Hello. Not sure I agree with J Vader's rather terse dismissal of Peter Bult.
I hardly know Peter, but as a valedictory I would be quick to acknowledge his long service as a leading club administrator, who could point to a fair few successes and trophies over his time.
And as a fellow administrator of many years now, I have come to appreciate the work and effort that must go in to make stuff happen at club level.
But like Peter, I am getting pretty long in the tooth. (Okay, not as old as you, Graeme Sole, but you get the picture.)
My question is this: Who will comprise the next generation of leading club administrators? Many of us have views on who the next stars on the pitch will be, but who will be the emerging young administrators to keep leading clubs afloat?
Who are the rising admin stars around the country? Who is standing out from the (lack of the) croud? Who are the administrative young guns of the future?
Because I often wish I could go to the administrator tree and pick a few ripe ones for my committee. Only I can't.
I'm not attacking his service to the club or length of time - more his ability as an administrator. As you say, clubs need administrators and from your view, you can't exactly see the next lot arriving on the next train. That being said, administrators do make some mistakes and some administrators are better than others. In essence is it better to have an administrator that makes poor decisions or no administrator at all? Thats a tough question because one is as bad as the other but just because he is there for a long period of time (and we can debate whom drove the club in whatever capacity with Rex' involvement too) does not mean he is immune from criticism. Sometimes, you just got to get moved on and call it for how it is. Since Rex stepped away, Waitakere has not been the same and that's been under Peters sole leadership with muggins MacGowan putting his fingers in it.
Wayne Scurrah at the Warriors probably should have been moved along right after the Cleary decision because the decisions he made after that, were poor. That was the 1st decision in a string that were poor to the point where pretty much most people were sitting there watching it all unfold saying 'Ok Wayne, when is your last day?'.
