Delisted Adrian Dodoro - On leave Aug ‘24. Parted ways Nov ‘24. Lodged a dispute with FairWork. Paid out. Gone. #putoutyourjackets

[brutus76]

Surely gets let go and his salary could hire 2 replacements

 

[Lore]

Surely gets let go and his salary could hire 2 replacements

Just posted this in the president thread but I guess it belongs here really.

Essendon president backs Dodoro, lauds "really impressive" recent off-season moves

“I think the list and recruiting team deserves a lot of credit for that.”

www.sen.com.au

:|

 

[carloss]

Just posted this in the president thread but I guess it belongs here really.

Essendon president backs Dodoro, lauds "really impressive" recent off-season moves

“I think the list and recruiting team deserves a lot of credit for that.”

www.sen.com.au

:|

It's all starting to make sense now....................

 

[pepsi]

Just posted this in the president thread but I guess it belongs here really.

Essendon president backs Dodoro, lauds "really impressive" recent off-season moves

“I think the list and recruiting team deserves a lot of credit for that.”

www.sen.com.au

:|

Delusional

 

[lenny2013]

No final wins in how long?

Reserve the back slapping for when we actually convert potential into some consistent form and finals wins.

 

[Lore]

It's all starting to make sense now....................

Yeah at the end of the day you have to build a list that can compete for 23 rounds plus finals, even and especially when injuries hit. It may be masterful accounting to hide the shit in the footnotes, but it's not masterful list management to cherry pick the few good bits as evidence of success and ignore the rest.

Like I get that people had a lot of faith, including me, in the 2013-2015 list build that coulda woulda shoulda and ultimately did not achieve even a finals win. And if he wants to make excuses for Dodoro on that basis, that's at least understandable even if a lot of people here don't like it and want blood.

But what I find really concerning is that even at board level, we're cherry picking evidence of success. If you're trying to delude yourself and pander to confirmation bias, selective appreciation of the evidence is your first step.

Take the damned blinkers off and look around.

 

[boncer34]

Just posted this in the president thread but I guess it belongs here really.

Essendon president backs Dodoro, lauds "really impressive" recent off-season moves

“I think the list and recruiting team deserves a lot of credit for that.”

www.sen.com.au

:|

He owes me a keyboard. I just sprayed coffee all over mine.

 

[the PILL]

Adrian Grigori Rasputin Dodoro...

 

[ant555]

This is going to go well.

Should be sacrificed but he gets a pass because he has been half decent and not a total **** up and it was not his fault the Saga killed off his last build.

 

[brain taylor]

This is going to go well.

Should be sacrificed but he gets a pass because he has been half decent and not a total duck up and it was not his fault the Saga killed off his last build.

talking about "a flag in 2-3 years" makes me very nervous that they plan to abandon the rebuild and blow all our cap space/draft picks on bringing in blokes like degoey and burn out having peaked at a 6th place finish

 

[carloss]

What a turnaround it's gonna be from a side that struggles to win one quarter a game.

 

[Burzum]

Just posted this in the president thread but I guess it belongs here really.

Essendon president backs Dodoro, lauds "really impressive" recent off-season moves

“I think the list and recruiting team deserves a lot of credit for that.”

www.sen.com.au

:|

He's untouchable... I think I'm done with this club for awhile.

 

[ant555]

He's untouchable... I think I'm done with this club for awhile.

Or is it the same code when the president of a club says the coach is safe mid season ?

 

[BrunoV]

talking about "a flag in 2-3 years" makes me very nervous that they plan to abandon the rebuild and blow all our cap space/draft picks on bringing in blokes like degoey and burn out having peaked at a 6th place finish

$1m a year for De Goey...come on down!!!

 

[Burzum]

Or is it the same code when the president of a club says the coach is safe mid season ?

I hope you're right but it's the same stuff we hear about Adrian even when we're going (somewhat) well. I had no faith they'd have the balls to sack him before Brasher's interview with Whateley, this just confirmed my suspicions.

 

[JayDon]

$1m a year for De Goey...come on down!!!

Exciting in short term
But why otherwise?
Starting to think Clarkson in full control. Major shake-up and drawing power across all levels?
It's time!?

 

[JayDon]

Coach safe. Heard that before?

 

[FlyingV]

I’m feeling an impulsive De Goey purchase coming on…

 

[calyam]

I think a De Goey signing would be the straw that broke the camel's back. I don't think I bring myself to support that guy.

 

[FlyingV]

I think a De Goey signing would be the straw that broke the camel's back. I don't think I bring myself to support that guy.

It has the potential to be hysterically funny.

 

[FlyingV]

Imagine family day at the hanger and De Goey and Stringer are on the promotional pamphlets

 

[eth-dog]

Small-target strategy: The trouble with Essendon

There’s an argument that Essendon people have demonstrated that they can’t save Essendon, and that outsiders should be prevailed upon to get the men’s team up the ladder and winning finals.

www.theage.com.au

1. Is our list management up to the standard of the best clubs? If not, how can this be rectified?
2. Our coaching group, while good on paper, does not appear to be getting the most out of these players this year. Why?
3. Is our development of players up to the mark, and if not, how can we lift this? Andy McGrath, the No.1 draft pick, is a case to ponder given his relative stagnation, compared to his perceived capability.
4. Are there any cultural issues – deep-seated factors unique to Essendon (coterie groups, past players, messiah complex et al) – that hinder the club and team performance, even slightly?

Posting this in here as well, because it is relevant.

Dodoro seems to have a few too many blind spots in general. Under Hird we were a bit slow through the midfield and now we're a bit small. He can find talent undoubtedly and that's great but we consistently ignore big bodies at the draft and we struggle to attract them through trades and free agency. We have a shit tonne of general forwards on the list but with Menzie now we really only have the two crumbing small forwards.

 

[faible]

with Menzie now we really only have the two crumbing small forwards.

Hard work when you have 2 x crumbing small forwards retire in the space of 6 months, and know you've got F/S potentials coming up.

The bigger midfielder hole is more of a place to have a dig at list management than a dearth of small forwards

 

[eth-dog]

Hard work when you have 2 x crumbing small forwards retire in the space of 6 months, and know you've got F/S potentials coming up.

The bigger midfielder hole is more of a place to have a dig at list management than a dearth of small forwards

I'm not putting heaps of criticism there, it was more "we have x amount of small/medium forwards and yet only 2 are genuine crumbers" sort of thing

 

[carloss]

Ross Lyon on Essendon's midfield