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Brendon Gale

mb64 said:
Well summed up baloo,Steve staying with the club on a consultancy basis
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Thats good to hear. While his health is the number one priority, its comforting to know that his skills are still available to the club.

Welcome aboard Benny...
 
tigerjoe12 said:
Benny is a POWERHOUSE signature to have. His return is long overdue IMO. Add to that a new coach...

Could we be looking at a new ERA at Tigerland?
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Unless we can magically hire 30 new players then I would suggest its a bit early to declare a new era is about to commence.
 
If the comp suddenly becomes an on-field battle between CEOs, sure, get ready for 5 flags in a row.
 
I wonder how the media will react.

KB has signalled is a great move by the club.
The last time Car and Benny faced off it was quite an icey affair with Benny not hiding his annoyance.
 
Fantastic decision :clap I love Benny Gale. He is a terrific Richmond person with impressive professional qualifications (Law degree) and credibility. I have always wanted to see him back at Punt Road.
 
Well done to Steven Wright and good luck with your health issues.

Welcome Benny - good to have you back! :clap :clap
 
Well done Steven Wright. :clap

Welcome back to Tigerland Benny!!! ;D :clap
A fantastic decision by the footy club! :clap
 
Thanks for all your hard work Steven, you have definitely left the club in a MUCH better state than you found it. Thank you.

Benny... welcome back, it is great to have you on-board!
 
Been a lot of doubters on here that Benny would come back to Richmond as he could eye Vlad's job, however as I've said on here time again, Benny has a massive passion for our club. It's not a token reference due to his playing days either. When he went on that intensive Harvard education course (yes the AFL paid for it to the person who asked) he was checking back in to Melbourne regularly wanting to know how the Tiges were doing.

This is a massive appointment. Finally we have a heavyweight figure in both credibility and profile. Finally we have a figure at the club capable of taking on the other heavyweights who won't take a backward step or put his foot in it regularly. He will compliment March well for the period they work together.

As i said in the other thread Wright had completed a 5 year off field/development plan which was really his baby. The key achievements in that being things like the redevelopment of ground and facilities. Wright has done the bulk of his work he had to offer and is more than capable of continuing in a consultancy role where I hazard a guess from discussions with him, he will support us futher in corporate sponsorships and relations. A place he has done (and is doing) a lot of good work behind the scenes and made invaluable contacts/networks.

Thanks for your hard work Steven you have given Benny a rock solid foundation to really build something majestic upon.

What a fantastic start to the week! :) :) :)
 
One-eyed Tiger said:
I'm tipping Joel Bowden to replace Benny at the AFLPA..................
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hope not. I'm still hoping he takes on a role with our new indigenous training centre
 
Dyer Disciple said:
Been a lot of doubters on here that Benny would come back to Richmond as he could eye Vlad's job, however as I've said on here time again, Benny has a massive passion for our club. It's not a token reference due to his playing days either. When he went on that intensive Harvard education course (yes the AFL paid for it to the person who asked) he was checking back in to Melbourne regularly wanting to know how the Tiges were doing.

This is a massive appointment. Finally we have a heavyweight figure in both credibility and profile. Finally we have a figure at the club capable of taking on the other heavyweights who won't take a backward step or put his foot in it regularly. He will compliment March well for the period they work together.

As i said in the other thread Wright had completed a 5 year off field/development plan which was really his baby. The key achievements in that being things like the redevelopment of ground and facilities. Wright has done the bulk of his work he had to offer and is more than capable of continuing in a consultancy role where I hazard a guess from discussions with him, he will support us futher in corporate sponsorships and relations. A place he has done (and is doing) a lot of good work behind the scenes and made invaluable contacts/networks.

Thanks for your hard work Steven you have given Benny a rock solid foundation to really build something majestic upon.

What a fantastic start to the week! :) :) :)
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Great Post DD :clap :clap

Steven Wright has done an excellent Job and hope he recovers from the health issues.

We have seen a massive turn around off field and no doubt Wright has been a big part of that.

However given that the change was forced, due to health, I couldn't think of a better persons to fill the void.

Very smart bloke with a Passion for the Tigers, they don't grow on Tree's (Apologies to anyone I've offended). But seriously to have someone with Bennys credentials take over is a major coupe.

All we need now is a positive coaching announcement and we will have set some giant step in place to turning PR around.
 
What's Gale's relationship with Demestos like ? I would think it's a good one seeing Gale held off free agency to help the AFl get the new teams in place and the fact that the AFL paid for Gale's course.

It would nice to have a CEO who has a good working relationship with the AFL.
 
Dyer Disciple said:
Been a lot of doubters on here that Benny would come back to Richmond as he could eye Vlad's job, however as I've said on here time again, Benny has a massive passion for our club. It's not a token reference due to his playing days either. When he went on that intensive Harvard education course (yes the AFL paid for it to the person who asked) he was checking back in to Melbourne regularly wanting to know how the Tiges were doing.

This is a massive appointment. Finally we have a heavyweight figure in both credibility and profile. Finally we have a figure at the club capable of taking on the other heavyweights who won't take a backward step or put his foot in it regularly. He will compliment March well for the period they work together.

As i said in the other thread Wright had completed a 5 year off field/development plan which was really his baby. The key achievements in that being things like the redevelopment of ground and facilities. Wright has done the bulk of his work he had to offer and is more than capable of continuing in a consultancy role where I hazard a guess from discussions with him, he will support us futher in corporate sponsorships and relations. A place he has done (and is doing) a lot of good work behind the scenes and made invaluable contacts/networks.

Thanks for your hard work Steven you have given Benny a rock solid foundation to really build something majestic upon.

What a fantastic start to the week! :) :) :)
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well said, steve wright has done a tremendous job against the odds considering the poor on field perfomnace...He has built a tremendous platform for Benny to follow :clap
 
Tiger74 said:
hope not. I'm still hoping he takes on a role with our new indigenous training centre
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Yep

Either that, or goes home to the NT to continue some of the good work he's already been involved in up there.

Can do much more important work in these roles than being the players union head. Although admittedly they do have an interesting time ahead with Free Agency etc likely to be introduced in some fashion within the next 5 years.


On Benny, not going to pretend to say I am in a position to judge whether this is a good appointment or not, I'll trust the club knows what it's doing and just say I'm rapt to see one of my favourite ever Tigers return to the club :)
 
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