Universal Love Keith Thomas

[Nelso]

KT just stepped off a flight from Melbourne

hmmmm.......

CEO's meeting with the AFL commission was held in country Victoria the last few days

 

[El Zorro]

We didn't need to go to China to get sponsorship dollars. It was an ego thing for Kochie.

China wasn't Kochie's idea.

 

[El Zorro]

Next month KT will have been at Port for 6 years. The first 4 years involved massive off field restructuring to get rid of the shackles to make us a better footy club. We have become a better one on and off the field but we have plateaued since 2015 re our on field stuff.

I reckon there is a pact by Koch, Kevin Osborn, KT and Ken to stick around to the end of 2018 to finish off the job they decided to start in 2012 together as a group and KT and Kevin started 12 months earlier. Burgo was also in that pact but he got an offer too good to refuse.

7 years as CEO in public companies is a good run unless you effectively own it like Murdoch. I'm not sure how long KT wants to stay but it's only the big financially sound clubs who seem to let CEO's stick around for a decade or more and usually a flag is involved.

Bucky had over 12 years 4 seasons at the Magpies 8 at the Power finished after the flag
Brian Cook 9 season at West Coast 2 flags and 19 so far at the cats for 3 flags
Trevor Nisbet 19 and counting at West Coast 8th season was a flag
Gary Pert 11 seasons at Collingwood 4th season was a flag
Trigg 13 seasons at the crows no flag. Sanders was there for 11 seasons took 7 seasons
Andrew Ireland 12 seasons at Brisbane and they won a flag in last season - 2001
Myles Baron-Bayes 6 seasons at the Swans and won flag in his second but Kelvin Templeton had been there 7 seasons before that.
Andrew Ireland 8 seasons at the Swans and counting and won a flag in the third season
Ian Robson was appointed late 2004 at Hawthorn and left at of 2009 season after falling out with Kennett and got a flag in 4th season of 5 at Hawks
Stuart Fox his success at Hawks left at end of 2016 after 7 seasons and 3 flags went to run the MCG.

The other clubs tend to turn them over after 4 or 5 seasons but there are exceptions
Campbell Rose Doggies 2002-2010 seasons
Ben Gale at Richmond has been there since 2009
Dave Matthews has been at GWS since before they entered the AFL
Steve Rosch has been at Freo since mid 2008
Peter Jackson was at Essendon 1996 to 2009 with a flag in 2000 but they have had 3 CEO's since then.

I think the plan is for everyone (execs) to stay until at least 2020.

 

[Steve Dore]

KT just stepped off a flight from Melbourne

hmmmm.......

Couldn't get a direct flight from the Gold Coast.

 

[ctpower]

Do you suppose his Inbox was full on Monday morning?

http://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/2017-08-10/from-the-ceo-august-10

So it should have been.

 

[glitch01]

Can't really fault the email - KT has to be seen publicly to be doing something.
As I said elsewhere it's what's happening behind the scenes that really matters.

 

[QPower]

I won't believe the players have learnt anything until we see some consistency.

Winning the next three would be a small down payment on repaying fans for years or unadulterated rubbish.

 

[Portology]

I won't believe the players have learnt anything until we see some consistency.

Winning the next three would be a small down payment on repaying fans for years or unadulterated rubbish.

"Years of unadulterated expectation teasing and #%^*ing frustrating not good enoughness" might be a shade more accurate.


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[wannabejack]

I'll bet he's really looking forward to facing the punters at Italian Night.

 

[Boss351]

I think the plan is for everyone (execs) to stay until at least 2020.

yep that's the year mentioned that sits in my memory, I guess unrest and failures could bring that forward, surely too many community and club/sponsor initiatives in risky phases to walk away early

KT seems like someone to see things through

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

I think the plan is for everyone (execs) to stay until at least 2020.

Koch has said he wants to be around for the 150th anniversary in 2020 but first talked about that in early 2016. Ken's contract is, and Burgo's contract was until 2018. KT and Kevin Osborn have never talked about 2020 publicly. None of the other execs have talked about 2020 publicly.

 

[Smithy7]

PORT Adelaide chief executive Keith Thomas describes the review process at Alberton from the Showdown 43 disaster as “brutal and confronting” but warns the Power cannot stay bogged down in the record 84-point loss to the Crows.
“It’s now time to get on with it; we’ve got a game to win,” said Thomas in an appeal to the Port Adelaide fan base as the club’s membership count hit 60,000 on Thursday.
This game is the Sunday twilight clash with non-contender Collingwood at Adelaide Oval where Thomas has dealt with the fans’ discontent in losing their “Game Day Village” at the Memorial Drive tennis courts.
More ..
http://www.news.com.au/sport/port-a...r/news-story/c80754c16fd17d61fa2ca5246a9e674f

 

[OneGreatClub]

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PORT Adelaide chief executive Keith Thomas describes the review process at Alberton from the Showdown 43 disaster as “brutal and confronting” but warns the Power cannot stay bogged down in the record 84-point loss to the Crows.
“It’s now time to get on with it; we’ve got a game to win,” said Thomas in an appeal to the Port Adelaide fan base as the club’s membership count hit 60,000 on Thursday.
This game is the Sunday twilight clash with non-contender Collingwood at Adelaide Oval where Thomas has dealt with the fans’ discontent in losing their “Game Day Village” at the Memorial Drive tennis courts.
More ..
http://www.news.com.au/sport/port-a...r/news-story/c80754c16fd17d61fa2ca5246a9e674f

Lol so they've just requoted his email to members as an article.

 

[OneGreatClub]

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And when he gets home...

 

[G3TWOTYAD3S3RV]

PORT Adelaide chief executive Keith Thomas describes the review process at Alberton from the Showdown 43 disaster as “brutal and confronting” but warns the Power cannot stay bogged down in the record 84-point loss to the Crows.
“It’s now time to get on with it; we’ve got a game to win,” said Thomas in an appeal to the Port Adelaide fan base as the club’s membership count hit 60,000 on Thursday.
This game is the Sunday twilight clash with non-contender Collingwood at Adelaide Oval where Thomas has dealt with the fans’ discontent in losing their “Game Day Village” at the Memorial Drive tennis courts.
More ..
http://www.news.com.au/sport/port-a...r/news-story/c80754c16fd17d61fa2ca5246a9e674f

Start playing footy like manic bastards who'll give their life before they lose a game. Until these sissy cnuts stop focusing on their beauty therapies & start playing gutsy fukn footy then these are just words from a panicky CEO.. Get dirty ya girls with fukc me boots rather than footy boots !! Oh yeah if they stick up for each other on field when the likes of Mr Potato head rag tags ya all that would be a nice bonus.

 

[FPPF]

I still can't believe those posters who thought Gus was in our best side, just goes to show that nobody is an expert on Big Footy.

Based off one game where as a unit we got smashed? Yeh sure crucify the guy who hasn't played at this level for nearly two seasons, who could have been picked throughout the year against lesser opponents to get him back up to scratch at AFL level..not saying he would be in our best starting line up, but let's be realistic about where he's at and why.

 

[Beats28772]

Here we go again

 

[tribey]

Based off one game where as a unit we got smashed? Yeh sure crucify the guy who hasn't played at this level for nearly two seasons, who could have been picked throughout the year against lesser opponents to get him back up to scratch at AFL level..not saying he would be in our best starting line up, but let's be realistic about where he's at and why.

There's been no rhyme or reason to Monfries' treatment this season.

We'd basically gotten to the stage of assuming the line had been put through him given how many times he'd been ignored while the likes of White, Neade, Young, Toumpas and Ah Chee received their umpteenth chances, then boom.

Back for a Showdown.

A game in which the stats suggest we should've lost by anywhere between 20-30 goals.

Sure he looked cooked, but so did 15 others.

It sickens me that will be our final memory of a guy who came here and gave his all, including 2 of the greatest individual moments of our AFL history.

 

[OneGreatClub]

There's been no rhyme or reason to Monfries' treatment this season.

We'd basically gotten to the stage of assuming the line had been put through him given how many times he'd been ignored while the likes of White, Neade, Young, Toumpas and Ah Chee received their umpteenth chances, then boom.

Back for a Showdown.

A game in which the stats suggest we should've lost by anywhere between 20-30 goals.

Sure he looked cooked, but so did 15 others.

It sickens me that will be our final memory of a guy who came here and gave his all, including 2 of the greatest individual moments of our AFL history.

It absolutely stinks. On Sportsday SA they asked Nicks why we are dropping forwards and backs (Trengove) when it was the mids who failed. Nicks' answer was that the mids have held up well this year in general. WTF. What a terrible way for Monfries to finish his career at port

 

[drcollossimo]

It absolutely stinks. On Sportsday SA they asked Nicks why we are dropping forwards and backs (Trengove) when it was the mids who failed. Nicks' answer was that the mids have held up well this year in general. WTF. What a terrible way for Monfries to finish his career at port

That was the excuse after essendon, after Melbourne and now after Adelaide at what point after 3 shithouse performances in the past 8 weeks is it no longer valid to say "generally" Nicksy..?!

Never mind tell me more about Impeys pressures acts Kern pls

 

[JimmyBeerCans]

The word brutal gets flogged too much these days don't it? they say brutal I hear feeble

 

[tribey]

The word brutal gets flogged too much these days don't it? they say brutal I hear feeble

This is awfully easy to say from our position on the sofas and swivel chairs of this so-so city, but 'brutal' would've been telling the likes of Impey, Trengove and Pittard they've played their last games for Port Adelaide.

Rest of the year in the twos and then shipped for whatever we can get.

That's not us though. Faith in the group. Just need to work harder. Believe me we know, etc.

 

[Lagooner]

The word brutal gets flogged too much these days don't it? they say brutal I hear feeble

To the point where it's completely meaningless. I saw a bit of Question Time today on my break and some MP used the term "hard-working Australians", probably for the zillionth time in her career. It's hollow garbage and it means nothing.

 

[Powerade 08]

That was the excuse after essendon, after Melbourne and now after Adelaide at what point after 3 shithouse performances in the past 8 weeks is it no longer valid to say "generally" Nicksy..?!

Never mind tell me more about Impeys pressures acts Kern pls

We've lost the midfield in all 8 of our losses + the Saints game. So 9 out of 20.

 

[JayPea14]

Do you suppose his Inbox was full on Monday morning?

http://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/2017-08-10/from-the-ceo-august-10

I think Kochie/Keith/Ken bought the remaining memberships to get us to 60k so it doesn't look like addressing the fan's was the complete purpose of this letter