The Dentist Wilf wrote:
I was talking to Adam last night he said amongst a lot of other things that "the last two years just about broke him" and he wasn't talking just cash either. When in the future if the the truth comes out people will realise just what our owner went through post pandemic and over the last two years and how easy it would have been to walk and leave us in a real hole but he kept to his word and now leaves us potentially in the best state we have been in financially in our history as a Club. he had his critics me included at times and he made some poor decisions, and oversaw an unthinkable decline but I think he at least deserves some thanks for ensuring everyone at the club was paid during covid and for keeping us afloat and being hell bent on finding the right buyers and leaving us as rich as any club in the game. Just my thoughts of course! And obviously not everyone's on here, but that's what this board is about isn't it?
Great post Wilf, very heartfelt sentiments there.
It's easy for supporters (myself included here) to lash out when all appears to be falling apart. All of us on this board have vented our spleen over the past couple of years about the club's situation and, unfortunately, it tends to be owners or coaches who get the most flak coming their way as they are the ones stood in the firing line with their heads above the parapet.
As your post perfectly describes, in situations like these there is also a human element to it, which I think we supporters can have a habit of overlooking or disregarding as we cast around for answers. People like Adam don't buy and invest in a sporting club lightly, and it's not as if there is millions to made out of a rugby league club, no matter how successful they may be (Wigan in the nineties being a case in point). I'm sure Adam suffered as much as us these recent times, possibly more so given his heavy financial burden, he certainly looked like a man under strain through last season.
I've only met him once briefly (through a relative), but he seemed a decent man and gave the impression to me that he had the club's best interests at heart, but events clearly conspired, particularly from 2020 onwards, to alter the landscape of how he could operate the club as best he could. Certainly he has looked like a man with a huge weight suddenly lifted from his shoulders ever since the news was announced about the change of ownership and that has to be good for him personally. Hopefully he can continue to watch the club in the future without the enormous weight of responsibility on his shoulders anymore.
I suspect Wilf, you know a great deal more about the back story to Adam's situation these past two/three years, more than the rest of us on here, but that is private conversations between you and Adam and not for general publication. I wouldn't expect you too either, too much of a Gentleman to betray confidences. But your post reminds us all that there is always a human element to these stories with people trying to do what they believe is right for all concerned. I do think we fans can sometimes lose sight of another human being trying their best in difficult circumstances (human nature I suppose!) but your post above has reminded everyone that there is always more to these stories than any of us fully know and we really should act accordingly.
Great post, nice one Wilf
