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

[Here_we_come]

This is just my own assumption but I reckon Sheedy held the reigns till he got the flick in 2007, would any of us even known who dodoro was back then?

I actually have a clear memory of this because it was the time I first joined bigfooty. I can confidently say it was already a significant issue on this board in 2007.

In fact, one of the first threads I remember reading was titled "Adrian Duddoro" or something like that, which was posted shortly after our horrible season that year. I've since tried to find that thread but have not been able to.

People were rightly asking questions, but were ultimately convinced or shouted down by others who claimed that everything was Sheedy's fault and that Dodo had had little influence despite being in the role for a decade.

 

[Lore]

I actually have a clear memory of this because it was the time I first joined bigfooty. I can confidently say it was already a significant issue on this board in 2007.

In fact, one of the first threads I remember reading was titled "Adrian Duddoro" or something like that, which was posted shortly after our horrible season that year. I've since tried to find that thread but have not been able to.

People were rightly asking questions, but were ultimately convinced or shouted down by others who claimed that everything was Sheedy's fault and that Dodo had had little influence despite being in the role for a decade.

It's probably this thread, given this one also goes back to 2007

The forum tends to take the most passionate and interested fans, the masses are less attentive to the details and tend not to think deeply about 20 years worth of list management in a single sitting, so they take longer to catch on. Not sure what excuse board members have aside from being irl busy.

 

[Donflicted]

#TrusttheMattRosaprocess

 

[joey_jo_jo]

I actually have a clear memory of this because it was the time I first joined bigfooty. I can confidently say it was already a significant issue on this board in 2007.

In fact, one of the first threads I remember reading was titled "Adrian Duddoro" or something like that, which was posted shortly after our horrible season that year. I've since tried to find that thread but have not been able to.

People were rightly asking questions, but were ultimately convinced or shouted down by others who claimed that everything was Sheedy's fault and that Dodo had had little influence despite being in the role for a decade.

Fair, I only came on board last couple of years and just assumed dodoro had become a thing in the 2010s!
Still reckon Sheeds would have thrown his weight around more than your average coach but we probably should have cleared out all of sheeds mates when he left and had a clean break.

 

[Here_we_come]

It's probably this thread, given this one also goes back to 2007

The forum tends to take the most passionate and interested fans, the masses are less attentive to the details and tend not to think deeply about 20 years worth of list management in a single sitting, so they take longer to catch on. Not sure what excuse board members have aside from being irl busy.

I think you might be right actually! That explains why I couldn't find it if the title was changed.

For some reason, I thought this thread was started more recently and by a different poster to the OP. Did this merge with another one recently or perhaps there is more than 1 dodo thread?

 

[joey_jo_jo]

It's probably this thread, given this one also goes back to 2007

The forum tends to take the most passionate and interested fans, the masses are less attentive to the details and tend not to think deeply about 20 years worth of list management in a single sitting, so they take longer to catch on. Not sure what excuse board members have aside from being irl busy.

Woah I'd never even looked at the created date for this thread. 17 years worth of posts to catch up on

 

[yodellinhank]

I actually have a clear memory of this because it was the time I first joined bigfooty. I can confidently say it was already a significant issue on this board in 2007.

In fact, one of the first threads I remember reading was titled "Adrian Duddoro" or something like that, which was posted shortly after our horrible season that year. I've since tried to find that thread but have not been able to.

People were rightly asking questions, but were ultimately convinced or shouted down by others who claimed that everything was Sheedy's fault and that Dodo had had little influence despite being in the role for a decade.

They should've drafted Rioli.

 

[joey_jo_jo]

They should've drafted Rioli.

He did draft Dean Rioli (yes that's right i actually did have a quick trawl through the first few pages)

 

[Here_we_come]

He did draft Dean Rioli (yes that's right i actually did have a quick trawl through the first few pages)

Dean Rioli was the first ever dodo pick iirc, just after he took over from judkins. Probably one of the few decent ones in his first decade.

 

[joey_jo_jo]

Dean Rioli was the first ever dodo pick iirc, just after he took over from judkins. Probably one of the few decent ones in his first decade.

Still my number 1 "what could have been" players, such silky skills.

 

[Corleone]

Just wait until him and Sheedy try to spill the board when we finish bottom four next year.

He didn't deserve a life membership to begin with, it should be stripped now.

 

[Lore]

I think you might be right actually! That explains why I couldn't find it if the title was changed.

For some reason, I thought this thread was started more recently and by a different poster to the OP. Did this merge with another one recently or perhaps there is more than 1 dodo thread?

yeah, a few threads merged into it at different times. same deal with some of the other threads about specific people who had multiple threads about them over the years

 

[Atavistic]

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https://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/760519/planning-for-success-part-one

In the same article he talks about recruiting he was doing in 1999. **** him.

Well, he was right, there certainly were some troughs.

 

[Atavistic]

"We will pick the best player available. We could do with a great ruckman, a great midfielder and a great forward but every club can," Dodoro said.

"People say we need midfielders but they tend to forget that last year we drafted a lot of midfielders like Jetta, Davey, Reimers and Houli."

Holy hell, I didn't realise the first post in this thread was such comedy gold.

 

[Donflicted]

Holy hell, I didn't realise the first post in this thread was such comedy gold.

His quotes scream i have no idea what i am doing

This bloke played a key role in our finals streak ill tell you that

 

[Travisty1331]

Says a lot that the best players he recruited were mostly father sons because he had no choice in the matter

 

[The Donners]

Holy hell, I didn't realise the first post in this thread was such comedy gold.

You’re welcome!

 

[DERO]

I'm kind of playing devil's advocate here but the reality is that if he was made redundant without due process then he was within his rights to go the club. That said, it would have been nice if the so called "essendon man" had gone quietly. I'm now running hypothetical payout scenarios relating the membership increases and how much extra each member is paying next year thank to this shitshow. If he was paid $170k that is $2 a member...? Hopefully he gets a friendly welcome if anyone sees him in the outer...

 

[Yoda_]

Tonight is basically the end of a 6 year loop.

At the end of 2017 Dodoro and the club had just made finals and had the 3rd most potent attack in the AFL.

Spent up big at the trade table, landed Smith, Saad and Stringer.

Added prime Stringer to a forward line featuring prime AA Daniher and McDonald-Tipungwuti, fit Fantasia off a break out year, and Hooker the colossus. At the time apart from Hooker the oldest of that group was 25. Not only did that forward line not completely rip the heart out of the AFL for the next 5 years, I reckon they barely played 10 games together total before completely blowing up.

He certainly wasn’t the best list manager around but the generational curse that continues to afflict the club definitely didn’t help him.

ive only just entered the chat but the continual bad luck that Dodoro was more like a curse you've mentioned.

Scenario above, no clear cut no.1 pick when we finally had one, the SSS deals didn't bring anything and those players broke down or left.

 

[Rick Ross]

im worried about how we'll replace the 42 goals he recruited stringer for

Maybe the club has a lateral solution… and all those losers* bemoaning the 42 should trust the process. With Kelly gone and Lav playing in the 2’s (ideally), maybe we save 42 goals against?


*ok, mostly me

 

[Shanghaistu]

this is maybe going to be the most active thread for the next few days - any plans to move it back to the main board for a while?

 

[Beerfish]

this is maybe going to be the most active thread for the next few days - any plans to move it back to the main board for a while?

I tried but it didn't budge. Maybe it's too bloated to move.

 

[Duckworth]

Is this a dumb question, what was the actual dispute?

 

[Rick Ross]

Is this a dumb question, what was the actual dispute?

Saw this on some other board… posted by some random so no idea if it’s ligit.

Called Adrian “jackets” Dodoro for his love of wearing multiple jackets.

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Casual triple jacket ensemble look modelled by list manager around town Adrian Dodoro.


Back in the news this week after his fair work case commission case against EFC was concluded.

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I was at a Cosmic Psychos gig the other night and met some guys connected to the law firm that represented Adrian. They said that the reason he was sacked wasn’t for a decade of gross incompetence but for stealing jackets.

Apparently he would turn up at training and games wearing just a club polo. Then as players warned up, he’d steal their jacket - just put it on and casually wander off. Often stealing 2 or 3 jackets per session.

The theft was valued at over $200k over Adrian’s time at the club.

I don’t have screen shotted text message of this but this is from blokes you can trust.

Backing it up - You will notice that the Age’s legal department required the article to contain a rare photo where Adrian was only wearing a single jacket, so as not to overtly incriminate him.

 

[Rick Ross]

Saw this on some other board… posted by some random so no idea if it’s ligit.

I thought it was just a joke so I reached out to a mate who does remedial club admin including Bomber shop stock takes.

He said the EFC stock order system just orders the same amount they went through the previous period.

Since Adrian left, they kept ordering jackets at the same rate - but ended up way over stocked. Apparently they thought they were selling masses of jackets when in fact he was just stealing them.

They are so over stocked on jackets they had to put them all into a fire sale.

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