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Before I get to the crux of my article, I hope you’ll appreciate the absence of yet another Titanic pun in my headline. I’m sure you’re all as sick of it as I am.
However, it’s hard not to see the connection. The Gold Coast Titans are a club at death’s door. It is truly astonishing that of all the clubs to take the boatman’s spotlight away from struggling New South Wales establishments like the Sharks, it was to be a Queensland side.
‘Disillusioned’ seems to be the appropriate description for Titans supporters. The Centre of Excellence fiasco has gone from snowball to full-on avalanche.
I have been vocal in criticising club officials in the past for their brazen stupidity, most notably Manly over Des Hasler, but the conduct and competence (or lack thereof) of the Titans owners and administrators over the past three years has been staggering to behold, particularly Michael Searle.
let’s be frank about this: the man couldn’t manage a chook raffle. His bold plans and visions for the Titans in a historically tough location like the Gold Coast have quickly become delusions of grandeur.
It would have to be pretty obvious to the NRL as a whole by now that fiscal responsibility prior to the new TV rights deal should be an absolute given, especially from a club that has yet to win a premiership.
In essence, the Centre of Excellence was a massively arrogant statement, like an immature, pubescent teenager mouthing off and getting belted as a result.
With the blue collar workers of the Gold Coast now completely incapable of trusting an establishment that has ripped them off so badly, it is clear that the club cannot survive with Michael Searle at the helm.
Much like Julia Gillard is to Labor, Searle is very much a liability to the already uncertain future of the Gold Coast Titans, and it would be prudent of him now to clear his desk and let a much smarter business mind take the reins.
Hopefully a new leader could steer the Titans full astern around the approaching iceberg, which is currently branded with the logo of the Commonwealth Bank.
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