Balme

[Mr MysteryGuest]

I assume Wayne thought the appointment of John Olsen was quite underwhelming too given he was 75 when he became our chairman

for Olsen it's actually true

 

[Mr MysteryGuest]

New home for starters, which is basically what he was brought in for.

Placed a cap on how long board members can be on there, meaning not long Roo is gone.

Was there for the Darren Burgess recruitment.

Besides Nicks extension what has he done wrong? Why you so keen to get him out?

could you say that none of those would have happened with any other half-decent chairman?

I think he's had mediocre performance

 

[George Kramer]

could you say that none of those would have happened with any other half-decent chairman?

I think he's had mediocre performance

What? He’s found us a new home despite a shit load of obstacles. He’s changed our board so we can move on a club legend without bloodshed.

Would a half decent chairman have achieved them? Maybe, but Olsen has and he doesn’t get any credit?

Cmon, clearly Nicks extension is a ****up but discounting what’s he’s achieved is just showing bias, jars bias is clearly political based on his posting, what about you?

 

[Mr MysteryGuest]

What? He’s found us a new home despite a shit load of obstacles. He’s changed our board so we can move on a club legend without bloodshed.

Would a half decent chairman have achieved them? Maybe, but Olsen has and he doesn’t get any credit?

Cmon, clearly Nicks extension is a ****up but discounting what’s he’s achieved is just showing bias, jars bias is clearly political based on his posting, what about you?

lol he does get credit for doing a reasonable (but not great) job, but you act like the whole board owes him a reach around.

Were none of the obstacles faced on the new HQ avoidable?

This is not the first time you've accused others of bringing in a political bias, but perhaps it's you should look inward as well.

 

[George Kramer]

lol he does get credit for doing a reasonable (but not great) job, but you act like the whole board owes him a reach around.

Were none of the obstacles faced on the new HQ avoidable?

This is not the first time you've accused others of bringing in a political bias, but perhaps it's you should look inward as well.

I’m not saying he’s done a great job or the board owes him a reach around, that’s just a bullshit position taken when I’m asking for some balance to how hes gone.

I’ve criticised him for Nicks re-appointment.

I think he did a good job with finding us a home at Thebby despite having to deal with a lot of obstacles in local government. No one has ever provided a viable alternative to Thebby “not my job to find a suitable place”.

You tell me which obstacles were avoidable, you’re telling the story.

You’ve now gone from mediocre to reasonable when I’ve pointed how silly your assessment of his performance was “anyone half reasonable could have done it” .

I’ve asked and no one can outline what’s he done wrong besides Nicks.

Posters from the left had a melt down when he came on board. Paranoid posters brought up he used to run the SANFL.

As for me, he was the Lib Premier how many years ago? Do you think this is why I’ve defended his performance against ridiculous benchmarking and criticism?

I was asked what he did right, I provided it, you discounted it, why?

If Balme comes on the board then what? Meh?

This all started when jars said he’d be elated when Olsen was gone too. Problem is no one has explained why and isn’t that up to him and those bagging him to point out the reasons why if it’s not lefty bias?

 

[Cromulant]

Some people just wouldn't like Olsen even if he shat diamonds on their front lawn.

 

[George Kramer]

Some people just wouldn't like Olsen even if he shat diamonds on their front lawn.

And that’s it in a nutshell. I looked up Jars posting from when Olsen was appointed, quite telling.

 

[relapse]

Some people just wouldn't like Olsen even if he shat diamonds on their front lawn.

and I would argue that some people would still be running defense for him even if was dropping diarrhoea on their lawn.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Some people just wouldn't like Olsen even if he shat diamonds on their front lawn.

I would like him more if we had a successful men's football team...

 

[WaynesWorld19]

Football directors aren’t important, shouldn’t appoint one.

50 years football experience with successful stints at multiple clubs isn’t needed because our rebuild is over, might as well be a non football person.

FMD

George, you have an innate ability to take people's posts and change the words to have a complete different meaning .....then repeat it infinitum so as to become fact
It's a purposeful act on your behalf, and makes engaging with you impossible .....your comprehension skills will have obviously held you back

BTW, you're not the only fabricator of stories ......I'm not sure why posters struggle with basic english comprehension ....as I've said, you hear what you want to hear .....but IMO the wording is changed to deliberately denigrate posters

Now, would you please repost my quote, where I've said Directors are not important

You can also repost where I've said Balme isn't required

But posting that, you credited Olsen for getting Burgess .....that's even a stretch by your standards

You are indeed a Unicorn amongst posters

 

[George Kramer]

and I would argue that some people would still be running defense for him even if was dropping diarrhoea on their lawn.

Really, bag him for Nicks re-appointment but be happy to have him shit on my lawn, interesting.

Perhaps you could provide some balance, what’s he done well and what’s he done wrong.

 

[Cromulant]

and I would argue that some people would still be running defense for him even if was dropping diarrhoea on their lawn.

I doubt it.

I get it, people who are old enough to remember Premier Olsen might not like him. I'm not one of those people so I couldn't care less.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

George, you have an innate ability to take people's posts and change the words to have a complete different meaning .....then repeat it infinitum so as to become fact
It's a purposeful act on your behalf, and makes engaging with you impossible .....your comprehension skills will have obviously held you back

BTW, you're not the only fabricator of stories ......I'm not sure why posters struggle with basic english comprehension ....as I've said, you hear what you want to hear .....but IMO the wording is changed to deliberately denigrate posters

Now, would you please repost my quote, where I've said Directors are not important

You can also repost where I've said Balme isn't required

But posting that, you credited Olsen for getting Burgess .....that's even a stretch by your standards

You are indeed a Unicorn amongst posters

You said Balme was "meh" only a day ago!

Surely you don't have a short term memory problem as your post is what started all of this Balme debate

 

[WaynesWorld19]

and I would argue that some people would still be running defense for him even if was dropping diarrhoea on their lawn.

Which simply says, people these days cannot have proper civil debates .....no-one is open-minded ....no-one adopts critical thinking ...it's all biased thinking, and every post dismisses any POV, no matter how meritorious the argument, if it doesn't align with their imbedded thinking

Most posters who put up a detailed response to an argument, with facts ....are met with a one line strawman argument

 

[George Kramer]

George, you have an innate ability to take people's posts and change the words to have a complete different meaning .....then repeat it infinitum so as to become fact
It's a purposeful act on your behalf, and makes engaging with you impossible .....your comprehension skills will have obviously held you back

BTW, you're not the only fabricator of stories ......I'm not sure why posters struggle with basic english comprehension ....as I've said, you hear what you want to hear .....but IMO the wording is changed to deliberately denigrate posters

Now, would you please repost my quote, where I've said Directors are not important

You can also repost where I've said Balme isn't required

But posting that, you credited Olsen for getting Burgess .....that's even a stretch by your standards

You are indeed a Unicorn amongst posters

Waynus that’s all well and good, but I’m not the only one who finds your posting insane.

As for comprehension issues, accusing me of what I’ve constantly accused you of is a nice try.

Now why would I go to the effort only for you to ignore it when I provide the proof again? Much like you did with Wilkie. You asked me to quote you which I did. You ignored it. You ignored subsequent requests from me for you to address it.

It’s what you do, you slink away when your nonsense is exposed. Now another example, you ask for the definition of “shape”. It’s provided, you ridicule it and won’t actually provide it yourself. That’s just weak as piss.

There’s a reason why numerous posters want to put you on ignore, but because of being a Mod from some other board, we are stuck with you. You love that and you know you can continue to troll this board and there’s nothing we can do about it and that’s pathetic.

 

[George Kramer]

You said Balme was "meh" only a day ago!

Surely you don't have a short term memory problem as your post is what started all of this Balme debate

Yes but it didn’t happen because you didn’t quote him!

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

You'd think a short term appointment ....maybe 3 years & would take him to 75

It's a "meh" appointment

Here you wanted the quote... again.

Are you now backtracking saying Balme would be good thing?

 

[George Kramer]

I would like him more if we had a successful men's football team...

Took over a rabble, there’s been a few positive appointments, some dumb ones, but the club is going up from what he took over. Now he just needs the balls to sack Nicks if this year doesn’t go well

 

[Cap]

When does John Olsen come up for re-appointment?

 

[relapse]

I would like him more if we had a successful men's football team...

This is it in a nutshell

He's presided over two poorly timed and underserved extensions to Nicks' contract.

The second one, when pressed about why they re-signed him when they did, he simply justifies it by saying "why not".

Thebarton, the jury is still very much out on IMO. They've had to compromise the original vision etc and 10% of the cost is via handout to the SANFL, I'm waiting to see the actual lay of the land financially moving forward before trumpeting it as a "success".

The original Aquatic Centre plan had a price tag of $65 million, whereas Thebarton is coming with a price tag of $100 million so I am very keen to see the financial figures, costing and the amount of debt that we're going to be burdened with etc given that it's going to cost $35 million more before being able to pass judgment on it.

If Thebarton turns out to be great and we're not lumbered with a massive debt etc I will happily label it as a success, however, if the club ends up saddled with debt and resorts to cost cutting in terms of football spend to service the debt which impacts on ability to achieve on-field success then it will be a huge issue.

There's still a long way to go before anyone actually knows either way and I don't think we'll really know the answers for at least another 5-10 years.

 

[relapse]

Took over a rabble, there’s been a few positive appointments, some dumb ones, but the club is going up from what he took over. Now he just needs the balls to sack Nicks if this year doesn’t go well

You're sounding like old mate Waynus talking about Nicks

 

[Mr MysteryGuest]

You’ve now gone from mediocre to reasonable when I’ve pointed how silly your assessment of his performance was “anyone half reasonable could have done it” .

yeah, those terms aren't that different to me. He's been fine overall, if not a little underwhelming.

When he first came on board, i remember quite a few people were excited by the appointment and were continually pumping up his tyres, especially Sanders, but he has not lived up to the hype

 

[pjcrows]

Some people just wouldn't like Olsen even if he shat diamonds on their front lawn.

He oversaw Nicks' contract extension. No diamonds in sight.

 

[George Kramer]

You're sounding like old mate Waynus talking about Nicks

lol, unlike Waynus I can back up what I post. Care to actually to state what is incorrect with my post?

 

[George Kramer]

This is it in a nutshell

He's presided over two poorly timed and underserved extensions to Nicks' contract.

The second one, when pressed about why they re-signed him when they did, he simply justifies it by saying "why not".

Thebarton, the jury is still very much out on IMO. They've had to compromise the original vision etc and 10% of the cost is via handout to the SANFL, I'm waiting to see the actual lay of the land financially moving forward before trumpeting it as a "success".

The original Aquatic Centre plan had a price tag of $65 million, whereas Thebarton is coming with a price tag of $100 million so I am very keen to see the financial figures, costing and the amount of debt that we're going to be burdened with etc given that it's going to cost $35 million more before being able to pass judgment on it.

If Thebarton turns out to be great and we're not lumbered with a massive debt etc I will happily label it as a success, however, if the club ends up saddled with debt and resorts to cost cutting in terms of football spend to service the debt which impacts on ability to achieve on-field success then it will be a huge issue.

There's still a long way to go before anyone actually knows either way and I don't think we'll really know the answers for at least another 5-10 years.

You think we would have got the aquatic centre through the Adelaide Council?

Just look at the mess some Thebby nimbys created, now be realistic with what the NA residents and other parties would have done, plus deal with a more obstructionist council.

Olsen said he went back to the Council and was told no chance he’s building anything in the city.