This PROPERLY made me laugh!  I’ve submitted my 2 questions, these will defo be ignored in favour of “when is the new kit out” and “who really IS the wire flyer”, but I’ve asked:


(1) How/why did Karl get the CEO job
(2) Do you think his reign since 2017 has been successful given we have only won 1 trophy?


As I said, I expect something like “what discount do season ticket holders get a discount on new Hoover washing machines?

Matt can't ask difficult questions, they will take away his press pass and complimentary pie. 

Even Catalan, albeit they are having a shocking year this year, have had more success than us in the last 5-10 years.

The Hull KR comparison though is damning. 

Interesting that Abe tweeted over the weekend that there are
only three people who oversee every recruitment and retention decision and that
these three people don’t receive half as much criticism as others. They are:


 


Simon Moran


Stuart Middleton


Mike Lomax

This why the clown that is Fitzpatrick is CEO it deflects all attention away from said 3. 

So our "Director of Rugby" has no say in it?  


I think our problem is at the exec level. It spans coaches and players, the only thing that hasn't changed over the decade. 


It's the big boys train set. 

I like McNamara too and he has excellent credentials.

But without more sweeping change behind the scenes I bet it would be a repeat of the Powell experience.


Continuing dysfunction and in about a year this forum would be full of fans blaming 'McBanana' for team selection / stuff he said in interviews after defeats and demanding a coaching change. 


Then he'd go somewhere else and do better than us. 

If you’re having a laugh, getting leathered with the players after pitiful defeats or jumping back on your hired private jet after a Las Vegas debacle - you don’t really care do you? You don’t really hurt watching us fail and fail again. 

The 'top 3 triangle' are ultimately responsible for the sanctioning of new signings & extending the contracts of players, with plenty of input from the Director Of Rugby and the senior coaching staff, as well as advisors that are used in Australia. It's their money that's being spent afterall. But nobody seems to mention them when criticising the clubs structure & on/off field results, which I suspect is down to the money they've put in to the club over the years. Imagine what position we'd be in now without them, especially SM.

I’ve got Haircut 100 going round in my head now. 

I think Moran has credit in the bank for the stuff pre 2009 however Middleton should be criticised as much as Karl IMO. As Wires71 said, we have gone backwards since he came in. As someone who loves to tell you how much money he's ploughed into the club having been in his company a couple of times, I'd be interested to know if he is willing to take some responsibility for the poop show we are witnessing before our very eyes.