New CEO

[Terry Zarsoff]

It’s a poison chalice anyway , **** me who’d take it on !!

Tony Mestrov.

 

[Sheikheagle]

I have met Tony a nice guy and he will be a good operator. I wish him well. Kingy would have been a good option however from memory wasn’t there a falling out when his mum got moved on from some role she had at the club.

 

[Rocky]

Great hire IMO. Greyhound Racing NSW was in a very dark place when Mestrov took over and he has turned that around in a big way.

He's a Manly guy and obviously wants this job.

I think its a real positive.

 

[wombatgc]

Funny that, when I suggested either Tooves or Kingy I got shot down in a hail of bullets by a few so called experts here, lucky I have thick skin to keyboard warriors.

CFO Paul Murray leaving

Same. I believe we were both shot down by the same self-appointed expert.
But you spend enough time on ST and you become zombified by the bullets.
Water off a ducks back and all that.

*actually I might send this to Tony. Just to give him a heads up that the front office is similar.

 

[Shoe1]

Good luck to tony, he has ceo experience. King must be very close to being ready, having a senior role at the nrl and good qualifications. Just needs more experience. Hopefully one day in this future he can come back to manly in a management role.

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

I have met Tony a nice guy and he will be a good operator. I wish him well. Kingy would have been a good option however from memory wasn’t there a falling out when his mum got moved on from some role she had at the club.

Came a cropper of either the Penn faemmle or the Fulton faemmle.*

*For those wondering, from a 2019 online piece:

“Pronounced "LEMM-lee." As in, "Carl Laemmle has a very large faemmle." That was the popular quip about Carl Laemmle Sr., founder of Universal Pictures — the oldest of the classic Hollywood studios, which started 107 years ago in Fort Lee and is still going strong today. Laemmle was famous for employing relatives.”

 

[Ryan]

I hope he's got some nous with the state and federal governments, as well as many corporate contacts. I hate, hate, HATE these ex footy players assignments. Smells like another job for "the boys". His first order of business I hope is to find Des some modern day support and/or sack the old fossil.

 

[Snake]

While I wish Mestrov well, I am gonna sound like a party pooper. Another CEO from an organisation that gets most of it's revenue from gambling? I am a little weary of the encroachment of gambling in sport in general and the NRL in particular. V'Landys from racing, Mestrov from Greyhounds. Sportsbet, Pointsbet, Centrebet and so on. A bit of a punt is one thing, but I think gambling is ruining the game. I hope he does well though. I would wish him luck, but that sounds like gambling!

You’re spot on. The bunker exists because the pressure to get every decision right due to the billions of dollars at steak. Shocking.

 

[Mitch]

I hope he's got some nous with the state and federal governments, as well as many corporate contacts. I hate, hate, HATE these ex footy players assignments. Smells like another job for "the boys". His first order of business I hope is to find Des some modern day support and/or sack the old fossil.

He’ll be a really solid appointment mate. He’s essentially turned Greyhound racing in NSW from a sport that had no future (literally), to one that now has some of the largest prize money events in the world for the sport.

Also clearly has contacts with state government given the $25m that was thrown their way last year for infrastructure upgrades across the state.

He’s also grown it significantly commercially. Definitely wouldn’t class him as a jobs for the boys appointment (which can happen). He has plenty of legitimacy behind him.

 

[rj90]

Sea Eagles Appoint Tony Mestrov as new CEO

The Board of the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles are pleased to announce the appointment of Tony Mestrov as Chief Executive Officer, effective 1 August 2022.

www.seaeagles.com.au

 

[rj90]

Effective 1st August. Hopefully will be worth the wait and will stick around long term..

 

[Budgie]

"as we look at expanding our footprint both here and overseas."
We can't even get a junior base going between the beaches and Gosford, but sure, let's aim at New York.

 

[JenEagle]

"as we look at expanding our footprint both here and overseas."
We can't even get a junior base going between the beaches and Gosford, but sure, let's aim at New York.

Such a good point. After 20 years operating without the Bears we should own the area from Palm Beach to Hornsby.

For example with the current trend of GPS School boy players coming to the NRL we should have links with Shore, Riverview and also non GPS schools like Knox (where Scott Penn went to school), St Augustines etc and have a system covering the whole north shore by now.

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

Such a good point. After 20 years operating without the Bears we should own the area from Palm Beach to Hornsby.

For example with the current trend of GPS School boy players coming to the NRL we should have links with Shore, Riverview and also non GPS schools like Knox (where Scott Penn went to school), St Augustines etc and have a system covering the whole north shore by now.

I posted this elsewhere:

From the Penn press release re:Tony Mestrov’s appointment as CEO:

“As a past Manly player and long term Northern Beaches resident, Tony deeply understands the unique DNA of the Sea Eagles and our local community.”

Last time I checked, the Penns don’t live on the NB and possibly never have. So WTF are they doing ‘owning’ our club?

Is this an inadvertent admission that Yoghurt Features, his mum and dad, plus Pt Piper’s Gary ‘Wolfman’ Wolman, do not ‘deeply understand’ the DNA of the SEs and the local community?

 

[globaleagle]

Congrats Tony and....

good luck!

 

[Ryan]

Agree with the sentiments there @globaleagle

Congrats on the new position Tony. You've been wanting it (it appears) for quite some time, and it also appears your hard work in the greyhound industry and other associations have paid off.

Got a big job ahead of you, turning around the fortunes of this club both on and off the field. I hope it hasn't been left in too much of a mess for you.

 

[BOZO]

He’ll be a really solid appointment mate. He’s essentially turned Greyhound racing in NSW from a sport that had no future (literally), to one that now has some of the largest prize money events in the world for the sport.

Also clearly has contacts with state government given the $25m that was thrown their way last year for infrastructure upgrades across the state.

He’s also grown it significantly commercially. Definitely wouldn’t class him as a jobs for the boys appointment (which can happen). He has plenty of legitimacy behind him.

Tony is very astute addition to our Great club

An organisation greatest asset is the great people that it invests in

 

[master blaster]

Agree with the sentiments there @globaleagle

Congrats on the new position Tony. You've been wanting it (it appears) for quite some time, and it also appears your hard work in the greyhound industry and other associations have paid off.

Got a big job ahead of you, turning around the fortunes of this club both on and off the field. I hope it hasn't been left in too much of a mess for you.

I agree Ryan. As long as they let him do his job without them looking over his shoulders

 

[tookey]

Won't someone please think of the greyhounds!

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

I agree Ryan. As long as they let him do his job without them looking over his shoulders

He's got big shoulders. Maybe that's why so many ex-props later go into footy admin ?