Very true!

Each day I look at this thread i think - "Agar Out! I hope this is the day"

........and each day Im disappointed!

lets hope if we get a new coach that he wins every single game or he'll feel the wrath of the armchair know it all's.

what coach would want a job where the fan's thrive on the negatives?

A coach that only allows the negatives to occur when he has absolutely no control, and largely provides positives?

Just a guess.....

Let's hope we get a coach that doesn't have a talented bunch of players under performing week in, week out

He already does that. Unfortunately he trains & picks a side like they're not playing in our next game

My thesaurus doesn't have parasite for employee or shareholder ???

Oh shut up you tart

Didn`t know you had to be in posession of an armchair to be a know it all,I had better nip out and buy a big one smartish.

Ignore him. We only have 2 big sofas yet I know everything

how is she a parasite?

I suppose you'd rather have Brian Tindall or rip off Wauldby in charge?

I wouldn't bother Standee, there are far too many on this forum who simply have no idea at all

The fact is that very few actually have any appreciation of what the board do. Don't get me wrong, they are not faultless, but in reality they have made only one error and that was giving Agar a contract extention.

Flippin 'eck Jake I was happy in my ignorant world insisting they were great due to the fact we made a profit and our marketing it good..but after reading those facts which are all correct and unpleasant reading, it looks like I am changing my mind again!!

I don't see th appointment of any coach as a failing. Not acting accordingley when things are not going right is the error.

As a matter of interest, why were the appointments of Kear and Sharp mistakes? Kear won us our only trophy of note in the last 20 years whilst Sharp got us to the GF. Ultimately they fell on their sword for differnent reasons as at the time the board were not affraid to make big decisions when it was needed.

Failure to get Cooke to sign was down to Plummer, who effectively fell on his sword for that and is no longer part of our club. Plummer was CEO and had ultimate say, hardly the fault of the other directors at the time or the current ones who were not party to it all back then.

What exactly has playing an ineligable player in the CC really cost the club?

Failure to turn off field success to on field success. Isn't that down to the playing staff and coach to do that? And this is where we come full circle. The board used to make snap decisions which were probably the right ones (getting rid of Kear and Sharp - although I have a degree of sympathy for Sharp as the loss of Cooke (beyond his control ) and the worst season for injuries in many a year (beyond his control) were contributory factors). The failure of the board has been to blindly back Richard Agar when its firstly, inconsistant with treatment of other coaches and secondly, possibly more evidently, Agar simply is not good enough which has been evident from round 7 of SL in 2009. The awarding of a 2 year extention was neither justified or good business sense.

The main change in the board since Sharp departed is the promotion to CEO of James Rule, who is clearly not up to making big decisions.
Finally, you say "This club desperately needs some real rugby people in key positions". Who do you mean by this? ATEOTD We do not have a sugar daddy who is prepared to let business sense go out of the window and will under write any losses.

Unfortunately there are too many (and thias is not directed at you ) who seem to think getting Kath Hetherington out will be like someone waving a magic want and everything will be rosey. Kath is not the problem, its the CEO (who cannot make the big call) who is.