Buying the Broncos
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The Broncos are already the most successfully run club of the modern era........what are you going to improve on?
simmo77
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Bronco Bob can I make a suggestion? Instead of outlaying a butt tonne of cash to buy the team and possibly have not much effect on premiership winning ability, why not make a shrewder and much less priced investment that would go a long way to helping the team. Become a third party sponsor and throw coin at Thurston. Broncos can pay his market value base salary of $600k and you can guarantee his signature with an $800k 3rd party deal. Use him for some promo work for yourself as an awesome tax write off and fucking wa la....every bodies happy.
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Interesting stuff, Bob.
My suggestion is to write to some owners of NFL teams and see if you can visit the team and see how they are run and then use that to give you ideas on how you would come up with a business proposal. As I'm sure they wouldn't sell you the majority of shares based on just money.
My suggestion is to write to some owners of NFL teams and see if you can visit the team and see how they are run and then use that to give you ideas on how you would come up with a business proposal. As I'm sure they wouldn't sell you the majority of shares based on just money.
Bronco bob
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Yes I am not the best speller but you don't have to be to work in finance. The one thing that I am very good at is numbers and investing.
Bronco bob
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There are always things that could be improved Mr Fourex. Why settle with being the best run club in the game,
why not be even better? Other clubs are catching us. We don't even have the biggest membership base and we are a 1 town team and are only 2nd to Melbourne with the biggest demographic and Melbourne is an AFL city. I will put us so far past the rest of the comp that other players will want to come to the club again. I have bought some of the best run companies in the world, improved them and sold them or IPO'ed them for a profit.
Bronco bob
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I have already been a silent third party sponsor. There is no point having the broncos market my company, it wouldn't make a difference. I felt that my money wasn't being used properly.
The whole reason that I want to do this is to have control and to own the club. It has always been a dream.
Bronco bob
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Yes I will be looking into that when the time gets closer. See how they do it, learn from them, see how much say they have on the field.
I won't need help from them with forming a business plan.
The Broncs have been to the states for this.
I think it's good Bob from the angle of giving members and fans a bit more say and more hands on / get more feedback from the club but the club as a business is quite succesful as it is, though i don't knock you for wanting to take that sucees further and higher and i, as a fan, would welcome it with open arms in regards to better facilities etc for the players. But again, as a fan, football decisions i hope would be left soley to the coaching and support staff. good luck mate.
Wayne Bennett never played first grade (NSWRL) either, although did represent Queensland 7 times. Griffin played 3 years in first grade in Brisbane.
IMO, playing ability has little to do with coaching ability. Wally Lewis. End of argument.
I honestly think if the first thing you did was to sack Griffin and get Lockyer as coach you'd be doing more harm than good. Lockyer has ZERO coaching experience.
I don't believe the coaching team is where the problems, if any, in the club exist. As others have highlighted, it's more in the recruitment and retention side of things. The Broncos used to be the first to get their hooks into young kids with something special. Since the late, great Cyril Connell left the scene, that's fallen away.
Combine that with the Broncos' inability to attract star players to fill holes in the playing roster and we have the current situation where we have some strong players in some positions, and major weaknesses in others, meaning the club is not a real threat at a title. I can't recall a Broncos team with a worse combination of fullback, hooker, halfback and five-eighth. Ever. The closest is 2003 (1. Lockyer, 6. Ikin, 7. Berrigan, 9. Swain), but when you have Lockyer at fullback you're going to be better than half the teams in the competition even with absolute nuffies in the other positions. That Andrew McCullough is our best player in the spine is a major concern.
That the Broncos are (visibly) not even trying to get Thurston, or Johnson, or Barba, or any of the other quality halves/fullbacks that are out there boggles my mind.
Bronco bob
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Thank you mate
Bronco bob
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We agree that there is a problem and things need to change, that is what I want to do. I will make sure that if we have a hole in our team, like we currently do in our halves, that we will get the right player.
Bronco bob
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Yes obviously, I never said that I would let them run the club. Im not going to have fans down at training running plays. I would just let them be involved more. That's what I am first a fan, and as much as the broncos look after fans and members I think they need to address the fans after a poor year to our very high standards.
I would make the players sit in front of a room of all members and fans and let them ask questions and let the players see how much we all love the team and how much we bleed when they loose. It will only help the players take more accountability for the way they play. Let Hoffman stand in front of his die hard members and say I didn't try hard enough and see our reactions. I would get the coach to explain what he was doing and he thoughts on how the year ended. Not just some CM articles and answer a few questions on the members forum.
See that's the kind of thing that scares me. What Parramatta did to its players last year was disgusting. As bad as they were, to stand them up there to be attacked by understandably angry fans was humiliating. It's the kind of thing that sends players packing - and keeps quality players away.
Do you think Johnathon Thurston would sign on for the Broncos if he might end up on a stage fielding questions from angry fans about why they're not winning?
I admire your passion, but I think some of your ideas are naive and misguided. And so it concerns me if you seriously do want to take ownership of the club and have that attitude. I think you'll damage the club if you do.
Do you think Johnathon Thurston would sign on for the Broncos if he might end up on a stage fielding questions from angry fans about why they're not winning?
I admire your passion, but I think some of your ideas are naive and misguided. And so it concerns me if you seriously do want to take ownership of the club and have that attitude. I think you'll damage the club if you do.
Bronco bob
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Do you really think we would be in this position if we had Thurston? I believe that if you added 1 player to this team, a good half such as Thurston we would win the comp.
I disagree with you with regards to the player forum but that your opinion. Everyone should take accountability for there actions. I wouldn't do it if we had a good year, only if we missed the 8 or had a year like last year. The forum wouldn't be a mud slinging match, it would be a healthy discussion on how the club was moving forward. It would be no different to the post match press conference, replace the reporters with with paying members. Do you agree Coxy?
Look like I said this is a few years away. The point of me doing this on this forum was to get your ideas and get feedback on my ideas. I'm not saying that I would definitely hold a forum but once I'm within the organization and maybe one year believed it would help them, why not?
noisetheory
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^ agree with coxy 100%. sitting the players in front of the fans like that was ridiculous. and what did it do for the team. they looked even less interested after that.
