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

    47

    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

 

[bennyg12]

View attachment 1501969Apparently we’re sounding out Andrew Welsh for the football director role

Smart move

 

[Lore]

View attachment 1501969Apparently we’re sounding out Andrew Welsh for the football director role

Not the worst thing I’ve heard for a while.

 

[Lore]

Although he’s been on this for a while from the looks of this one

 

[TheGrizz]

View attachment 1501969Apparently we’re sounding out Andrew Welsh for the football director role

I reckon he would be better suited taking over from Peter Allen as the finance director considering he is worth like a quarter of a billion dollars.

 

[windyhill]

Welsh, made millions with dodoro. Hird worshipper. You couldnt make this shit up. For the thousands upon thousands that hate our guts, mock our every move, it just gets better and better.
Laughing stock.

 

[Lore]

Welsh, made millions with dodoro. Hird worshipper. You couldnt make this s**t up. For the thousands upon thousands that hate our guts, mock our every move, it just gets better and better.
Laughing stock.

Based on his tweet above, not too much of a Hird fan. More of a process fan

 

[Zach Package]

Welsh is in bed with Disco big time, this shouldn’t be allowed to happen

 

[windyhill]

Welsh is in bed with Disco big time, this shouldn’t be allowed to happen

****ing joke. Jobs for the boys doesn’t begin to describe it.

 

[Lore]

Welsh is in bed with Disco big time, this shouldn’t be allowed to happen

Perhaps he could use his connections to get dodoro a job somewhere else

 

[Burzum]

Jobs for the boys. What a joke.

 

[windyhill]

Incestuous ****ing joke.

 

[Vander18]

Welsh, made millions with dodoro. Hird worshipper. You couldnt make this s**t up. For the thousands upon thousands that hate our guts, mock our every move, it just gets better and better.
Laughing stock.

To my knowledge Welsh bought the Armstrong Creek land parcel from Bomber and Dodo - he was on the other side of the deal.

No?

 

[jmoo wan]

View attachment 1501969Apparently we’re sounding out Andrew Welsh for the football director role

My friend wants to know if your friend is seeing anyone in a football director role right now?

 

[Nifft]

View attachment 1501969Apparently we’re sounding out Andrew Welsh for the football director role

Would he have time to do this considering he's just won a big development project?

Young Rich Lister wins $400m regional SA housing project

Former Essendon AFL star Andrew Welsh will develop almost 800 houses and a marina on the Jane Eliza Estate in Renmark after being picked as council’s partner.

www.afr.com

 

[andleanback]

Welsh is in bed with Disco big time, this shouldn’t be allowed to happen

He might be gone before welsh is even on the board..

 

[BrunoV]

Putting the potential jobs for the boys aside.

Too many are too quick to sink the boots into us, at every development and nondevelopment, as though we haven't been the lowest pressure, bottom 4 defence and bruise free midfield we have been under Rutten (who had 4 years to mould something).

Whatever happens from here sacking Rutten was 150% the right call.

 

[citizen-erased]

Putting the potential jobs for the boys aside.

Too many are too quick to sink the boots into us, at every development and nondevelopment, as though we haven't been the lowest pressure, bottom 4 defence and bruise free midfield we have been under Rutten (who had 4 years to mould something).

Whatever happens from here sacking Rutten was 150% the right call.

right or wrong, the call was made and this board owns it.

They also need to do the right process for the next coach. Clearly there was a plan of sack Rutten, get Clarkson and that failed pretty quick.
But not a bad outcome. It wouldn't have been the right outcome and what we are doing now is what is needed.

So back the process, people doing and the outcomes that come from it. And ideally, barring any major catastrophes, stick with it for more than 2 years.

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

right or wrong, the call was made and this board owns it.

They also need to do the right process for the next coach. Clearly there was a plan of sack Rutten, get Clarkson and that failed pretty quick.
But not a bad outcome. It wouldn't have been the right outcome and what we are doing now is what is needed.

So back the process, people doing and the outcomes that come from it. And ideally, barring any major catastrophes, stick with it for more than 2 years.

Mediocre management are capable of making great plans.

It takes excellent management to stick with them through some adversity to successfully implement the plan. It doesn't matter what industry.

Sure there are times where plans do need to be adjusted or trashed, but I've lost count of the number of times good plans are tracking, small amount of pressure or adversity presents and panic causes them to be trashed only to make another plan that won't be adhered to.

 

[Lore]

Mediocre management are capable of making great plans.

It takes excellent management to stick with them through some adversity to successfully implement the plan. It doesn't matter what industry.

Sure there are times where plans do need to be adjusted or trashed, but I've lost count of the number of times good plans are tracking, small amount of pressure or adversity presents and panic causes them to be trashed only to make another plan that won't be adhered to.

Sounds like our inability to absorb pressure is of more consequence off field than on it.

 

[citizen-erased]

Jobs for the boys. What a joke.

Get woosha back.
Our learnings have really dropped off since he left

 

[Old Campaigner]

Perhaps he could use his connections to get dodoro a job somewhere else

I'm sure he can find a bee that needs guarding

 

[CBombers17]

Talking to a mate from EY today. She laughingly described the review as a "no stone left unturned lightweight review of the club".

 

[ghostdog]

Fair enough. I hope you’re right.

To me though, it seems odd odd that a team whose commitment was questioned during the year is now being told to go on a trip to Spain rather than staying to watch the opposition battle it out in september.

But as I said, I am probably a dinosaur in their regard.

Well Dinosaur, it has been going on since the beginning of time. Here's Fletch and co., also in Ibiza. Just goes to show how hard the boys are trying to emulate the Bombers of old.

 

[yodellinhank]

View attachment 1503974

Well Dinosaur, it has been going on since the beginning of time. Here's Fletch and co., also in Ibiza. Just goes to show how hard the boys are trying to emulate the Bombers of old.

I think it was the Rama book where that Hird character was leaving their accommodation for a morning run as Rama, Solly and McVeigh (broken collarbone) made it back. Gave them a glance and shake of the head. Maybe we should make him the coach?

 

[Andronicus]

What type of Whiskey?
on the rocks or neat?

Neat or gtfo.