Kit man and other redundancies

[Smartie]

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Don’t think he’d air his dirty laundry in public

I think he’d do it in a Flash. Especially that story about big Daz.

[The 90+2]

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Tam is indeed part of the club and I really should post with my own Tam story. But what you are doing here is believing what the Daily Record is saying. Tam is well known amongst Hibs fans which is why the DR mention him. There is absolutely no corroboration of the story but he's the tag that a tabloid knows will make people talk about it. Including all of us and I include myself in that as much as anyone.

True mate but I did say “if” it’s created a lot of debate regardless of the merits of the trashy paper I suppose.

[B.H.F.C]

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If true what’s happening to all kit related jobs and duties for the foreseeable future? Lot more goes into the job than you’d expect. Desperate ***** from a ***** paper.


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On the website Tam is listed as Kit Manager and Joyce as Kit Coordinator.

Without any development team etc there is obviously less to do as will be the case with other areas of the club. Less to do, less people required.

Tam might be going or might not be. He might have chosen to he might not have. Who knows. It’s a pretty crap story that throws up the usual responses. It’s like the stories on the back of the initial announcement last month when people were panicking that we’d never sign a player again!

[Keith_M]

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Who do you work for? Sun or Record?

Freelance, for whoever's willing to pay for the nonsense I write

[flash]

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I think he’d do it in a Flash. Especially that story about big Daz.

He certainly would not.

[lucky]

I fully expect Budge to bid for our kit man. But Let’s be serious here, how the **** is a story about a kit man worthy off headlines in the back page of a newspaper. He must be the most famous kit man in Scotland now. He’s probably feeling embarrassed that he’s a news story and two threads on Hibs.net. If he’s losing his job, which no one knows he is at this stage, then to have it used to slag of the club he’s loves must hurt.

[blackpoolhibs]

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I just can’t believe we’re making 70 people redundant, we operate at a small level of permanent staff and I very much doubt we’d have 70 employees that are now deemed surplus to requirements. For years we’ve streamlined our business and I seriously doubt there are 70 jobs on the line.

Exactly, the people who are being made redundant will have no work to do so we'd be paying them to sit on their arse.

Difficult times have difficult decisions, and as others have said, we are no different to ever other team in the league.

70 redundancies my arse.

[Since452]

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I fully expect Budge to bid for our kit man. But Let’s be serious here, how the **** is a story about a kit man worthy off headlines in the back page of a newspaper. He must be the most famous kit man in Scotland now. He’s probably feeling embarrassed that he’s a news story and two threads on Hibs.net. If he’s losing his job, which no one knows he is at this stage, then to have it used to slag of the club he’s loves must hurt.

It's bizarre. Got to be the first kit man to appear on the back page of a tabloid newspaper.

[Green Manalishi]

The older Hibs fans on here wil feel sorry for Tam as he has been around the club forever doing a variety of jobs and is very well thought of by generations of ex players. The younger guys just seem to be dismissing him and taking the attitude of " who cares he is only the kit man" A club is more than just the manager and the first team squad. Dedicated individuals like Tam McCourt make the place tick behind the scenes but i suppose to a lot of fans and Ron he is just the water boy.

[Keith_M]

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The older Hibs fans on here wil feel sorry for Tam as he has been around the club forever doing a variety of jobs and is very well thought off by generations of ex players. The younger guys just seem to be dismissing him and taking the attitude of " who cares he is only the kit man" A club is more than just the manager and the first team squad. Dedicated individuals like Tam McCourt make the place tick behind the scenes but i suppose to Ron he is just the water boy.

And a lot of us are refusing to take the story seriously... unlike your good self.

[Speedy]

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He certainly would not.

Don't think he'd take any comfort from it.

[JeMeSouviens]

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Don't think he'd take any comfort from it.

He might enjoy a bounce?

[blackpoolhibs]

I do have a big laugh with myself, when there is bad news printed about the club, there is always a surge in low post count members willing to be hurt by this news, and cant wait to stick the boot in.

Funny that eh?

[Green Manalishi]

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And a lot of us are refusing to take the story seriously... unlike your good self.

Thats not the point is it. Some posters on here are dismissing him as the ''kit man'' and saying they are not bothered if he has gone or not.

[alhibby]

Must remember that his wife, Joyce, works as a Kit Woman at East Mains and ER too, will she be another possible casualty?

[B.H.F.C]

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The older Hibs fans on here wil feel sorry for Tam as he has been around the club forever doing a variety of jobs and is very well thought of by generations of ex players. The younger guys just seem to be dismissing him and taking the attitude of " who cares he is only the kit man" A club is more than just the manager and the first team squad. Dedicated individuals like Tam McCourt make the place tick behind the scenes but i suppose to a lot of fans and Ron he is just the water boy.

Younger fans will also have sympathy for Tam, or anyone else at the club, who loses a job as a result of this. As for the comment about Ron, that’s silly and I’m not sure what it’s based on.

[Lester B]

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And a lot of us are refusing to take the story seriously... unlike your good self.

Perfectly put.

[Tambo]

Tam is hibs through and through, never met the guy but my dad had a chat with him and yogi one time.

If true then a sad day for Hibernian.

[Clarence]

I think he’ll release a book but won’t want to name too many names in his stories. A kinda Hibs folk ken what went on type of veiled expose.

[Gerard]

I think that until the situation us made clear regarding possible redundancies at our club we need to keep an open mind.
We need to consider the facts concerning the club's finances
The club has said that its is looking at a considerable reduction in income. It is doing everything possible to protect the ability for the team to be competitive . The cost will probably be redundancies in the non playing staff.
The alternative would perhaps have been not to sign newspapers and that would have resulted in many people being unhappy.
There are no easy solutions that will make everybody happy and prevent redundancies.

[brog]

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35 people in commercial and admin.��.

Like what do they all do FFS especially the commercial ones who keep failing to get a shirt sponsor leaving us with a bunch of well meaning fans in prime position.

This looks like a great opportunity to cull the dead wood.

I would strongly urge you to reconsider this post. You freely admit you have no idea what these people do but you assume it's "a great opportunity to cull the dead wood". Like you I have no idea how much these people are paid, our accounts don't identify by staff area, but I strongly suspect some may be p/t & I doubt any are on a significant salary. Just a couple of facts.
1. Our lower league neighbours employ more than double our comm/admin staff, 71/35. In addition they employ a staggering 146 p/t hospitality staff. Their numbers increased by 56, over 20% last year.
2. Our numbers increased by 2 (6%) in the last 3 years. In that time our turnover increased by over 40% Some of the deadwood must be doing a pretty good job!

[Caversham Green]

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The older Hibs fans on here wil feel sorry for Tam as he has been around the club forever doing a variety of jobs and is very well thought of by generations of ex players. The younger guys just seem to be dismissing him and taking the attitude of " who cares he is only the kit man" A club is more than just the manager and the first team squad. Dedicated individuals like Tam McCourt make the place tick behind the scenes but i suppose to a lot of fans and Ron he is just the water boy.

I might have missed it, but I'm not seeing anyone on this thread saying anything like "who cares he's only the kit man". Most are questioning the press story because it has more holes in it that my old string vest and even smells worse.

Something that was pointed out on the PM board is that it's not the person that is made redundant, it's the position so unless Hibs are going to do without a kit man for the coming season Tam's job is safe if he still wants it.

[Caversham Green]

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I think he’d do it in a Flash. Especially that story about big Daz.

A Bold prediction.

[Keith_M]

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Thats not the point is it. Some posters on here are dismissing him as the ''kit man'' and saying they are not bothered if he has gone or not.

And is he gone? What are the circumstances involved and is he unhappy about it?

[Scouse Hibee]

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35 people in commercial and admin.��.

Like what do they all do FFS especially the commercial ones who keep failing to get a shirt sponsor leaving us with a bunch of well meaning fans in prime position.

This looks like a great opportunity to cull the dead wood.

You have no idea of the details, yet you have decided that the place is full of dead wood that needs culling?

[craigiehibs]

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You have no idea of the details, yet you have decided that the place is full of dead wood that needs culling?

tbmc...u are a strange person indeed

[jacomo]

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I can't wait for all the juicy back-stabbing stories to be made public.


"Leeann Dempster sacked me, then ate my Hampster"

"Thrown out on my Ear... after Ron Gordon shot off the other one with his six-shooter".

" 'I was only following all the wise business advice given to me by Ann Budge', claims Dempster"

"Washed up former kit man spends his days in Laundrette, staring wistfully at washing machines"

“Hibs caused Covid-19 to thwart Hearts because they are dead jealous and bitter and that”

[Since452]

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“Hibs caused Covid-19 to thwart Hearts because they are dead jealous and bitter and that”

If it wasn't for Covid Hearts would definitely have finished above Hibs and signed Kevin Nisbet

[jacomo]

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I can't wait for all the juicy back-stabbing stories to be made public.


"Leeann Dempster sacked me, then ate my Hampster"

"Thrown out on my Ear... after Ron Gordon shot off the other one with his six-shooter".

" 'I was only following all the wise business advice given to me by Ann Budge', claims Dempster"

"Washed up former kit man spends his days in Laundrette, staring wistfully at washing machines"

“Hibs caused Covid-19 to thwart Hearts because they are dead jealous and bitter and that”

[Scouse Hibee]

I’m not even sure what Tams title or job description is but it sounds like he has picked up various tasks over the years and has probably become the man who does so many things at the club that probably only the full extent would be known and missed if he was to go. At this stage of his life if a redundancy package is on the table it might just be a great opportunity for him to go with a decent wedge that he might actually want even if it is just statutory payment.
It’s a big IF as no one on here really knows and the press just like to spread doom and gloom about Hibs.