A1 tennis academy wrote:

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I have been fortunate to meet many talented CEOs during my career to be honest i would find it difficult to remember one with more natural charisma , expert people skills and refreshing down to earth attitude than  Roger Draper .There were criticisms of his salary c £400,000 including Bonus to be honest I reckon that's about the going rate .

Sadly , the media with their limited knowledge tend to measure GB tennis success on the number of mens players we have in the ATP top 100 . Roger has departed  during a year  that has certainly been the best in GB  tennis for decades .One huge success was the procuring by Roger Draper  of Aegon as a sponsor who  have been extremely generous  .Roger will certainly be a tough act to follow ! 

Yes i did apply for the job and was told by a  respondent from the agency that I was one of  80 applicants   ! The  gist of the telephone interview from the appointed agency handling the search for a new CEO was that I had the business credentials but that i would be too revolutionary  ; i did say that i would donate my salary to a new players ATP performance  fund  the interviewer said i might upset the status quo . He  certainly got that right ! Lol 

  

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I actually think there was more criticism resulting from falling grass roots participation levels, which is definitely a concern.

A1 tennis academy wrote:

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That was one of the criticisms but he help create greatest year in GB tennis but was continued slated normally around the time of wimbledon . But when Andy won the Wimbledon
Title no body in GB tennis or the media said well done Roger Draper .
So I am saying it hear - well done Roger you did a great job !

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Probably because very few people see Andy's success as something that Draper deserves any credit for.

Unfortunately Roger did have faults, most notably to those on the outside constantly portraying an unbalanced ( often goal post shifting ) image of the state of British tennis. He so often jumped up to celebrate success without any real balance or context or admission of areas of concern that his utterings steadily became less seriously taken by the media, indeed almost sneered at. The British media is far from perfect, particularly with regards to British tennis, but in this case they had a point. Don't treat people as idiots ! He clearly saw it as his job to "sell" British tennis, but increasingly it seemed he'd be better just keeping quiet.

I have no real idea how he did his job on a day to day basis, though funding bodies have publicly criticised the LTA with regards to their abilities to spread tennis at the grassroots level.

Charismatic to some no doubt ( and if that helped in such as bringing sponsors onboard, good ), but to those with any real knowledge of the true overall state of British tennis, he so often came across as a used car salesman. That cannot be good, and was a great pity, because taken in the round there were quite often notable successes and progress to report.

I think procuring Aegon as a sponsor was huge !
And certainly helped players funding . Could the LTA afford mourhinio or ferguson to come out of
We need a maverick with the courage to seize the legacy !

I have no doubt Roger Draper's "charima" has been really useful in such as sponsorship, and AEGON have made a huge commitment, so British tennis should be very thankful for Roger Draper's part in that.

I would thogh like to see leaders that could portray a much more balanced viewpoint on the state of British tennis than Roger Draper has done and you do.

A1 tennis academy wrote:

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That was one of the criticisms but he help create greatest year in GB tennis but was continued slated normally around the time of wimbledon . But when Andy won the Wimbledon
Title no body in GB tennis or the media said well done Roger Draper .
So I am saying it hear - well done Roger you did a great job !

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 i dont think Roger Draper contributed anything to Andys Development or winning Wimbledon. I am at a loss that you can think that way.

He showed great bottle to serve it out under such pressure