Sharks Members Forum

[Shiredad]

From the report on the sharks website:

Crowds, and the Sharks plans for attracting more people to home games was an issue dissected, as was the post-match presentation, with Stuart stating that a few intoxicated ‘idiots’ were spoiling it for the rest. As he explained, Stuart wasn’t willing to put his players up to be ridiculed and abused in front of a room full of fans.

That explains the presso controversey well enough for me.

 

[zakspiders]

And what about the members that live interstate you tool?

wat he said!!!!!!!!!

What Jedman said!!

i'm in with this crowd.

 

[peachey]

bloody secret meetings for shire residents..club doesnt want to know anything about out of towners..that'll do me..

jeeze where a professional club..

 

[bort]

sounds like the secret forum was a big success
some promising stuff said there
hopefully we can get a bit more strenght on the mental side from that sport psych, as to be a sports psych you have to do 6 years of psychology at uni, ive done some sport psych stuff and there pretty good, the reports are too long but lol

 

[BUZ]

Seriously, whats the big fvcking deal. Can someone who was there please display some balls and give us fans that were unable to make it a snappy review of what was said. I mean geez, whats Ricky going to do, track your signature to your house and execute you. I doubt it. Fess up for christ sake.

That's more of a BUZMethod Tef (although BUZPrefers to keep the target alive and kicking......It's much more prolonged fun for the masses when it's done the BUZWay ).

If BUZWere there at the forum, you folk would be given an accurately detailed account of everything that transpired............but He wasn't..........so fvck yrs .

There is a rap up of the night on the sharks website this morning. It sums it up pretty well, there is no suggestion and never was any suggestion of covering up things ot that members who went should not pass on what was said or anything like that. I don't know what the story is with that but it never happened, whoever says it did is just stiring up trouble or imagining things.

Anyone who cares to read this thread post by post will notice that it is our very own Village Idiot who singularly led Sharks Forever readers* astray with his gibberish about a 'secret forum'.

For those of you interested, here is what it says about the (secret ) forum on the Sharks website

MEMBERS FORUM HAILED A SUCCESS

30.05.08 11:31


A members and sponsors forum, featuring Sharks coach Ricky Stuart, CEO Tony Zappia and club captain Paul Gallen answering questions from a room full of Sharks supporters, was being hailed as a successful event by all concerned.

Held in the Blue Fin Restaurant area of Sharkies Leagues Club on Wednesday night, in what was the third Fan Forum since Ricky Stuart was installed as head coach of the Sharks for the start of the 2007 season, a whole range of issues were discussed, with the three Sharks ‘panellists’ replying in an honest and frank fashion.


In excess of 120 attended on the night, more than double the number of members who came along to the previous forum and well in excess of the 30-odd who were present at the first Fan Forum held at the beginning of last season.


The night was both serious and at times light-hearted, with Glenn Wheeler asking some questions of his own while keeping the evening moving along in his role as Master of Ceremonies.


Wheeler began by explaining that the evening was as an opportunity for members and supporters of the Sharks to ask whatever it was they wanted to know about the club both at the present time and in their plans for what lies ahead.


Stuart then responded by showing his appreciation to those who had come along to support the night, while ensuring he would be up front and honest with his responses to the questions asked.


"I’m really pleased to see this initiative is growing," Stuart said. "It’s built up from 25-30 at our first Fan Forum last year to having almost a full room tonight.



We want to be transparent with our fans and members about what is happening down here and a night like this is an opportunity for you to ask your questions and to have them answered honestly and openly."


The night began with fans tackling the most immediate issues, with the under-par performance against the Bulldogs foremost in their minds.


"It was the worst performance since I’ve been here as coach," Stuart said.


"We are all a bit embarrassed by it.



We were the most competitive team in the competition last year, not the best, but certainly the most competitive.


"We need to have an edge, a good attitude and we need to be ‘up’ every week if we want to win games and we weren’t that against the Bulldogs.


But I can assure you, you’ll see a different team, at least in terms of attitude, this weekend."


From there the home ground advantage, or the recent lack of, was discussed, before the line of questioning came around to player recruitment, with both Stuart and Zappia explaining that they are working hard to bring quality players to the club to plug any perceived weaknesses in the Sharks roster.


"I agree we lack pace and creativity on our edges, but we are developing some outside backs. You can’t just go out and buy a Gasnier or a Hodges but our recruitment process is about developing players like that," Stuart said.


While Zappia added; "We have identified a couple of young players with a lot of speed who we believe could be playing in the NRL by mid next year."


A fan then gave some support to Gallen over what he described as "gutter journalism" relating to an article by Paul Sheehan in the Sydney Morning Herald, with the Sharks skipper explaining his disappointment at the attack as well as his decision to let it go without retaliating through the press or other legal channels.


"I didn’t like it, but I just took it on the chin," Gallen said.



"To go on with it would have just dragged my name through the mud, not his."


"Gal and the club won more support by not reacting to it," Zappia said.


"Even from his own newspaper, we had rugby league journalists who couldn’t believe what he had written."


More on field issues were then brought up with Stuart and Gallen, then a Sports Psychologist offered his services to the team, however Stuart dismissed their effectiveness with the players, preferring him to work with him on his own mental strategies.


"I’m all for the mind and mental application but I think it is useless for the players coming from a sports psych.



It maybe better if you help me," Stuart said, as a meeting over coffee was set up.


Crowds, and the Sharks plans for attracting more people to home games was an issue dissected, as was the post-match presentation, with Stuart stating that a few intoxicated ‘idiots’ were spoiling it for the rest.



As he explained, Stuart wasn’t willing to put his players up to be ridiculed and abused in front of a room full of fans.


An inquiry was made about the financial viability of the Sharks, with Zappia assuring that while club revenues were down and grants to NRL clubs threatened, with the Sharkies Leagues club land redevelopment still on the agenda, the club were exploring other options to guarantee their survival and positive about the future.


Sharks players Brett Kimmorley, Blake Green, Isaac De Gois, Mitch Brown and Luke Covell, as well as the likes of Trent Barrett and Johnathan Thurston were topics of discussion, as was the Sharks local development, with Stuart giving an update on the progress of the junior development program currently in operation.


In all it was an event which saw a number of issues covered and left the members in attendance somewhat wiser as to the inner workings and future direction of the Sharks.

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bloody secret meetings for shire residents..club doesnt want to know anything about out of towners..that'll do me..

jeeze where a professional club..

Does that mean you're going back to conjoin elmo ?

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BUZ 1: 13

You get what you pay for when you ignore the fact that Peaches are (a) fruit.

What's got me concerned is how little many Shark brothers will go to help another brother out. It's not that hard to do.........is it?

 

[Endeavour]

Amazing what a win does isn't it?

Last night the preso routine and the sponsors drinks in the southern stand were done with the exact same timing as last home game. Some players went to the leagues first for preso then went back to the south stand drinks. No blow ups or complaints frmo people this week, obviously it's far easier to keep people happy after a win!