GT wins on both counts ...

osama milne laden · Fri 04 Jul 2008 11:37am

just handed down

Solar · Post: # 598357Post **Solar** » Fri 04 Jul 2008 11:39am

this could get messy.....

spert · Post: # 598360Post **spert** » Fri 04 Jul 2008 11:42am

GT..oh yeah one of our ex-coaches..I almost forgot.

GrumpyOne · Post: # 598361Post **GrumpyOne** » Fri 04 Jul 2008 11:43am

Don't think we can blame the current admin for this mess...... but I think Archie has something to answer for. Should be the CEO's role to guide the board into a correct and sound decision.

asiu · Post: # 598365Post **asiu** » Fri 04 Jul 2008 11:59am

really !

very suprised

saintsrus · Post: # 598368Post **saintsrus** » Fri 04 Jul 2008 12:01pm

Awarded $190000 plus interest.

asiu · Post: # 598369Post **asiu** » Fri 04 Jul 2008 12:02pm

costs?

JeffDunne · Post: # 598370Post **JeffDunne** » Fri 04 Jul 2008 12:02pm

Is our courtroom reporter there today?

asiu · Post: # 598371Post **asiu** » Fri 04 Jul 2008 12:03pm

good idea ...better ring him

Richter · Post: # 598372Post **Richter** » Fri 04 Jul 2008 12:04pm

Not all that surprised. Thanks God we got rid of Roddddd as well.

Time to draw a line under the whole murky business and concentrate on the future - which does not include either Grant Thomas or Rod Butterss.

ratismeat · Post: # 598373Post **ratismeat** » Fri 04 Jul 2008 12:06pm

Good on him, if he was owed the money he deserves to be paid. Hopefully last chapter in all this crap...

bigcarl · Post: # 598377Post **bigcarl** » Fri 04 Jul 2008 12:11pm

HERALD SUN

ST KILDA has been ordered to hand former coach Grant Thomas almost $200,000 in unpaid earnings and entitlements.

County Judge Katherine Bourke ordered the football club give Thomas $90,000 for unpaid annual leave, and a further $100,000 in unpaid salary.

The court had previously heard the Saints had reneged on a deal to Thomas $100,000 hush money after his sacking following the Saints' 2006 finals elimination defeat against Melbourne.

Thomas had sued St Kilda for $272,000.

He told the court he had not taken leave in his last three years as coach, and that there had been a long-standing dispute over leave entitlements.

karnaby · Post: # 598378Post **karnaby** » Fri 04 Jul 2008 12:11pm

Richter wrote:Not all that surprised. Thanks God we got rid of Roddddd as well.

Time to draw a line under the whole murky business and concentrate on the future - which does not include either Grant Thomas or Rod Butterss.

I agree entirely Richter.

It is wonderfully timed as well, having the bye means that those so inclined can have a week of teeth gnashing, abuse, cutting & pasteing of tired old arguements & recrimination and then everyone can forget about it next Friday as we get back into the real stuff.

markp · Post: # 598383Post **markp** » Fri 04 Jul 2008 12:17pm

Post him the cheque and move on....

asiu · Post: # 598384Post **asiu** » Fri 04 Jul 2008 12:19pm

are the reasons for the decision a public document?

JeffDunne · Post: # 598389Post **JeffDunne** » Fri 04 Jul 2008 12:44pm

So can we now assume that the 'white-anting' comments were completely baseless?

GrumpyOne · Post: # 598392Post **GrumpyOne** » Fri 04 Jul 2008 12:51pm

JeffDunne wrote:So can we now assume that the 'white-anting' comments were completely baseless?

No, just not able to be legally quantified.

evertonfc · Post: # 598393Post **evertonfc** » Fri 04 Jul 2008 12:51pm

ratismeat wrote:Good on him, if he was owed the money he deserves to be paid. Hopefully last chapter in all this crap...

Exactly. He was owed money, we have to pay him out.

That old (some current) members of the admnistration forced this mess is a disgrace.

Credit to GT for being a class act publicly - not once has he bagged the club, the players, RB or anyone else despite not being paid. I've got no question he bleeds St Kilda blood. But this payment was not about his love for the club.

It was about an employee who was fired (unfairly) and an employer who failed to cough up.

Bevan Shorluey · Fri 04 Jul 2008 12:53pm

dodgy presidents hey

JeffDunne · Post: # 598396Post **JeffDunne** » Fri 04 Jul 2008 12:56pm

GrumpyOne wrote:
JeffDunne wrote:So can we now assume that the 'white-anting' comments were completely baseless?
No, just not able to be legally quantified.

Maybe GT should sue Rod SoftAs if that's the case?

One thing this episdoe has shown is that despite all the rhetoric we heard from Rod, the club was/is run like a two-bob operation.

Ray Broughton · Fri 04 Jul 2008 1:09pm

I cant really remember what he said at the time but surely the 100k was for him to not bag the club/players/sacking incident.. I'm unsure whether he kept his side of the bargain there, as I said my memory is sketchy and I might be mixing up things he said privately then reported publicly... But he definitely didnt gag himself.. We didnt pay him 100k he didnt keep quiet.. thats how I see it anyway...

Ray Broughton · Fri 04 Jul 2008 1:13pm

I should add that the leave stuff should have definitely been paid if he didnt take any... I'd be pist if I was sacked and not paid my leave entitlements.. So good on him for getting that bit, but the other??

Otiman · Post: # 598407Post **Otiman** » Fri 04 Jul 2008 1:19pm

The final chapter in this ongoing saga is complete. Now there are no official ties between GT and the St Kilda Football Club.

Hopefully club and supporters alike can move on.

ctqs · Post: # 598409Post **ctqs** » Fri 04 Jul 2008 1:19pm

Yes, Saintsational's very own court report was there. I've posted this link in another thread, but here it is again.

http://www.countycourt.vic.gov.au/CA256 ... CC0721.pdf

kaos theory · Fri 04 Jul 2008 1:21pm

A sad day for the club....

Both RB & GT have failed the club.

RB using sloppy processes and unprofessional behaviour left loop holes for people to take advantage of the club...

GT, who apparently 'bleeds' for this club, after being paid a huge salary, far in excess of what his qualifications warranted, saw the opportunity to squeeze more money out the club he 'bleeds' for. While others how cared for the club endured significant personal losses so the club could continue to survive & prosper, GT chose to milk the club for even more money that he felt 'legally' was 'entitled' to....

Great work, both of you...