Gus Gould did an amazing job bring the Panthers back from the dead. They were a club in real trouble before he got there & although the team is going a bit ordinary this season, there is no doubt the club financially are in a good place. He understands rugby league & he knows what's required to get the game moving in the right direction. Greenberg has been fumbling his way through it for too long & it's time to get someone in that knows what they are talking about. The clubs obviously think highly of him as a few made moves to try to get him to their clubs so why not get him to lead the game as a whole.
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Not CEO, but definitely Head of Football or Head of Development Pathways.
I think someone like Peter V’landys is a better option for CEO.
Good call Coach Jim. James Packer was saying the same thing as you.
Ability wise: Gus has the depth, vision, practicality, knowledge and all-round skills to be the best CEO or leader of the NRL or ARLC, of all time. There aren't enough superlatives for the man. He deserves an AM for service to the game, and an open cheque book on red carpet. His heart is all rugby league and about the people in it.
But it depends on many factors. It's on Gus too. We need him, but does he want it, and have the desire, passion and stomach for it?
I have grave doubts he'd want it, not withstanding age and health.
They'd be a lot of bullshit and blood he'd have to contend with.
The other thing with Gus is that he does like being the outsider
Brett. Yep. Very valid point. You have keen observation skills.
That could be another factor. I observed the same. Btw how did you come to that conclusion? Impressive.
During the mid 1990s In the almost 2 years that I saw him come into the Bondi Junction restaurant when he coached the Roosters, just outside the RSL club, never once was he not alone.
He barely spoke, albeit was extremely polite whenever he had too. An uttter gentleman. One of yhe most polite I'd ever met. His head was usually down, yet not from melancholy. But rather deep thought. I knew then at my youthful post-Uni days he was a special man. A man of depth and humility. I suspect he temporarily puts on a different hat for TV, and it brings out his louder voice.
In my experience men who stand alone need the space to conduct their own mind and too further their understanding. Sometimes being crowded by crowds of people takes away too much energy; and you also get embroiled in their dramas too. Trust comes into too.
He also met with Bennett and came to an agreement, as an outsider, working alone, before going to the Panthers board. But they wanted Clearly. Just another example.
Unless he in charge & what he says goes, he won't do it. He stubborn old man, but he has some good ideas, I worry he will help his two old teams to much. But anything better, than the two useless dorks we have now.
Thumps up for Gus, it’s win win. Get rid of Greenberg from CEO and we get to stop listening to Gus’s commentary. Some of his calls you’d forget there is a game on.
On a serious note, he seems a genuinely good human being who has the best interests of the game at heart and wouldnt be afraid to make the tough calls, and for that he’d have the respect of many clubs to push necessary change through.