I appreciate the time and effort you put into these posts and thoughts.
Is there anything you find positive about the new competition structure?
Poor Peter Minca, being knocked off top spot last season simply because of one night, and now having double december topple him down again, let's just hope d.d. aids him and that the cards are kind to him.
It's good to decide a State Leaderboard in the final week, there has been a few times when it has been decided on the final night of the season in SA. It's exciting. I've spoken to Peter several times briefly, and if there is a more upbeat player I am yet to find them.
the venues now not holding npl events are buckley's and the sphinx, and I am aware the the bended elbow closes it's poker at this time each year.
These venues dropped off last season, one of them for a cheaper alternative and now there games are suffering. All of these venues are from Geelong and that region is suffering. I will definitely look to promote a few more one off events in the Geelong are as well as boosting their regional prize pool.
If the state finals were made a little more elite, players would stay at their own venues, in their own regions and play at their local venues, therefore boosting the smaller ones as it is easier to qualify in the top 5 there rather than the larger ones. and this is not a negative comment, this is constructive.
The majority of our players 60% in both state, do play in their one venue, one game per week. We want to move away from the State Leaderboard and concentrate on promoting regular attendance at venues over a season period.
let me say that not all my emails to you, garth, are negative, many are to let you know what players are saying around the venues and what they are saying to me. I send this info to assist you - not to fill you up with negative comments, but instead, to let you know how the players are feeling and what they are saying.
Granted I am sorry for my over exaggeration. But there has being very few times when you have written to me to say that you have received good feedback about this or that or that this promotion is a good idea. Do you see where I am coming from with that comment? There are a lot of good things that NPL is doing and that we are changing.
I will welcome any negative feedback or constructive criticism at any time, and more than ever in the new year. I am fully accountable for everything NPL now. This competition re design, all communications and every aspect of NPL is now my full responsibility. I have been in Victoria for five months now, last month I was promoted to an overall national role.
The company has complete faith in me to do the right thing and rejuvenate this product, which I will. But I cannot create a competition which will make 100% of our players happy. This is unavoidable.
I apologise if you construed my previous posts as negative or insulting, but this is a debate and a conversation amongst equals, and I will always be upfront and I may not have the most diplomatic way of communicating sometimes, but you will always have a direct answer and know where you stand with me.
try to get a break from 12+ hours a day, we are meant to work to live, not to live to work
Pretty hard with Brayden away on his honeymoon and Carlos' effective immediately resignation.
I am the only senior manager for NPL left in the office at the moment.
P.S:
Rosemary, I am more than willing to organise a meeting with senior players from the all regions, possibly two or three representatives for each region, and at this meeting we can discuss everything about the NPL competition and what we can do better, what is successful and what isn't.
