Noyce Takes Responsibility For Darwin Game

[ROC181]

It's like the Cowboys s saw this idiot coming and it was no issue with them to play in the same climate. Sure the Cowboys want another one there but will another club be as stupid as ours to give up home advantage?

[SConcierge]

Neither is the Warriors at Christchurch,but without knowing the deal and incentives clubs get for moving games,it is hard to complain.
Our club is running at a loss each year,and the power brokers are just looking at ways to turn this around.
Don`t give them complaints,but rather give them solutions...

The front office is piss poor imo the budget for their head of sales is just over 60k lol they dont have a clue. Is Noyce poor no but he and his team are far from astute market leading professionals. The brand is strong the people driving the car need a GPS.

[stsae]

I am not talking about spelling errors lol you said people are making comments with "hind site" and I am telling you go back and look at how many people said it was a piss poor choice when it was first announced, it was obvious and it is not a mistake a person in his position should be making.
I am saying that if he needs to find cash find another better way there are options mate. The NRL pays teams a premium bonus to take home games away, I am saying why agree to play the cowboys or newcastle in their back yard? why could we not drive the car and we choose who we play and where like the dogs taking the sharks to SA, they got the cash and a neutral game.

I know you weren't talking spelling errors mate.

I'm talking hind site in general. I admit sometimes I do say things well a little shall we say backwards. But I get it so I guess I think most others will eventually.

The decision was made a long while ago to take this game to Darwin. In hind site that was a wrong decision. But that's his job to make these decisions without hind site. That's all.

Sure some whinged here they always do. Like they did about the jumpers we've worn so far. They whinged in hind site, from the decision being made. That's the way I see it.

As for taking a neutral team to a neutral venue well firstly I gather the $$$$ incentive wouldn't be as great and secondly the usual suspects would still whinge and blame Noyce or whoever the CEO is if we lose.

I don't necessarily agree with the moving of home games from our home. I just try to understand why it's done. And I realize it's the CEOs job to do the deed of getting the best deal for the club. It's reality we have to put up with this and it will continue into the future I'm sure. NewsRL encourage the practice.

IMO the blame rests squarely on the players. They should handle the heat or cold better than that. And if they're blaming the CEO then they're softer than I gave them credit for. But I'm sure they blame themselves. I hope that manifests in a win tomorrow.

Don't be offended mate. Not my intention. Just putting my view out there.

[SConcierge]

I know you weren't talking spelling errors mate.

I'm talking hind site in general. I admit sometimes I do say things well a little shall we say backwards. But I get it so I guess I think most others will eventually.

The decision was made a long while ago to take this game to Darwin. In hind site that was a wrong decision. But that's his job to make these decisions without hind site. That's all.

Sure some whinged here they always do. Like they did about the jumpers we've worn so far. They whinged in hind site, from the decision being made. That's the way I see it.

As for taking a neutral team to a neutral venue well firstly I gather the $$$$ incentive wouldn't be as great and secondly the usual suspects would still whinge and blame Noyce or whoever the CEO is if we lose.

I don't necessarily agree with the moving of home games from our home. I just try to understand why it's done. And I realize it's the CEOs job to do the deed of getting the best deal for the club. It's reality we have to put up with this and it will continue into the future I'm sure. NewsRL encourage the practice.

IMO the blame rests squarely on the players. They should handle the heat or cold better than that. And if they're blaming the CEO then they're softer than I gave them credit for. But I'm sure they blame themselves. I hope that manifests in a win tomorrow.

Don't be offended mate. Not my intention. Just putting my view out there.

Mate nothing to be offended about its opinion nothing else, I personally dont believe he is the man for the job, the only one I rate is greenberg...the rest are clowns

[Guest]

Mate, we all know i love the faarrks and the carrnts and all that jazz but i just think a man in his position shouldn't let those kind of things slip.

Brian Smith could call all the journo's a bunch of carrnts at the presser for all i care, but it's not the sort of thing a CEO should say in public.

If i may take a quote from the backwards book, that's just my opinion of course.

I dig and respect your opinion Greeds. All good.

I personally like a bloke who wears a suit but still talks like he would to his mates at the pub.

And I don't think shit is much of a taboo word these days really. I do admit if he'd have used the word steamer for example I'd have keeled over in .

Yeah, i'm hearing you mate, i like a suit who's a normal bloke too.

Maybe i just thought it was the wrong situation.

In saying that, yes in hindsight it might have been the wrong call, but i can't recall him making any bad decisions since he's been here.

Has he even really made any at all?

If everyone here is to be believed uncle Nicko makes all the calls doesn't he?

[stsae]

Mate nothing to be offended about its opinion nothing else, I personally dont believe he is the man for the job, the only one I rate is greenberg...the rest are clowns

Yeah that bloke seems to do a good job.

TBH I dont think about CEOs much I guess.

I think they do a pretty thankless job. Suits around footballers, must be tough at times.

1st to cop the blame when things go pear shaped but cop very little praise when things go well.

I wouldn't want that job personally.

[SConcierge]

Yeah, i'm hearing you mate, i like a suit who's a normal bloke too.

Maybe i just thought it was the wrong situation.

In saying that, yes in hindsight it might have been the wrong call, but i can't recall him making any bad decisions since his been here.

Has he even really made any at all?
If everyone here is to be believed uncle Nicko makes all the calls doesn't he?

BINGO about as many as he made at the Tigers mate

[stsae]

Yeah, i'm hearing you mate, i like a suit who's a normal bloke too.

Maybe i just thought it was the wrong situation.

In saying that, yes in hindsight it might have been the wrong call, but i can't recall him making any bad decisions since his been here.

Has he even really made any at all?

If everyone here is to be believed uncle Nicko makes all the calls doedn't he?

Yeah I reckon Uncle Nicko gets the credit/blame for more than he deserves at times.

As for Noyce as I said to SConcierge, it must be a pretty thankless job. You cop it when the shit hits the fan but you get very little praise when it's going along well.

And I can't really recall much he's done at all except front the media whenever a players acted like a dickhead.

I'm sure Fredo could find some things he's done wrong.

[SConcierge]

Yeah that bloke seems to do a good job.

TBH I dont think about CEOs much I guess.

I think they do a pretty thankless job. Suits around footballers, must be tough at times.

1st to cop the blame when things go pear shaped but cop very little praise when things go well.

I wouldn't want that job personally.

In this case its a rookie mistake, an administrator at that level needs to display innovation and strong leadership

[Rooster_6]

All fans care about is winning, unfortunately for him he's in the position of having to worry about both on field and off field performances. If we had won I wonder if there would be a thread about how great a decision it was; we got the 2 points and some extra cash in the process? Ok I don't really wonder I think we all know the answer.

Whilst I agree this wasn't the wisest decision to take it up to Darwin most Sydney clubs are looking to take at least 1 home game elsewhere in order to make cash, it's obviously becoming a necessity and I think the CEO who's just looking out for the best interest of the clubs financial position (which is his main role) is often on a hiding to nothing in these cases.

He certainly isn't accountable or responsible for what the players dished up and I think that's getting lost in what was a pretty poor decision to move the game regardless of the result.

[Guest]

he is a politis puppet

Bingo!

Chook.

[Andrew Walker]

Hence why he admitted it was an error and probably wouldn't be the way to go next season, especially with that heat.

As for your hind site error, it is hind site. It's easy to pick apart an error after the event. It's harder to predict an error will be made, months prior. I'm betting this game was organized earlier this year maybe even last year.

That's the CEOs job, to balance the books in combination with helping whenever he can to contribute to the success of the club. He did his job, although in hind site he admits he made an error.

Whats so hard to grasp with that concept???

What's the real shame here is some are looking as usual to play the blame game and are missing the FACT the players played shit. Like they did in Melba. Like they did at home against The Riff. Now "heat" wasn't the factor there.

BTW we were playing Poocastle in Gosford, NZ in NZ before Noyce was CEO, werent we???

Cut the crap stsae plenty on here bagged the deicsion to play NQLD in Darwin well beforwe the event THE NZ experiment was the idea of Noyce as opposed to taking the Newcastle gae to Gosford Quite frankly I found it even more stupid than playing Newcastle

[Guest]

As I have always said with our club , the people looking at the problem are the problem.

Even before the game, my wife who doesn't follow football, asked why we are playing the Cowboys their.

[Ray Stehr]

Sadly stehr he is the ceo

In matters directly influencing the team onfield it should only be the coach who makes decisions, such as playing a game in +30 degree temperatures against a side based in the tropics.

[Andrew Walker]

In matters directly influencing the team onfield it should only be the coach who makes decisions, such as playing a game in +30 degree temperatures against a side based in the tropics.

I actually agree with you on this stehr On the flip side though there is the marketing and money making side Which types of decisions come down the the ceo

Personally I think he should be sacked for this idiotic decision As far as idiotic decisions go This the best so far. Well above the deicison to play Newcastle in Gosford on numerous occassions and NZ in Christchurch