Thank You Rod Butterss and Board

[n1ck]

You did alot of good for our footy club, and we thank you.

[bigcarl]

thanks rb. history will judge your presidency as a successful one.

[jill]

Well said Nick. Thanks RB for getting us in the black. Hope we see you at the footy. Go SAINTERS in 2008 - onwards & upwards - Jill

[bendigo bob]

Well done RB done with style and grace. A pity another former emplyee of the club couldn't have done the same as you.

I have enjoyed the ride and regret that you were not able to deliver the ultimate prize but I can take comfort from the fact that you have left us in a far better state then when you arrived.

Never be ashamed to show your face at our games or in the social club as I will happily shout you a drink.

[HarveysDeciple]

Yes I hope you are judged for the very good things you did, and history should certainly judge you well.

[saint66au]

Has won back a lot of friends with the grace and timing of this decision

Thank you Rod, we were a financial basket case when you arrived and now we have money to spend.

The GT/RB (as Im sure it will be called now) era is over..the Westaway era begins. Like all before them, lets hope its THIS era that brings us the ultimate prize.

[saintbrat]

thank you Rod and co- you have put St Kilda back in the positives both in financial view and as a factor in FOOTBALL in Victoria- we are a force again
Time to let someone else build from there.

[joffaboy]

Everyone loves you when you are dead

You lot have a hide praising him now.

Lets see how Westaway goes now. I say good luck to him and the board.

Oh BTW this has saved the club considerable costs.

Well done to Rod Butters, even though you have knives in your back from all this hypocrites on here, I say thanks for your great efforts.

Lets just hope the spin doctors now in charges dont piss all your good work up against the wall.

[chook23]

Everyone loves you when you are dead

You lot have a hide praising him now.

Lets see how Westaway goes now. I say good luck to him and the board.

Oh BTW this has saved the club considerable costs.

Well done to Rod Butters, even though you have knives in your back from all this hypocrites on here, I say thanks for your great efforts.

Lets just hope the spin doctors now in charges dont piss all your good work up against the wall.

Agree JB

[saint66au]

Hey Joff, I reckon these posts pretty much sum up the sentiments echoed during the whole skirmish

RB did some great work for this Club, but factors both internal and external have made it time for a change. Thats what Ive thought and said the whole way through this skirmish, including right now.

My conscience is clear..I dont think myself hypocritical at all

[Selhurst Saint]

Sometimes you have to be careful what you wish for. The lynch mob have got what they wanted.

Thanks Rod for bringing financial stability to our club. We are definitely in better shape than when you took over and you should be remembered fondly.

Should FF fail I hope all of those who couldn't mail their proxies out quick enough are big enough to admit it.

Good Luck to FF. Now that you are StKilda I will give you unconditional support.

[Oh When the Saints]

Thankyou to Rod Butterss for what you have done.

You took over this club at a time when it was a basket case, and not many people in the AFL wanted to touch it.

Along with your fellow directors (particularly Glen Casey) you turned our club around financially, oversaw a growth in turnover until 2004 and saw us play finals for three consecutive years for only the second time in our history.

Your dedication to the club at a tough time was something not many were willing to display, and it is a credit to you that you have departed with equal grace and dignity.


Your eight years at the club will be regarded as the best period in St Kilda's history since the 60's and early 1970's.



Farewell.

[Solar]

Hey Joff, I reckon these posts pretty much sum up the sentiments echoed during the whole skirmish

RB did some great work for this Club, but factors both internal and external have made it time for a change. Thats what Ive thought and said the whole way through this skirmish, including right now.

My conscience is clear..I dont think myself hypocritical at all

agree,

It's similar to wanting a player to retire and then wishing him well once he has retired.

[Sobraz]

Handled himself wonderfully throughout 99% of his time at the top. A few ups and downs, but the team was the ultimate winner, most importantly in a financial and stability sense. Handled the challenge well, prepared for a fight, realised the realities, and did what was best for the club... Ostensibly a brilliant business man who did his best, and this showed in the way he stepped down...

Good luck...

[bigcarl]

Everyone loves you when you are dead

You lot have a hide praising him now.

Lets see how Westaway goes now. I say good luck to him and the board.

Oh BTW this has saved the club considerable costs.

Well done to Rod Butters, even though you have knives in your back from all this hypocrites on here, I say thanks for your great efforts.

Lets just hope the spin doctors now in charges dont piss all your good work up against the wall.

i, for one, have made no secret of my desire to see the back of rb. i thought his decision to sack gt was a poor one. i said so at the time and i still say it now. it split the club and set us back at least a year in our quest for a premiership.

ultimately it cost him his presidency.

however i do think his reign has been generally a successful one ... and history will judge him well ... as it will GT.

both should be welcomed back to the club, certainly not banished as has been the case with GT

[joffaboy]

both should be welcomed back to the club, certainly not banished as has been the case with GT

Thomas is a slime who wants to take $250k off the club.

All he did all year was cause trouble.

He should not be allowed near the place in any official capacity. Like Butters he can actually put some money into the club abd pay for a ticket to see the club he "bleeds red white and black" for.

Butters put money into the club, Thomas took it.

[plugger66]

both should be welcomed back to the club, certainly not banished as has been the case with GT

Thomas is a slime who wants to take $250k off the club.

All he did all year was cause trouble.

He should not be allowed near the place in any official capacity. Like Butters he can actually put some money into the club abd pay for a ticket to see the club he "bleeds red white and black" for.

Butters put money into the club, Thomas took it.

Coaches take money Presidents dont and usually put in money.

[joffaboy]

both should be welcomed back to the club, certainly not banished as has been the case with GT

Thomas is a slime who wants to take $250k off the club.

All he did all year was cause trouble.

He should not be allowed near the place in any official capacity. Like Butters he can actually put some money into the club abd pay for a ticket to see the club he "bleeds red white and black" for.

Butters put money into the club, Thomas took it.

Coaches take money Presidents dont and usually put in money.

And apparently keep trying to take money. A cool qtr mill

[Oh When the Saints]

Please do not ruin this thread.

It is to celebrate Rod Butterss' achievements.

[plugger66]

both should be welcomed back to the club, certainly not banished as has been the case with GT

Thomas is a slime who wants to take $250k off the club.

All he did all year was cause trouble.

He should not be allowed near the place in any official capacity. Like Butters he can actually put some money into the club abd pay for a ticket to see the club he "bleeds red white and black" for.

Butters put money into the club, Thomas took it.

Coaches take money Presidents dont and usually put in money.

And apparently keep trying to take money. A cool qtr mill

If he owed it he will get it and so he should. If not he will not get it and so he shouldnt.

[Sobraz]

both should be welcomed back to the club, certainly not banished as has been the case with GT

Thomas is a slime who wants to take $250k off the club.

All he did all year was cause trouble.

He should not be allowed near the place in any official capacity. Like Butters he can actually put some money into the club abd pay for a ticket to see the club he "bleeds red white and black" for.

Butters put money into the club, Thomas took it.

Well said.... Thomas should take that hand he has out stretched and put it into his pocket if he bleeds as much as he professes to... As RB has...

[spert]

Thanks RB and board for getting the club in top financial shape for the future, lets hope the new mob don't blow it, though I expect the knives will be out this time next year if we don't get in the eight.

[bigcarl]

both should be welcomed back to the club, certainly not banished as has been the case with GT

Thomas is a slime who wants to take $250k off the club.

All he did all year was cause trouble.

He should not be allowed near the place in any official capacity. Like Butters he can actually put some money into the club abd pay for a ticket to see the club he "bleeds red white and black" for.

Butters put money into the club, Thomas took it.

Well said.... Thomas should take that hand he has out stretched and put it into his pocket if he bleeds as much as he professes to... As RB has...

GT ... gone
RB ... gawn
civil war ... over

nothing to in-fight about now. it is great to now have a united club again

[bigcarl]

Thanks RB and board for getting the club in top financial shape for the future, lets hope the new mob don't blow it, though I expect the knives will be out this time next year if we don't get in the eight.

i think the new mob will do okay. have some very successful business people involved who should be able to continue rb's excellent record of sound financial management. pretty simple science really. don't spend what you don't have. all about balancing the books.

[firthy]

My sincere thanks to RB for the effort he and others put in to bring our club from close to falling over to a competive team ,it's a pity that egos can destroy so much hard work so easily.