Club Mgmt. Board of Directors as led by President Dave Barham

[Lore]

Spoiler: Timeline of events

• 15/8: President, Paul Brasher resigns, replaced by Dave Barham who foreshadows external review
  • Votes for Brasher: Peter Allen, Simon Madden, Sean Wellman
    Sean Wellman

    Age

    50

    Ht

    193cm

    Wt

    90kg

    Pos.

    Def

    Career

    Season

    Last 5

    D

    14.1

    4star

    K

    9.7

    4star

    HB

    4.5

    3star

    M

    4.5

    4star

    T

    1.0

    3star

    No current season stats available

    D

    8.0

    2star

    K

    4.4

    2star

    HB

    3.6

    3star

    M

    2.6

    3star

    T

    0.8

    3star

  • Votes for Barham: Andrew Muir, Dorothy Hisgrove, Melissa Green, Kate O’Sullivan, Kevin Sheedy
• 21/8: Senior Coach, Ben Rutten
  Ben Rutten

  Age

  41

  Ht

  190cm

  Wt

  98kg

  Pos.

  Def

  Career

  Season

  Last 5

  D

  13.4

  3star

  K

  6.3

  2star

  HB

  7.0

  4star

  M

  5.3

  5star

  T

  1.3

  3star

  No current season stats available

  D

  10.6

  3star

  K

  6.2

  3star

  HB

  4.4

  4star

  M

  3.6

  4star

  T

  1.0

  3star

  sacked
• 24/8: CEO, Xavier Campbell resigns
• 24/8: Directors to resign
  • Paul Brasher, immediately
  • Simon Madden, immediately
  • Sean Wellman, after new football director is appointed
  • Peter Allen, after AGM & finance portfolio handover in December
• 26/8: Details of coaching selection committee appointment
  • Sub-committee of 6: Josh Mahoney
    Josh Mahoney

    Age

    46

    Ht

    180cm

    Wt

    83kg

    Pos.

    Fwd

    Career

    Season

    Last 5

    D

    11.3

    3star

    K

    6.8

    3star

    HB

    4.5

    3star

    M

    3.5

    4star

    T

    1.6

    4star

    G

    0.9

    4star

    No current season stats available

    D

    9.2

    3star

    K

    5.4

    2star

    HB

    3.8

    3star

    M

    2.2

    3star

    T

    1.6

    4star

    G

    0.4

    3star

    (Chair, GM-Footy), Robert Walls, Jordan Lewis
    Jordan Lewis

    Age

    38

    Ht

    186cm

    Wt

    86kg

    Pos.

    D/M

    Career

    Season

    Last 5

    D

    23.5

    5star

    K

    12.1

    4star

    HB

    11.5

    5star

    M

    5.5

    5star

    T

    2.7

    4star

    MG

    310.5

    4star

    No current season stats available

    D

    15.0

    4star

    K

    6.8

    3star

    HB

    8.2

    5star

    M

    4.8

    5star

    T

    2.8

    5star

    , Simone McKinnis OAM, Andrew Thorburn and Dorothy Hisgrove (board member).
• 26/8: Details of external review process
  • Ernst & Young to coordinate with support from Andrew Thorburn, working closely with Nick Ryan (Acting CEO) & Dorothy Hisgrove (board member)
  • Focusing on four areas: (1) Board effectiveness & composition, (2) a review of leadership, operations and culture including the footy department, (3) the senior coach appointment and (4) the new CEO appointment.
• 26/9: Andrew Welsh appointed to the board of directors, replacing Simon Madden
• 29/9: Brad Scott appointed as Senior Coach
• 30/9: Kevin Sheedy claims decision to appoint Brad Scott was 6-1 against him
• 3/10: Andrew Thorburn appointed as CEO - alternative link
• 3/10: “External review to be handed to the board next week”: Andrew Thorburn, Crichton Medal Address
• 4/10: Andrew Thorburn resigns as CEO
• 11/10: External review preliminary findings
• 24/10: External review preliminary findings II
• 2/11: Dan McPherson appointed as General Manager of Performance & Cam Roberts as Head of Development
• 11/11: Dean Rioli appointed to the board of directors, replacing Paul Brasher
• 14/11: Tim Roberts & David Wills appointed to the board of directors, replacing Sean Wellman and Paul Allen respectively
• 28/11: Dorothy Hisgrove announced as first female vice-president (at the Essendon Women's Best and Fairest night)
• 1/12: Craig Vozzo appointed as CEO
• 13/12: Board director election results: Andrew Welsh and Andrew Muir elected
• 15/5: The club's First Nations Advisory Council established, to be led by Dean Rioli (chair, Indigenous board member), and including: Leanne Brooke (EFC EGM – Community & The Long Walk. Essendon FC), Dorothy Hisgrove (EFC VP and National Manager Partner KPMG), Kane Ellis (CEO of Illawarra Aboriginal Medical Service), John Evans (Pro Vice-Chancellor Indigenous Engagement at Swinburne) and Che Cockatoo-Collins (EM, Indigenous Affairs NBN, EFC Past Player)
• 16/5: Board of Directors declare support for the First Nations Voice to Parliament, after consultation with the new First Nations Advisory Council
• 28/8: EGM - Football, Josh Mahoney has accepted a role as GM Football Operations at the AFL
• 10/10: GM - Performance Daniel McPherson, and Head of AFLW/AFL Operations Manager Aysha Ward have been elevated to the club executive as joint leaders of the club's football department, as GM-AFL and GM-AFLW respectively

 

[Engimal v3]

Who has backflipped, the club or the media?

Bloke I replied to said current players were told he was gone

 

[Beerfish]

Who has backflipped, the club or the media?

Yes!

 

[yodellinhank]

Same as it ever was, same as it ever was...

 

[Chucks]

Even if we do stick with Truck, the pressure is now amplified x100 after today's shambles.

Literally will be a game-by-game basis next year. If we lose the first 2 games of the season the drums will already start beating - such a shambles all across the club.

 

[Beerfish]

Bloke I replied to said current players were told he was gone

Player. Singular.

Not sure if important distinction or hair splitting

 

[kelvin_sheedy]

Ahh, yes, fresh air, fresh start.

 

[eth-dog]

I can’t believe they managed to piss off both pro-sack Rutten and anti-sack Rutten Essendon supporters in 5 hours.

Really? That is very easy to believe

 

[citizen-erased]

I think Truck is gone by tomorrow.
I thought it would be today, but you're surely untenable now.
Really poor result. Two board meetings in less than 24 hours. Leaks that you're gone on the back of it. Not quite done yet, CEO confirms you're coach now but more to review.

Barham probably backs Campbell as he would have had a hand in extending him
Rutten goes. I reckon Caracella is off to GWS.
Dodoro v Mahoney. you pick that one. I have NFI

Question becomes -> do we throw what we can at Clarkson to sell "hope" again to the masses. Or is it time we do a proper process
Both have failed us (Knights & Hird/Bomber)

 

[Schnitzengruben]

Fox running with;

Essendon coach Ben Rutten

Ben Rutten

Age

41

Ht

190cm

Wt

98kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.4

3star

K

6.3

2star

HB

7.0

4star

M

5.3

5star

T

1.3

3star

No current season stats available

D

10.6

3star

K

6.2

3star

HB

4.4

4star

M

3.6

4star

T

1.0

3star

remains in his role - for now - after two board meetings in the space of 24 hours and a push from some at the club to sack him and chase Alastair Clarkson.

This is so disrespectful to Truck.

 

[carnthedons]

That'd be amateur hour if they've backflipped like this. The club needs to settle the rumour mill and come out with something strong.

Not sure if you’ve watched what’s gone on at Essendon in the past 20 or so years. Par for the course mate

 

[Mootsy]

News just in, Paul Brasher is staying!

 

[WindyHillZephyr]

seems I've missed something. Bad day to be in the dark

 

[P Money]

The head of the club just resigned. It is a pretty big deal and is highly likely to mean more changes will follow. When the Saga happened, all the people that ended up going didnt resign on the same day. This will play out for a while yet.

Agree there could be a lot of news forthcoming. There could also be no news of note to come. As it stands, Brasher - who was due to finish up at the end of the season anyway - has stepped down as Pres a week early. Not only that, he's still on the board.

I for one can't see how it's tenable for Rutten to stay on as coach after this sh*tshow. I think either one of two things has gone on:

EITHER: Rutten was never going to be sacked, but they sat in their board meeting eating pastries and thanking Brasher for his amazing work as President over the past 2 years while letting rumours swarm publicly about his sacking without backing their coach and quashing them immediately,

OR: the possibility of Rutten losing his job was a very real one (and possibly still is), so the board couldn't concretely reassure him and correct the journos declaring his sacking swiftly and publicly.

Either way, it's untenable. He either has a board that wants him as coach but couldn't care less about backing him and just lets the media bottom-feeders publicly call his sacking and speculate on the new coach FOR A WHOLE DAY, or he has no idea if the board even want him as coach or if they're making offers to other people to take his job.

I'll say it again - flipping amateur hour this club.

 

[Lore]

 

[yodellinhank]

I think Truck is gone by tomorrow.
I thought it would be today, but you're surely untenable now.
Really poor result. Two board meetings in less than 24 hours. Leaks that you're gone on the back of it. Not quite done yet, CEO confirms you're coach now but more to review.

Barham probably backs Campbell as he would have had a hand in extending him
Rutten goes. I reckon Caracella is off to GWS.
Dodoro v Mahoney. you pick that one. I have NFI

Question becomes -> do we throw what we can at Clarkson to sell "hope" again to the masses. Or is it time we do a proper process
Both have failed us (Knights & Hird/Bomber)

Smells to me like it is Campbell & Truck versus someone else

 

[Lore]

Agree there could be a lot of news forthcoming. There could also be no news of note to come. As it stands, Brasher - who was due to finish up at the end of the season anyway - has stepped down as Pres a week early. Not only that, he's still on the board.

I for one can't see how it's tenable for Rutten to stay on as coach after this sh*tshow. I think either one of two things has gone on:

EITHER: Rutten was never going to be sacked, but they sat in their board meeting eating pastries and thanking Brasher for his amazing work as President over the past 2 years while letting rumours swarm publicly about his sacking without backing their coach and quashing them immediately,

OR: the possibility of Rutten losing his job was a very real one (and possibly still is), so the board couldn't concretely reassure him and correct the journos declaring his sacking swiftly and publicly.

Either way, it's untenable. He either has a board that wants him as coach but couldn't care less about backing him and just lets the media bottom-feeders publicly call his sacking and speculate on the new coach FOR A WHOLE DAY, or he has no idea if the board even want him as coach or if they're making offers to other people to take his job.

I'll say it again - *ing amateur hour this club.

Spot on.

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

What a ShitFest!!

 

[andleanback]

I can’t see rutten being there in a weeks time, this feels very like Teague last year.

 

[YEMOC NAYR]

What a day

 

[JT_the_Man]

How can Truck seriously stay after today? You'd nearly step down if you were him.

 

[citizen-erased]

Agree there could be a lot of news forthcoming. There could also be no news of note to come. As it stands, Brasher - who was due to finish up at the end of the season anyway - has stepped down as Pres a week early. Not only that, he's still on the board.

I for one can't see how it's tenable for Rutten to stay on as coach after this sh*tshow. I think either one of two things has gone on:

EITHER: Rutten was never going to be sacked, but they sat in their board meeting eating pastries and thanking Brasher for his amazing work as President over the past 2 years while letting rumours swarm publicly about his sacking without backing their coach and quashing them immediately,

OR: the possibility of Rutten losing his job was a very real one (and possibly still is), so the board couldn't concretely reassure him and correct the journos declaring his sacking swiftly and publicly.

Either way, it's untenable. He either has a board that wants him as coach but couldn't care less about backing him and just lets the media bottom-feeders publicly call his sacking and speculate on the new coach FOR A WHOLE DAY, or he has no idea if the board even want him as coach or if they're making offers to other people to take his job.

I'll say it again - *ing amateur hour this club.

I can’t see rutten being there in a weeks time, this feels very like Teague last year.

He is gone.
This has played out how many times at how many clubs.
Ours quite a few

I think we're looking for the sentence that follows thanking Ben for his time.
Is it Clarkson, or is it a review. Either way we'll say it's a search for our new coach, but the setup will need to be right for the optics.

Can't say review and appoint Clarkson 2 days later. Or even a week later.
Can't say it's Clarkson, but you can say we begin our search for a new coach. Then appoint Clarkson and point to his credentials.

 

[Bjchan13]

I think Truck is gone by tomorrow.
I thought it would be today, but you're surely untenable now.
Really poor result. Two board meetings in less than 24 hours. Leaks that you're gone on the back of it. Not quite done yet, CEO confirms you're coach now but more to review.

Barham probably backs Campbell as he would have had a hand in extending him
Rutten goes. I reckon Caracella is off to GWS.
Dodoro v Mahoney. you pick that one. I have NFI

Question becomes -> do we throw what we can at Clarkson to sell "hope" again to the masses. Or is it time we do a proper process
Both have failed us (Knights & Hird/Bomber)

Hird/Bomber was not a proper process. Knights i suppose we interviewed a few other people but he was our VFL and assistant coach already. There's serious questions on that process as well

 

[citizen-erased]

How can Truck seriously stay after today? You'd nearly step down if you were him.

quit and give up the payout, probably paving way for other jobs sooner
or wait to be sacked and take the $$ but probably wait a little longer for next gig.

He'll coach again imo. I reckon he'd be alright for Port, who have a high work rate.
He'd probably work well at GWS too, but I get the suspicion Caracella is going there.

 

[Bombermania]

Today can be put down to either the clueless media not knowing Essendon's board rules and not knowing Brasher was due to finish or the club has met to sign off on actions to be announced upon being carried out aka need to confirm Clarko before acting on Rutten.

 

[yodellinhank]

How can Truck seriously stay after today? You'd nearly step down if you were him.

Oh I doubt todays events have shaken his belief in where we're going.