THE BOSS Dave Donaghy - Broncos CEO

Finbar said:
“We have put a lot of work into Dave. We gave him his first chance as a chief executive. I expect Dave to stay at the Melbourne Storm, renew his contract and repay the faith.”

Sorry Tripp but we finally got one over your lot.
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“Whatever happened to promoting from within or employing your own people to do a job? "

Goes and hires an Essendon exec from outside the club
 
hey storm.

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White gone, Seibold gone, great stuff.

Now we just need Morris and Lockyer to follow and we are well on our way to good times again. This is a great start though, halfway there!
 
Sproj said:
White gone, Seibold gone, great stuff.

Now we just need Morris and Lockyer to follow and we are well on our way to good times again. This is a great start though, halfway there!
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How do you know that either of those are the issue , @Smokin' Joe only mentioned white and Nolan. So really if we replace Nolan with bunn things could be looking good.
 
Finbar said:
“We have put a lot of work into Dave. We gave him his first chance as a chief executive. I expect Dave to stay at the Melbourne Storm, renew his contract and repay the faith.”

Sorry Tripp but we finally got one over your lot.
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One of many to come hopefully.
 

Dave Donaghy Named New Broncos CEO​

broncos.com.au
Wed 3 Feb 2021, 09:02 PM

The Brisbane Broncos have announced Dave Donaghy as the Club’s new Chief Executive Officer.

The appointment was formalised today by an announcement through the Australian Stock Exchange by the Broncos Board, led by Chairman Karl Morris.

“Mr Donaghy is an accomplished and experienced executive with over a decade of service in senior management roles in the National Rugby League (NRL) and Australian Football League (AFL),” the announcement read.

“He has excelled at leading high-performance teams and organisations and developing and fostering strong organisational culture.

“Mr Donaghy has extensive experience in commercial, risk, and venue management, communications and media, governance, strategy, stakeholder engagement and government relations.”

Originally from Gladstone in central Queensland, Mr Donaghy began his career as a journalist for Australian Associated Press and the Herald Sun newspaper in Melbourne, prior to holding senior and executive positions at the Brisbane Lions and Melbourne Storm.

Mr Donaghy most recently held the role of Melbourne Storm CEO from 2015 to the end of the 2020 season.

The Brisbane Broncos Board today also announced that a mutual agreement had been reached with current CEO Paul White that will see him finish his decade-long tenure in the role on February 28.

“Mr White’s exceptional commitment to and investment in the Broncos during his period as CEO is to be commended,” the announcement read.

“Under his leadership, the organisation has achieved substantial commercial growth and expansion. Mr White was instrumental in the establishment of the Brisbane Broncos’ extensive community footprint - implementing various government funded Indigenous programs that have a life changing impact on thousands of students.

“He has overseen the construction and relocation of the entire business to the Clive Berghofer Centre and had a pivotal role in the establishment of the NRLW competition of which the Brisbane Broncos have won three consecutive premierships. Also during Mr White’s tenure, the Brisbane Broncos NRL team were 2015 Grand Finalists.

“Mr White has led the organisation and its people with energy, sincerity and dedication and leaves the business in a strong position for future growth and success.

“The Board sincerely thank Mr White for his service and substantial contribution to the Brisbane Broncos and wish him every success for the next chapter in his career.”

Mr Donaghy’s commencement date as CEO will be advised in due course.

Source: https://www.broncos.com.au/news/2021/02/03/dave-donaghy-named-new-broncos-ceo/
 
Unbreakable said:

Dave Donaghy Named New Broncos CEO​

broncos.com.au
Wed 3 Feb 2021, 09:02 PM

The Brisbane Broncos have announced Dave Donaghy as the Club’s new Chief Executive Officer.

The appointment was formalised today by an announcement through the Australian Stock Exchange by the Broncos Board, led by Chairman Karl Morris.

“Mr Donaghy is an accomplished and experienced executive with over a decade of service in senior management roles in the National Rugby League (NRL) and Australian Football League (AFL),” the announcement read.

“He has excelled at leading high-performance teams and organisations and developing and fostering strong organisational culture.

“Mr Donaghy has extensive experience in commercial, risk, and venue management, communications and media, governance, strategy, stakeholder engagement and government relations.”

Originally from Gladstone in central Queensland, Mr Donaghy began his career as a journalist for Australian Associated Press and the Herald Sun newspaper in Melbourne, prior to holding senior and executive positions at the Brisbane Lions and Melbourne Storm.

Mr Donaghy most recently held the role of Melbourne Storm CEO from 2015 to the end of the 2020 season.

The Brisbane Broncos Board today also announced that a mutual agreement had been reached with current CEO Paul White that will see him finish his decade-long tenure in the role on February 28.

“Mr White’s exceptional commitment to and investment in the Broncos during his period as CEO is to be commended,” the announcement read.

“Under his leadership, the organisation has achieved substantial commercial growth and expansion. Mr White was instrumental in the establishment of the Brisbane Broncos’ extensive community footprint - implementing various government funded Indigenous programs that have a life changing impact on thousands of students.

“He has overseen the construction and relocation of the entire business to the Clive Berghofer Centre and had a pivotal role in the establishment of the NRLW competition of which the Brisbane Broncos have won three consecutive premierships. Also during Mr White’s tenure, the Brisbane Broncos NRL team were 2015 Grand Finalists.

“Mr White has led the organisation and its people with energy, sincerity and dedication and leaves the business in a strong position for future growth and success.

“The Board sincerely thank Mr White for his service and substantial contribution to the Brisbane Broncos and wish him every success for the next chapter in his career.”

Mr Donaghy’s commencement date as CEO will be advised in due course.

Source: https://www.broncos.com.au/news/2021/02/03/dave-donaghy-named-new-broncos-ceo/
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struggled to list any of White’s achievements that really matter.
 
I'm not a fan of his but I think his handling of the lodge US compensation crises where he almost walked away from the game was handled well. Likewise, the Bali situation with Fiffita last year (I know he ended up leaving but it showed we looked after our own, and that counts when attracting players).
They tell me he has been a good financial manager and I can't offer an opinion on that except we are more sound than any other club in that way (despite our mediocre efforts)
That of course leaves the elephant in the room: our infield performance. For that and that alone he should have gone a lot sooner. It seemed to stem from allowing a personal gripe with Bennet to colour his handling of the exit and his appointment of his successor. That was truly diabolical.
Lots of coaches have been sacked before, but the seemingly ham-fisted handling of it, quite frankly the dishonest way in which it was done, hurt my opinion of the club more than the wooden spoon, and it definitely had a part in our future failures with the disharmony sown.
It is the one caviet I give when lambasting siebold. He was very much undermined from the start by it and his incompetence allowed it to blossom.
In another decade he may get a go somewhere else and who knows? He may surprise. At least he will be wiser.
 
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About fucking time.

Don't let the door hit you on the ass on the way out, Paul.
 
Thelmus said:
I'm not a fan of his but I think his handling of the lodge US compensation crises where he almost walked away from the game was handled well. Likewise, the Bali situation with Fiffita last year (I know he ended up leaving but it showed we looked after our own, and that counts when attracting players).
They tell me he has been a good financial manager and I can't offer an opinion on that except we are more sound than any other club in that way (despite our mediocre efforts)
That of course leaves the elephant in the room: our infield performance. For that and that alone he should have gone a lot sooner. It seemed to stem from allowing a personal gripe with Bennet to colour his handling of the exit and his appointment of his successor. That was truly diabolical.
Lots of coaches have been sacked before, but the seemingly ham-fisted handling of it, quite frankly the dishonest way in which it was done, hurt my opinion of the club more than the wooden spoon, and it definitely had a part in our future failures with the disharmony sown.
It is the one caviet I give when lambasting siebold. He was very much undermined from the start by it and his incompetence allowed it to blossom.
In another decade he may get a go somewhere else and who knows? He may surprise. At least he will be wiser.
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This isn't too bad a summary. Some of the things you've credited him for are definitely true, but you'd argue just about any modestly competent business manager or even low tier CEO should have more than competently attended to as well.

For me, his abject failure in his handling of the Bellamy pursuit, then the Bennett saga and the horrendous fallout from that have without question put the club into a nosedive that it still very much remains to be seen if it can ever recover from. If it wasn't his ego that drove this, then it could only otherwise be a stunning level of incompetence. Either way it's incredibly damning.

Yes, he did achieve some very strong financial results during his time here and that is a significant part of what his job is all about, but this always needs to be tempered with the fact that the Broncos operate with a war chest of resources and geographical and commercial advantages that are the envy of not only every other NRL club, but arguably most other sporting clubs in the country regardless of code. I think any pat on the back for Paul White and his commercial success isn't necessarily undeserved, but you do have to consider what any reasonably competent business CEO might have achieved if they had such overwhelming advantages at their disposal.

We might well have made money, truckloads of it in fact. Our revenue has seen terrific growth under White. But what do we have to show for it exactly? In what meaningful way are we setting the standards in the NRL? I don't just mean on field either, the results of which speak for themselves under White and the appointments he helped make.

When you look at what we achieve off field too, for all that extra revenue, it's hard to say anyone at Brisbane in the entire organisation is providing huge bang for buck. Our membership experience is bog average, in fact my friend is a long term Sharks member and they make us look amateur by comparison on an absolute fraction of our budget. Even today, we haven't managed to properly update our playing list on our club website which tells you everything you need to know about how well the critical digital aspects of our business are currently being handled. Our matchday experience is thoroughly underwhelming, despite attracting the largest crowds in a world class stadium, we hardly set the standard for satisfied game day attendees. A night out in the city around Caxton Street does by far most of the heavy lifting here. Our professionalism and community standards have fallen off a cliff (granted, much of the NRL is going the same way) and now it's clubs like Melbourne who set the standard here.

We have a flashy new high performance centre, but from most reports it's only created a sense of entitlement in the playing group, and it's certainly done absolutely nothing to improve our athletic performance and results, and our injury record in recent years is absolutely horrendous. Again, clubs with far shittier facilities are achieving significantly better results. If I was being charitable, you could point out our sponsorship revenue has gone from strength to strength under White, but in a one team town with relatively few competitors, you'd honestly have to argue that this shouldn't almost always be the case basically by default.

This is what it all boils down to, Paul White has at best achieved similar results commercially to what you'd expect out of just about any CEO worth his salt, and at worst, he's overseen the Broncos period of greatest decline both on and off field and during most of that period he was virtually invisible, aside from the fleeting moments of gross incompetence, which is just inexcusable in a supposedly competent CEO If he'd behaved this way in just about any other private company on the ASX, he'd have been out on his ass collecting Jobseeker a very long time ago.

I couldn't be more thrilled he's gone. Managing the Broncos would be the opportunity of a lifetime for a great many people, yet Paul White had that rare opportunity and failed the club and the people who passionately support it and personally I'll never forgive the damage he oversaw at the Broncos, which at best could be put down to indifference, and at worst you could argue he wilfully allowed to occur to the point of gross negligence. I hope like hell that it's a very, very long time indeed before he ever steps foot inside that football club, even as a guest, ever again.
 
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White is in comparison discussions with Cullen, says everything.
 
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kooly87 said:
This isn't too bad a summary. Some of the things you've credited him for are definitely true, but you'd argue just about any modestly competent business manager or even low tier CEO should have more than competently attended to as well.

For me, his abject failure in his handling of the Bellamy pursuit, then the Bennett saga and the horrendous fallout from that have without question put the club into a nosedive that it still very much remains to be seen if it can ever recover from. If it wasn't his ego that drove this, then it could only otherwise be a stunning level of incompetence. Either way it's incredibly damning.

Yes, he did achieve some very strong financial results during his time here and that is a significant part of what his job is all about, but this always needs to be tempered with the fact that the Broncos operate with a war chest of resources and geographical and commercial advantages that are the envy of not only every other NRL club, but arguably most other sporting clubs in the country regardless of code. I think any pat on the back for Paul White and his commercial success isn't necessarily undeserved, but you do have to consider what any reasonably competent business CEO might have achieved if they had such overwhelming advantages at their disposal.

We might well have made money, truckloads of it in fact. Our revenue has seen terrific growth under White. But what do we have to show for it exactly? In what meaningful way are we setting the standards in the NRL? I don't just mean on field either, the results of which speak for themselves under White and the appointments he helped make.

When you look at what we achieve off field too, for all that extra revenue, it's hard to say anyone at Brisbane in the entire organisation is providing huge bang for buck. Our membership experience is bog average, in fact my friend is a long term Sharks member and they make us look amateur by comparison on an absolute fraction of our budget. Even today, we haven't managed to properly update our playing list on our club website which tells you everything you need to know about how well the critical digital aspects of our business are currently being handled. Our matchday experience is thoroughly underwhelming, despite attracting the largest crowds in a world class stadium, we hardly set the standard for satisfied game day attendees. A night out in the city around Caxton Street does by far most of the heavy lifting here. Our professionalism and community standards have fallen off a cliff (granted, much of the NRL is going the same way) and now it's clubs like Melbourne who set the standard here.

We have a flashy new high performance centre, but from most reports it's only created a sense of entitlement in the playing group, and it's certainly done absolutely nothing to improve our athletic performance and results, and our injury record in recent years is absolutely horrendous. Again, clubs with far shittier facilities are achieving significantly better results. If I was being charitable, you could point out our sponsorship revenue has gone from strength to strength under White, but in a one team town with relatively few competitors, you'd honestly have to argue that this shouldn't almost always be the case basically by default.

This is what it all boils down to, Paul White has at best achieved similar results commercially to what you'd expect out of just about any CEO worth his salt, and at worst, he's overseen the Broncos period of greatest decline both on and off field and during most of that period he was virtually invisible, aside from the fleeting moments of gross incompetence, which is just inexcusable in a supposedly competent CEO If he'd behaved this way in just about any other private company on the ASX, he'd have been out on his ass collecting Jobseeker a very long time ago.

I couldn't be more thrilled he's gone. Managing the Broncos would be the opportunity of a lifetime for a great many people, yet Paul White had that rare opportunity and failed the club and the people who passionately support it and personally I'll never forgive the damage he oversaw at the Broncos, which at best could be put down to indifference, and at worst you could argue he wilfully allowed to occur to the point of gross negligence. I hope like hell that it's a very, very long time indeed before he ever steps foot inside that football club, even as a guest, ever again.
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