Time for a new chairperson?

[Racin Jason 72]

What are people’s thoughts on Rob Godfreys tenure leading the BSPL ? 
is he the right person to lead the sport out of its current top flight mess and if not who would you like to see as a replacement ? 
my personal opinion is we need a change and  my shortlist would be Phil Morris Matt ford or Peter facenna. 

[Neila]

Unfortunately they are in it for their own good, it's a closed shop. Wasn't Matt ford high up on a committee at one time, but others did not want to do what was suggested. That's why a totally independent person/ group would have to be in charge, but can't see it happening 

[IainB]

22 minutes ago, Racin Jason 72 said:

What are people’s thoughts on Rob Godfreys tenure leading the BSPL ? 
is he the right person to lead the sport out of its current top flight mess and if not who would you like to see as a replacement ? 
my personal opinion is we need a change and  my shortlist would be Phil Morris Matt ford or Peter facenna. 

I think you're about 5 years too late with this topic 😂

[cowboy cookie returns?]

100% agree .

personally now Louis is out of the picture at Ipswich I’d put him in charge.

5 year term reinstate an independent scb & have Louis & the scb run the show.

The BSPL would then operate within the rules as laid down. 

[dontforgetthefueltapsbruv]

1 minute ago, cowboy cookie returns? said:

100% agree .

personally now Louis is out of the picture at Ipswich I’d put him in charge.

5 year term reinstate an independent scb & have Louis & the scb run the show.

The BSPL would then operate within the rules as laid down. 

If no one would listen to him from within why would they appoint him to run things independently....

[IainB]

On 7/11/2013 at 10:44 AM, stratton said:

It was great to the see the piece from Rob in the star, and his thoughts and how he feels the fans have to be listened to.Carried on from what Phil said,Rob says that we all have to come together and try and move the sport forward great really as Rob is after all a fan as well.He mentioned the black and white helmet issue as an EX it would be great to know what the fans want. It cannot all be done of course, it will be interesting if Rob can get some positive feedback from this article.Some praise also to Rob who has created a great product at Scunny,and surely a big event is due there at some stage the track outstanding what about the British Final in the future.?

Some of the comments on this topic aged well (@mikebv 😉😂)

I ran a poll on TwitterX the last time his position seemed untenable and the consensus then was he should be gone... yet here we are 3 years later. 

He's so far out of his depth it's embarrassing, he may be okay running sleepy Scunny but as a leader he's been about as effective as Liz Truss!

Edited Monday at 09:44 PM by IainB

[RoundTheBoards]

I totally expect a new BSPL Chairman to be one of the things to come out of tomorrow's meeting.  Either through Godfrey resigning or being ousted.

 

[TB1]

21 minutes ago, RoundTheBoards said:

I totally expect a new BSPL Chairman to be one of the things to come out of tomorrow's meeting.  Either through Godfrey resigning or being ousted.

 

Unfortunately with the current premiership malaise there are not enough boys to play with the toys anymore.

Edited Monday at 11:11 PM by TB1

[Byker Biker]

2 hours ago, cowboy cookie returns? said:

100% agree .

personally now Louis is out of the picture at Ipswich I’d put him in charge.

5 year term reinstate an independent scb & have Louis & the scb run the show.

The BSPL would then operate within the rules as laid down. 

Rose tints are part of the problem not part of the solution, take them off.

[old bob at herne bay]

MMmm ....choice of 3 others other than Godgrey then ?? 

 

Votes please  on the back of  used fiver to  the BSPL  

[Wee Eck]

My guess is that there will be wholesale changes in the Management Board with only one or maybe even none of the existing directors remaining. 
The new Chairman appointed will seem to some to be an unusual choice. 
And I don’t expect it to be any of the three mentioned, Phil Morris, Matt Ford or Peter Facenna

[RoundTheBoards]

2 hours ago, Wee Eck said:

My guess is that there will be wholesale changes in the Management Board with only one or maybe even none of the existing directors remaining. 
The new Chairman appointed will seem to some to be an unusual choice. 
And I don’t expect it to be any of the three mentioned, Phil Morris, Matt Ford or Peter Facenna

I agree there will be a new chairman and changes to management committee.

Not Morris, Ford or Facenna.  Ford has been there with management committee and I don't see him going back.  Facenna, I think has resisted the offer to get involved previously.  Morris isn't a promoter, and I don't see him sticking his quiz winnings into Northampton to become one.

I don't know who might put their name forward for the big job, but heard 2 names suggested by others.  One a strong choice who has been doing a lot of work over the winter to sort the mess.   The other a quieter, possibly unusual choice, not obvious but could be the level head needed.

[cowboy cookie returns?]

8 minutes ago, RoundTheBoards said:

Morris isn't a promoter

To move forward the sport needs someone who isn’t a promoter in charge.

[RoundTheBoards]

1 minute ago, cowboy cookie returns? said:

To move forward the sport needs someone who isn’t a promoter in charge.

I agree that we need an independent figure in charge of the sport.  This is what the SCB is supposed to be. 

But here we're talking about the BSPL selecting one of their members to be their leader.   And Godfrey needs to go.

[SteveLyric2]

1 hour ago, RoundTheBoards said:

I agree that we need an independent figure in charge of the sport.  This is what the SCB is supposed to be. 

But here we're talking about the BSPL selecting one of their members to be their leader.   And Godfrey needs to go.

Should be someone like Dickson who has a foot in both Premiership and Championship camps. He's been on the executive before but he may feel its too much!!

Edited 19 hours ago by SteveLyric2

[Catalan]

Think you will find Rob has wanted to give this job up a long time back but noone wants o take it on.

[SJA]

Yes, there should be change and the Chair needs to be independent so I would put forward Phil Morris. 

[SteveLyric2]

3 minutes ago, SJA said:

Yes, there should be change and the Chair needs to be independent so I would put forward Phil Morris. 

I doubt Morris would get (m)any votes from the Championship members. His role as Premiership CEO hasn't exactly been brimming over with success has it?