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This thread really needs to be renamed The Cult Of KT.
Or simply The KulT
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Ford Fairlane Macca19 FishingRick04 Forzaport
This thread really needs to be renamed The Cult Of KT.
CEOs have to continually jump over hurdles to be effective. The only time they can, and should be able to, bask in their glory is when they are retired.
An effective leader, when the job is done, people will say "it happened naturally".
I disagree. If the stadium deal isn't improved, we still have a club whose identity is more clearly defined as Port Adelaide est 1870 than it ever has been in our AFL history,
we have rising membership numbers,
we have a fos style head coach,
we're at the forefront of body conditioning and injury management,
we're playing at arguably the best stadium in the league
with the best pregame entertainment,
we have a president on national tv every weekday, everything is on an upward trajectory.
Let's not forget how dire things were when KT arrived. How can you say there is no real difference... Do things feel the same now as they did three years ago.
Of course I'll be bitterly disappointed if we don't get a fair and equitable stadium deal, but regardless, KT has been epic for this club.
Not really, look at how quiet Fagan is being.Why should KT and PAFC do all the dirty work?Does anyone think he is going about it the wrong way then?
Incorrect.I'm sure I remember that you said some time ago that you were holding your judgement on KT's performance as a CEO based upon the number of bums on seats he generates.
Its the same hurdle.I guess you are entitled to increase the height of the hurdle. If by some way we do achieve a very favourable AO deal this time around then I wonder what the height of the next 'judgement hurdle' you will expect KT to leap over.
Wait there's a KT Cult?
WHERE THE **** WAS MY INVITE
Thing is ... While previous leaders of the club did some great things, they also made some horrendous errors that crippled the club. The renewal of Chocos last contract was a disaster that sent us into a death spiral! Since coming on board, KT has nailed every major decision! We aren't where we are because of natural progression, we are here because we have been dynamically led ... Sure KT is only part of it, but he has played a significant role, and I am happy to back him the rest of the way. Cult of KT? If you say so, but I just call it rewarded loyalty.OneClub went through in 2010/2011 prior to the Thomas regime.
We had rising memberships throughout the Primus era, oddly enough.
Yes, excellent.
We were with Russell and then Burgess the first time. We're also incredibly fortunate Mrs. Burgess wanted to come home to Adelaide.
Again, not happening if Haysman didn't have the courage to blow the whistle.
Agreed. Defecates all over having one-hit wonders The Potbellendz performing their Jeep ad taking up space at one end.
We do and it is.
Without a stadium deal that results in us extracting real profit from half-a-million plus people coming through the gates there is no real difference.
Much of our current success was underpinned by strategic positions undertaken by the previous regime. The whistleblowing on the stadium deal and open war with the SANFL, the OneClub merger and move towards embracing who we are as opposed to Port Power FC teal TEAL TEAL KIDS LOVE TEAL!!
We're going through a boom at the moment and we're barely breaking even - because of stadium arrangements of the ilk we knew were untenable way back in 2009.
If we walk away without tangible improvement on this score - which has been KT's primary objective since he took the job - then nothing has changed.
When the inevitable cycle comes and we spend a period in the basement, with memberships and crowds waxing and waning, we will be in mortal danger.
He has, but only as a progression of steps taken before him. Just as elections are fought with "it's the economy stupid" at base, so it goes that the stadium deal is for all the marbles.
My understanding is that Haysman was opposed to renewing Choco's contract but he was overruled by the board who had formed a sub-committee to make a recommendation. That could be interpreted as a failing of Haysman's persuasive powers or it could be interpreted as an indication of what a stubborn Choco centric board we had at the time.Thing is ... While previous leaders of the club did some great things, they also made some horrendous errors that crippled the club. The renewal of Chocos last contract was a disaster that sent us into a death spiral! ........
Thing is ... While previous leaders of the club did some great things, they also made some horrendous errors that crippled the club. The renewal of Chocos last contract was a disaster that sent us into a death spiral!
Since coming on board, KT has nailed every major decision! We aren't where we are because of natural progression, we are here because we have been dynamically led ...
Sure KT is only part of it, but he has played a significant role, and I am happy to back him the rest of the way. Cult of KT? If you say so, but I just call it rewarded loyalty.
Wait there's a KT Cult?
WHERE THE **** WAS MY INVITE
A split board loyal to Williams for deeds past. Can happen. Keith himself has admitted Primus winning as expected against GWS would've all but sealed a third year for the big man.
The current regime's leadership has been exemplary, but even they've admitted they were handed a superb foundation - contrary to popular and media belief - on which to execute their vision.
Does Duncanson have the profile to go out and court the likes of Renault? No. Did he hand on a unified club, brand and supporter base to his successor to sell to the multinational? Yes.
Does Haysman have the overarching background and football contacts to go out and court Ken Hinkley (who played with Thomas at Fitzroy, as it happens)? No. Did he sacrifice his career in the football industry and his very job at Port Adelaide to allow Thomas to sell the carrot of playing at a spaceage Adelaide Oval? Yes.
I didn't say so.
And I'm also happy to back him in - I have no reason not to - but I'm loathe to carry him shoulder high down Queen Street before his ultimate KPI is met, that's all.
Excellent post TribeyOneClub went through in 2010/2011 prior to the Thomas regime.
We had rising memberships throughout the Primus era, oddly enough.
Yes, excellent.
We were with Russell and then Burgess the first time. We're also incredibly fortunate Mrs. Burgess wanted to come home to Adelaide.
Again, not happening if Haysman didn't have the courage to blow the whistle.
Agreed. Defecates all over having one-hit wonders The Potbellendz performing their Jeep ad taking up space at one end.
We do and it is.
Without a stadium deal that results in us extracting real profit from half-a-million plus people coming through the gates there is no real difference.
Much of our current success was underpinned by strategic positions undertaken by the previous regime. The whistleblowing on the stadium deal and open war with the SANFL, the OneClub merger and move towards embracing who we are as opposed to Port Power FC teal TEAL TEAL KIDS LOVE TEAL!!
We're going through a boom at the moment and we're barely breaking even - because of stadium arrangements of the ilk we knew were untenable way back in 2009.
If we walk away without tangible improvement on this score - which has been KT's primary objective since he took the job - then nothing has changed.
When the inevitable cycle comes and we spend a period in the basement, with memberships and crowds waxing and waning, we will be in mortal danger.
He has, but only as a progression of steps taken before him. Just as elections are fought with "it's the economy stupid" at base, so it goes that the stadium deal is for all the marbles.