Re: fozzard for poskitt : Thu Mar 15, 2012 9:27 am  

Well blow me down with a feather! I take it all back.

A bit worrying though where it says he has no previous experience. Is it a case of doing things on the cheap again?

I hope he does well for us.

Re: fozzard for poskitt : Thu Mar 15, 2012 9:55 am  

Think it will be OK, commercial management is less abotu financial management and more about relationships and building them with people and linking them to CTRLFC.

Commercial Managers are people with a wide and varied network of relationships who can press the flesh and get endorsements, concessions and appearances.

Having heard Mr Foz speak I think he is extremely articulate, well liked and funny - much like Mr Poskitt used his ex playing network of contacts to improve his footprint, so will Mr Fozzard. Lets not bag it before it starts!

I do not think it will be a case of doing things on the cheap, in my experience these kinds of role have a small basic salary, but pay a linear scale based on commercial revenue and growth - so it should be risk free, the more money in the Tiger till, the more you get paid.

Re: fozzard for poskitt : Thu Mar 15, 2012 9:58 am  

One thing's for sure, if he can't open a few doors he'll just plough straight through them.....in fact where his name won't take him his appearance might.

You know what, this could work.

Re: fozzard for poskitt : Thu Mar 15, 2012 11:17 am  

In the current economical climate its harder than ever to try and get companies to part with sponsorship monies so to set on a guy with no experience into the lead role is a big risk. He's a good bloke to have around but he's been a professional RL player all his working life, are his knowledge of business and his contacts going to be substantial enough at this stage? I guess he'll come cheaper than an established commercial manager would and it could well be a success but then again it might not, time will tell. Its certainly a headline grabber but will it bring home the bacon?

Re: fozzard for poskitt : Thu Mar 15, 2012 12:50 pm  

If you think this is a good appointment then try reversing it in your head... how would you react to a complete amateur turning out at prop forward (... insert the obvious joke here ... )? Seriously, sales and marketing are key to any business. This is a huge risk which belies a lack of commitment to a crucial business function. I hope it works out okay, but let's face it the precedents aren't good.

Re: fozzard for poskitt : Thu Mar 15, 2012 2:04 pm  

Disco wrote:

If you think this is a good appointment then try reversing it in your head... how would you react to a complete amateur turning out at prop forward (... insert the obvious joke here ... )? Seriously, sales and marketing are key to any business. This is a huge risk which belies a lack of commitment to a crucial business function. I hope it works out okay, but let's face it the precedents aren't good.

Well put.

I hate to bag the guy, because he seems like a genuine bloke, but I'd rather he'd come in as a junior member of the marketing team and learned the ropes before taking on such an important job straight off.

Re: fozzard for poskitt : Thu Mar 15, 2012 5:26 pm  

I wonder if he'll go to meetings with his big arm strap/weapon in place?

Re: fozzard for poskitt : Thu Mar 15, 2012 5:28 pm  

bren2k wrote:

I wondeer if he'll go to meetings with his big arm strap/weapon in place?

Will he walk whilst kicking out at the same time too?

Re: fozzard for poskitt : Thu Mar 15, 2012 7:40 pm  

Happy with this appointment, his off-field persona very much belies his on-field one. He's a personable bloke who will undoubtedly have plenty of contacts throughout the game.

I'm in the dark here so could people who know explain to me what experience Craig Poskitt had prior to his appointment to the role?

Re: fozzard for poskitt : Thu Mar 15, 2012 9:25 pm  

He is a likeable man with big aspirations and very ambitious.

Having listened to him at the Meet the Players event start of last season everyone left the event asking for him to get into the RFL.

He has big ideas and who better to speak of desire, passion, what rugby league is about and then showing them what their money will be going towards than a man who has devoted much of his life to the sport.

All too often I've seen people with no connection to the game come in and think it's a simple sale exercise. In reality, to sell the sport, to sell the game you have to have that drive, devotion and passion to it. People will then buy into that.