D Day for Snooker

[April madness]

Is it just me or do the items below look the same ?

Not quite. The picture below looks more like a Turkish flag with a meteorite

[WhiteBall_girl]

Is it just me or do the items below look the same ?

LMAO!

Ok the Chinese influence, but this is exaggeration!
Come on Barry, snooker needs to change his route!!

[Dirty_Harry]

Sticking in my uneducated nose here....

Just finished reading Alex Higgins auto-biography, and obviously a lot of references to Barry Hearn - in my opinion it seems that after huge success with Steve Davis he is knowlegable on snooker and its economics etc. And i believe that he will not transform this game into a circus as some forum members believe.

But i've just recently got into this sport seriously...so my opinion could be seen as worthless

[spike]

But i've just recently got into this sport seriously...so my opinion could be seen as worthless

No, your opinion counts just as much as anyone else's on here.

[Terry Davidson]

superaussie:

So you don't like either Sir R or Hearn? Who else is there? It's too late to submit nominations as they closed in June.

You seem to be one of those people who complain about everything but never come up with a solution of your own.

Give us a solution which you feel would work. There must be someone you like who you think could run snooker (besides yourself that is)

Terry

[superaussie]

superaussie:

So you don't like either Sir R or Hearn? Who else is there? It's too late to submit nominations as they closed in June.

You seem to be one of those people who complain about everything but never come up with a solution of your own.

Give us a solution which you feel would work. There must be someone you like who you think could run snooker (besides yourself that is)

Terry

anyway putting cards on the table the main reason im backing walker is because i see him as the lesser of 2 evils compared to hearn

if only there was a 3rd option

would like a chairman like terry griffths

[spike]

anyway putting cards on the table the main reason im backing walker is because i see him as the lesser of 2 evils compared to hearn

if only there was a 3rd option

would like a chairman like terry griffths

why Terry ??

[Souwester]

would like a chairman like terry griffths

I'm sorry, but nice guy as Terry seems to be, World Snooker is a big business and needs to have business brains leading the Board. Former snooker players just aren't up to the job, and I think the WPBSA boards of the 80s and 90s pay testament to that.

[superaussie]

why Terry ??

i just feel someone like terry would be a better choice than rod or hearn as terry would be more likely to have snookers best interests at heart

[Mignon]

Welsh-Snooker, that was a very funny remark indeed!

LMAO! Ok the Chinese influence, but this is exaggeration!

If I'm not wrong, that was the Soviet flag.....

Frankly, I don't think Terry Griffiths would like the job.

[Terry Davidson]

I think souwester is correct and the business cannot be run well by an ex-snooker player unless he happens to have received an MBA and successfully runs his own large international sports business.

From what I've seen of Terry's career (he was once on the WPBSA board) I doubt very much he would take the position of Chairman even if he was offered it. He is pretty busy with commentating and coaching (to the point where I will be one of his students in January)

Incidentally, I hope you have all realized that being Chairman of the WPBSA is a PART-TIME job, right? Sir Rodders only works a TOTAL OF 4 DAYS A MONTH!!!!! And for that he does get a damn good salary and benefits. Imagine, if he worked 5 days a week at the job his pay would be in the millions and the game would likely be in much worse shape!

Terry

[spike]

if he worked 5 days a week at the job his pay would be in the millions and the game would likely be in much worse shape!

Terry

You make a very valid point there..

[JanieWatkins]

From what I've seen of Terry's career (he was once on the WPBSA board) I doubt very much he would take the position of Chairman even if he was offered it. He is pretty busy with commentating and coaching (to the point where I will be one of his students in January)



Terry

We will look forward to welcoming you to Llanelli Terry.

[Mignon]

Why wouldn't we give marks, say 1 to 10, to the possible chairmen?
1 (proved) competence (business)
2 competence (snooker)
3 dedication
4 trustworthiness
5 communication ability

feel free to add other criteria.

I Have to think about the marks....

[Google-de-Gook]

Walker by 6 votes.