Re: MC stepping down as CEO : Thu Mar 09, 2023 11:11 pm  

Yes it did and there's been nobody since.

Re: MC stepping down as CEO : Fri Mar 10, 2023 7:29 am  

No surprise to me or anyone else seriously involved in the club.

It’s also about time and I mean that is a good way.

Ten years at any club is long enough but at Trinity it’s a lifetime and people need to realise that.

It takes its toll and even someone as capable as MC will have struggled noticeably in recent years from what I see.. It’s just my opinion but he’s not quite the bubbly. Person he was five years ago and I totally understand why. I mean how many CEO have faced a pandemic!

We all have our moment and each moment has a lifespan and MC has possibly reached his. He was the right man for the job in 2013 and for a while gave us imo the best team we’ve had since late 1970s imho and real stability.

This is his choice and I don’t blame him, it must be draining and with very little reward.

I wish him all the best.

I to have stopped posting on here as I believe my time is up and if MC feels half as relieved as I do he’s made the right choice. You can only throw yourself into the fray so many times.

Over to JM now to be totally in charge I presume. I also wish him and his sanity all the best.

I know this falls on deaf ears with many but please please try to be patient, it’s within our grasp now and as they say it’s always darkest before the dawn.

Re: MC stepping down as CEO : Fri Mar 10, 2023 8:03 am  

Like many have said without him back in the dark days there would have been no club so thankyou to him for that!

It is the time for him to step aside. I believe he has taken us as far as we can go, in an ideal world we need someone with a spark (and cash) to take us forward but who that is or will be is anyone's guess

Re: MC stepping down as CEO : Fri Mar 10, 2023 8:18 am  

Having read the full statement, especially the part of having to clear his name with the RFL against an agent, who really needs that stress with such a thankless role at times. He’s also put £2 million of his own money in which is a hell of a lot of money to just lose for anyone. I always remember him saying that when we got beat in pre season against Fev the other year he was on holiday and it ruined his holiday as he knew the flack he would be getting. He’s done a stellar job with the funds available and I do not one bit feel bitter that he didn’t plow anymore of his own money into the club, there are not many people about who can afford to do that. Unfortunately that rare individual is needed to take us to the next level.

Re: MC stepping down as CEO : Fri Mar 10, 2023 8:34 am  

Wollo-Wollo-Wollo-Wayoo wrote:

And the minute the guy bankrolling that team died the slump really began.

Yeah I assume you're referring to Ronnie Fell who was the backer, but we also had Stuart Hadfield a very shrewd businessman as chairman.
You're right though, there was some success after Fell's death but it was diminishing, until it disappeared altogether.
There was then the Wembley team of 79, which never hit the heights of the 1960's team, and seemed to have been built solely to get us to Wembley because, after that final it was dismantled faster then any other team I've known!
We do need that backer to finish off all the hard work done.

Re: MC stepping down as CEO : Fri Mar 10, 2023 8:40 am  

1315trinity wrote:

Yeah I assume you're referring to Ronnie Fell who was the backer, but we also had Stuart Hadfield a very shrewd businessman as chairman.
You're right though, there was some success after Fell's death but it was diminishing, until it disappeared altogether.
There was then the Wembley team of 79, which never hit the heights of the 1960's team, and seemed to have been built solely to get us to Wembley because, after that final it was dismantled faster then any other team I've known!
We do need that backer to finish off all the hard work done.

Yes. We were no different back then to the likes of modern day teams like Wigan and Saints in so much as we had success built on a backer.

Re: MC stepping down as CEO : Fri Mar 10, 2023 10:59 am  

PopTart wrote:

If your only measure of success is us winning 3 challenge cups and 2 league championships then no we are never going to get a crowd.
But other teams manage it without that success.

For me, we will lift our crowd slightly with a decent mid table finish but I don't think it would go higher even with a run in playoffs till the facilities are better.
Facilities getting better will mean more people will come with success.

Well it's a sobering thought that since the '66/67 season we have finished in the top 4 only 3 times!! Not once since we came back up in '98, even those 2 5th place finishes seem like ages ago now, it was a shame we couldn't somehow build on those but hey ho. I want to thank MC for all he's done, I haven't agreed with everything obviously, but there was no doubting his dedication and commitment to the cause, I wish him all the best. Certainly interesting times ahead for sure.....

Re: MC stepping down as CEO : Fri Mar 10, 2023 11:50 am  

Sacred Cow wrote:

Thanks for all the hard work MC but this is the right call. New blood is needed and i hope the announcement is due to having irons in the fire.

Or maybe he's seen the IMG criteria today, thinks we are screwed and has run for the hills.

No way would he run for the hills .Mr Carter wiped a 2 million pound det out when he took over the club, .and as been keeping us alive for the last 9 years .When he goes there will be a stadium in stead of a ground not fit for purpose .The guy as been shafted by Wakfield Council ,a Cowboy building firm, a ex Chairman and as still got us a stadium .Know he would have been able to do a job in the champions ,if as it is looking we end there .All the best Mr Carter in retirement ,you will be remembered as a Chairman who gave is all to the club ,and played fair .Not a lot of Chairmen in S L can say that .A big loss and thanks for everything
M

Re: MC stepping down as CEO : Fri Mar 10, 2023 12:40 pm  

He leaves the club in much better shape that it was originally in.

Thank you MC. Let’s hope we continue to run a tight ship financially even after he has stepped away.

Re: MC stepping down as CEO : Fri Mar 10, 2023 1:11 pm  

Our gratitude to MC for his tenacity and acumen and pure energy (as well as cash injection of course) should he undoubted.

He has demonstrated to all that he is without doubt a fine company administrator. Second to none.

Whilst enormously grateful I too think his exit will pave the way for new blood and ideas, and quite possibly cash.

Some may disagree, but MC is a polarising character who may just have scared some backers away with his bedside manner let’s say.

His exit may now allow something different to happen. JM is still at the helm to provide that steadying influence, so best of luck to the board in finding MC’s replacement.