Delisted Adrian Dodoro - Lodged a dispute with FairWork. Paid out. Gone. #putoutyourjackets

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Rick Ross said:
Should we not judge him on his career - 20 years? Rather than a (very) small amount of recent success this year.
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Cannot underestimate the effects of the drug scandal on our club, as well as the instability throughout the board. Wasn't all a list management issue. Keep in mind the first rounders that were stripped off us who would be entering their prime right now too.
 

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Tazdog said:
Cannot underestimate the effects of the drug scandal on our club, as well as the instability throughout the board. Wasn't all a list management issue. Keep in mind the first rounders that were stripped off us who would be entering their prime right now too.
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Dodo was around in his role for 15 years prior to the saga. We were already in a 8-9 year finals drought when the saga hit.
 
ydc55 said:
I think and hope Dero is being sarcastic.
Adrian dodoro will be available to anyone once and if he leaves essendon.
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I sincerely hope it was sarcasm.

It is great to see this team having a little bit of success but I still feel our list has big gaps and overall he has failed to produce a quality, balanced list in 20 years.

We are still lacking pace, small forwards, contested key forward, ruck (s), and our only #1 pick is playing back pocket. I'm not starting a war on McGrath, I'm just stating where we are at. 20 years without producing a finals winning list... is beyond frustrating.

If rumours are to be believed.. we picked up McKay and Goldy because of Scotts personal recommendation and connections. Considering they have been two of our most important players in recent success says a lot.

I think Duds can be rightly congratulated for the Merrett selection (although apparently Jackson had a lot to say on this/club was keen to retain his services).. and he has nailed MSD with Durham and Martin.

If Scott does get success with this group then potentially you revisit the Dud era with a different lens of how much is coaching, development etc etc. What I would say is that very few of our rejects have gone on to be hugely successful at other clubs.. so it isn't like we picked the eyes out of the talent only to watch them walk away (then Brisbane with Beams, Treloar and GWS (insert heaps) etc).

We have missed on several really high draft picks and that has hurt. Our list has always been unbalanced during his time. Whilst he may think he is a 'savvy' trader.. the fact that other clubs hated him and refused to deal with him actually hurt us a lot. The handling of Joe Daniher is just one example.. there were plenty of others.

Anyway he is gone and we can move on but no amount of success with this group will make me think we didn't waste 20 years with this guy in charge of recruiting.
 
Here_we_come said:
Dodo was around in his role for 15 years prior to the saga. We were already in a 8-9 year finals drought when the saga hit.
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And he had brought in several AA players at that point including Hurley, Hooker, Ryder, Watson (F/S), Heppell, and a few others I'm forgetting. I'm not saying he's blameless but we had a very good list at that time.
 
eth-dog said:
And he had brought in several AA players at that point including Hurley, Hooker, Ryder, Watson (F/S), Heppell, and a few others I'm forgetting. I'm not saying he's blameless but we had a very good list at that time.
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We literally have one of the worst AA records of any team and if you did the calculation in 2013 our record would have been abysmal. Also Watson as a father son can’t be used as an example of good recruiting.
 
Here_we_come said:
We literally have one of the worst AA records of any team and if you did the calculation in 2013 our record would have been abysmal. Also Watson as a father son can’t be used as an example of good recruiting.
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Okay, he can do no right.

He's mediocre. Not brilliant, not terrible, but the lower half of average.
 
Here_we_come said:
Well that’s your opinion. I believe he’s been a bit worse than that. I also think the club should aim higher than someone who is just lower/average.
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I don't disagree.
 
Here_we_come said:
Well that’s your opinion. I believe he’s been a bit worse than that. I also think the club should aim higher than someone who is just lower/average.
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I think that is where most of my angst comes from. At best he is 'average'.. at worst he was actively bad. The real crime is allowing him to keep his job for 20 years despite the lack of success. it is just absolutely unheard of.

Was just another example of how much our club had fallen behind others in our professionalism. The fact that we rated this guy like Stephen Wells is a disgrace. Wells builds 3-4 premiership capable (and delivered!) lists over a 10 year span and we still don't win a final and not once did we try to get rid of duds?

Anyway beyond comprehension how we allowed an 'average to below average' recruiter keep his job unchecked for 20 years.
 

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when does he finish up as GM of list management, and is there a gap before he takes on the role of Vice President of list management?
 
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Don Won said:
when does he finish up as gm list management, and is there a gap before he takes on the role of Vice President of list management?
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He already has. Rosa has the title of AFL talent and operations manager. Pretty sure Dodoro has more a part time role working the ins and outs of the contracts being offered.
 

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