Official Barry Russell

[Sir Chadley]

Well now it is official!

Sharks today appointed club legend Barry Russell as the new CEO of Football.

What do you think of this appointment?

 

[HaroldBishop]

What do you think of this appointment?

Might need to employ Gav Miller to help him out.

 

[snowman]

from lyall to russell

from hawkins to boyle

not really impressed with it

 

[BlackWhiteBlue]

Ill get back to ya barry

 

[slide rule]

Really don't know. I'll just wait and see.

 

[CrazyMatt]

from lyall to russell

from hawkins to boyle

not really impressed with it

Am I missing something obvious here? Who’s Hawkins and Boyle?

 

[HaroldBishop]

Am I missing something obvious here? Who’s Hawkins and Boyle?

Jennifer Hawkins to Susan Boyle. I wouldn't be overly happy with that either.

 

[Addy]

BREAKING:

The club has just released a picture of him in Sharks colours

 

[northofthebordershark]

It's hard to know what to make of Barry's appointment but welcome aboard anyway.

It was writen somewhere they had a dozen highly qualified candidates so we can only hope that the board made the right decision I guess. Says he was NRL's commercial sponsorship manager and a sales manager for Harvey Norman, strange resume for a CEO.

 

[CrazyMatt]

Jennifer Hawkins to Susan Boyle. I wouldn't be overly happy with that either.

Ah damn. No me neither.

 

[Mark^Bastard]

Sponsorship manager is good experience.

Has obvious footy experience.

Those are the upsides.

Will remain open minded.

 

[Addy]

Maybe he can use his Harvey Norman contacts to get us sponsorships from companies like LG or Hisense.

Just spitballing here

 

[stormshark]

All for it, think he will do good in the role.

 

[Tatus]

Is he better suited to the job than Gidley was for the Knights?

 

[BlackWhiteBlue]

Maybe he can use his Harvey Norman contacts to get us sponsorships from companies like LG or Hisense.

Just spitballing here

Yeah cos Snowman needs a new tv

 

[Western Sharkie]

Sponsorship manager is good experience.

Has obvious footy experience.

Those are the upsides.

Will remain open minded.

This ^
But also the Harvey Norman experience should hopefully open a few more doors and be of benefit for us.

 

[HaroldBishop]

Wonder if he knows the fundamentals of being a CEO.

 

[Thresher]

Wonder if he knows the fundamentals of being a CEO.

If he doesn't it's pretty easy to rectify. I just googled it and found out in a couple of seconds. There's 6 of them apparently.

 

[Born&bred]

At least he'll have a genuine Sharks heart.

 

[Capital_Shark]

At least he'll have a genuine Sharks heart.

I get your point, especially if that article was correct and it was between him and Brian Waldron MkII.

But I ****in love the Sharkies too... I wouldn't advise appointing me CEO.

Barry seems to be experienced and successful in what he's done in the business world no doubt but as someone else said its a strange CV for a CEO position.

With the splitting of the roles though and no longer having a group CEO I'm not sure what Barry's job description is so maybe what he'll be in charge of is right up his ally.

Nothin' I can do but wish him the best.