Hail Sezer
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Titans ownership, corporate governance and leadership
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GC Giant
First Grader
The Knights are a strong comparison with the Titans.
One team town, large junior nursery, but for years they were a mess.
Multiple ownership models, financial instability, poor facilities, three consecutive wooden spoons and like us always looking for the next big recruit to fix things.
Then Wests took ownership in 2017 and invested in a Centre of Excellence, more money into grassroots football, junior pathways and retention of locals.
They strengthened the football management structure as well, rather than expecting the head coach to solve everything.
It wasn’t an overnight success and they still made plenty of mistakes along the way.
Newcastle stopped trying to fix the team and started fixing the club.
Better ownership stability.
Better governance.
Better facilities.
Better pathways.
Better football management.
Many will not agree with me, but I believe the club is on this journey with the changes in the last 12 months.
Are we continually trying to fix the team, or have we built the best possible football club around the team?
This doesn’t excuse the owners and management for the lack of action in the years before the Titans changed the club’s ownership and structure.
But at least they now recognise change is needed and, more importantly, are willing to fund it.
That’s also why I don’t believe simply changing owners guarantees a better outcome.
Newcastle ownership change was different, the Knights were bought by Wests Group, a business with rugby league at its core.
That’s very different to assuming a new group of wealthy business people will automatically run a football club better.
At least some of our owners are now nearly a decade into the Titans and hopefully have learned from that experience and are listening to smart football people about what needs to change.
But ultimately ownership has to be judged on the club it builds, not just the money it puts in. If the structure continues to fail, the accountability sits at the top.
One team town, large junior nursery, but for years they were a mess.
Multiple ownership models, financial instability, poor facilities, three consecutive wooden spoons and like us always looking for the next big recruit to fix things.
Then Wests took ownership in 2017 and invested in a Centre of Excellence, more money into grassroots football, junior pathways and retention of locals.
They strengthened the football management structure as well, rather than expecting the head coach to solve everything.
It wasn’t an overnight success and they still made plenty of mistakes along the way.
Newcastle stopped trying to fix the team and started fixing the club.
Better ownership stability.
Better governance.
Better facilities.
Better pathways.
Better football management.
Many will not agree with me, but I believe the club is on this journey with the changes in the last 12 months.
Are we continually trying to fix the team, or have we built the best possible football club around the team?
This doesn’t excuse the owners and management for the lack of action in the years before the Titans changed the club’s ownership and structure.
But at least they now recognise change is needed and, more importantly, are willing to fund it.
That’s also why I don’t believe simply changing owners guarantees a better outcome.
Newcastle ownership change was different, the Knights were bought by Wests Group, a business with rugby league at its core.
That’s very different to assuming a new group of wealthy business people will automatically run a football club better.
At least some of our owners are now nearly a decade into the Titans and hopefully have learned from that experience and are listening to smart football people about what needs to change.
But ultimately ownership has to be judged on the club it builds, not just the money it puts in. If the structure continues to fail, the accountability sits at the top.
gotitans101_
Coach
As harsh as I can sometimes be on the owners I wouldn't put all of it on them, and I think we could be much worse off than the Frizelle's and co owning the joint. I do, however question the people in charge of actually running the club and their ability to make it into a successful, results-driven one since it's been nearly 9 years and we are yet to see it.
GC Giant
First Grader
Despite the poor on field results, apparently the club has been commercially successful.
So how much should the CEO be judged on the business, and how much on football?
So how much should the CEO be judged on the business, and how much on football?
Seaside Garbo
Junior
The Beautiful City is at fault. For some reason our sporting teams struggle. A bloke told me this time last year the Suns would go all the way this year. We need Super Steve and his counterparts from AFL, soccer, rugby etc to get a local elder in and do an intervention or something to stop the voodoo that has been put on us.
MaroonTitan
First Grader
Burn the sage, goddammit!
gotitans101_
Coach
I wonder what Dennis Watt and Steve Mitchell think about yet another club racing from bottom to top ahead of us again? Or the fact that they have the same coach and defensive coach as we did 3+ years ago?
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