NZR CEO Mark Robinson Resigns

[Kirwan]

Need to a CEO that can mend some fences that Robinson kicked over.

[Nepia]

@nostrildamus said in NZR CEO Mark Robinson Resigns:

@Nepia said in NZR CEO Mark Robinson Resigns:

@mariner4life said in NZR CEO Mark Robinson Resigns:

I love how much you hate the warriors

I've been hate watching them for 30 years, but this is our year.

the year to win, or just pile on more hate?

I'm hoping it's the year to win ... but likely it's the year to pile on more hate.

[Bovidae]

I don't know who was more nervous speaking at the AB announcement - Kirk or Robertson.

[Tim]

[Victor Meldrew]

@Tim

Might be good to have someone from outside of Rugby but versed in professional sport.

Don't follow cricket much, but from what little I've seen, NZ seems to have it's act together and pretty well run.

[KiwiMurph]

@Victor-Meldrew said in NZR CEO Mark Robinson Resigns:

@Tim

Might be good to have someone from outside of Rugby but versed in professional sport.

Don't follow cricket much, but from what little I've seen, NZ seems to have it's act together and pretty well run.

David White is former ceo of Auckland rugby, Blues, Wellington rugby and Hurricanes. Also had time at Bristol. Admittedly this was all 15+ years ago.

[sparky]

@Tim said in NZR CEO Mark Robinson Resigns:

Tom Harrison is English and used to run the ECB.

[Higgins]

David White certainly gets around a la David Moffett

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/rugby/rugby-rugby-boss-leaves-a-big-gap-behind/CNZ2HOV7RXGH7R6MVYMS7ARAGU/

[booboo]

Saw the headline and wondered if he's earmarked for the NZR role.

But the text in the statement about "new leadership" suggests new board may have pushed him.

Anyone got any goss?

[Tim]

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/rugby/new-zealand-rugby-in-talks-with-brooklyn-nets-general-manager-sean-marks-for-ceo-role-report/IOZYMHTMMNA53LJX3JUADCNCE4/

[Bovidae]

It needs to be someone from outside the NZR system. The big question is whether Marks would be prepared to take a huge pay-cut and move the family back to NZ.

[reprobate]

Why Marks? I don't know the guy, but he's an ex-basketballer who is GM of an organisation that has won nothing? Why do we need a famous CEO?

[KiwiMurph]

Yeah Marks is about to get shitcanned from the Nets any day now.

Although on the positive side I think he would still be a major upgrade on Mark Robinson.

[Tim]

IIRC, the NBA has a very different player development model - depending on college teams?

[Kiwiwomble]

GM of a $5B (thanks AI) major sporting franchise for a decade and a kiwi that might be more open to moving to NZ rather than someone else seems like a good starting point

Nets might not have won anything but sports is also ruthless and so to not get the sack before now suggests everything off the court was going ok?....and i think there are off the pitch things that need to be sorted

[Tim]

Liam Napier said that Sean Marks is not in the mix.

[canefan]

@Tim said in NZR CEO Mark Robinson Resigns:

Liam Napier said that Sean Marks is not in the mix.

I can't see why he'd want to. The Nets aren't exactly a top franchise. But he's built a reputation as a capable executive, and the NBA is a collosus compared to NZR

[mohikamo]

@canefan

But Brooklyn basketball is not a colossus campared to New Zealand rugby.
Commercially bigger, but not that much bigger.
As to on-court/on-field comparison, not in the same ball-par.k.

[canefan]

@mohikamo said in NZR CEO Mark Robinson Resigns:

@canefan

But Brooklyn basketball is not a colossus campared to New Zealand rugby.
Commercially bigger, but not that much bigger.
As to on-court/on-field comparison, not in the same ball-par.k.

The NBA is though

[mohikamo]

@canefan said in NZR CEO Mark Robinson Resigns:

The NBA is though

You'd be comparing the NBA to WR.
WR would have to be the most underperforming sport, in a commercial sense, on the planet!
Plenty, plenty, of scope for commercial growth.
NBA are kind of maxed out, in marketing terms.