit , I wernt pleased to find the shop shut , newt on the site ether about it

I was recently at an event where Mike Rush and a number of other people from the RL top table were present. Rush had a certain aura about him and he impressed me.

I didn't experience any 'aura' around Rush when he said hello in the Red Vee Cafe. He's got a bit of a belly on him though.

Really what does that have to do with anything? He's not taking to the pitch, so his middle age spread is immaterial

So is his 'aura'. Why pick up on only my comment?

I think there is a bit of double standards here. Surprise surprise!!!

People have started calling for an improvement in recruitment, saying that we have not been the same since a Rugby man was in control of getting new players. A rugby man is appointed and suddenly everyone is worrying about the finance side of things.

CEO is not the same role as head coach. So regardless of our thoughts on his time as head coach, this has no reflection on him as a CEO.

I do think he is a St. Helens man and he wants to do what is best for St. Helens. I don't think we should fall into the trap of thinking that people are trying to undermine St. Helens on purpose. There is no long conspiracy.

Part of this is down to peoples lack of reasonable expectations, linked in to strange recruitment in the halfbacks.

Hopefully he can go well and put us back where we need to be.

CEO is a fancy way of saying Managing Director, so whilst you may doubt his qualification for financial or marketing reasons - he wont be the one filling those roles, he'll just be responsible for making sure the folks employed are doing their job to the best of their ability. In order to do this, he needs to know about as many different facets of running a rugby club. As Dux says, Rush has quite a unique range of experience regarding this, so as long as he has enough of an idea not to let the finance department pull the wool over his eyes, I wouldn't panic.

Apart from his general smarts and judgement, his success in this role will depend on the following -
Knowledge of his Industry.
Work rate and commitment to the role.
The standards he sets/expects from his team.

I don't particulary worry about any of those facets of Rush's character, so perhaps he'll make a decent fist of it?

Most sensible thing I've read on this thread. (Your sig is the lease sensible thing I've read on the thread though.)

No one says he is not a nice guy, but I do think he is a McManus man! and for one person that is all that counts! We have a nice guy but his background is in marketing & at the top, but.....in cricket and it shows!