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News Andy McKay appointed GM of football operations
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sparkyblue
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Welcome back "Ghosty".
Might sound a bit suss given that he's a former Carlton person but his credentials speak for himself. A favourite son of the Carlton Footy Club, very well respected and clearly competent.
Welcome back home, Andy.
Welcome back home, Andy.
Know's a lot about animals. But then again, Andrew Demetriou sold false teeth before he got involved with the AFL.
One of my all time favourites and an intelligent guy which I think is a great place to start.
One of my all time favourites and an intelligent guy which I think is a great place to start.
a_shot_on_ehlo
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Was a great player for the blues, but it is really of no consequence for this appointment.
The real gold is what he has been doing for the past 7 years, he knows the AFL and all the other clubs intimately, he has seen what works and doesn't at other clubs, the knowledge he will bring to the club will be priceless.
Massive signing
The real gold is what he has been doing for the past 7 years, he knows the AFL and all the other clubs intimately, he has seen what works and doesn't at other clubs, the knowledge he will bring to the club will be priceless.
Massive signing
I was going to simply post "da boyz club" when I saw the thread title, but that is a damn impressive CV. Working for the AFL and dealing with all the other clubs would no doubt have built him a large network. Very happy with this appointment.
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always liked the bloke. He is not afraid to get his hands dirty
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That was my initial concern too, but he doesn seem to have a fair amount of experience in the AFL. It will just be interesting to see how those still translate to being a GM for the mighty Blues !!!!!!!
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Now we need SOS and Deano to come back as coaches and Mike Fitzpatrick to come and be CEO, then it would be an old boys club...
But, honestly... Macca's credentials speak for themself. Awesome get by the club
But, honestly... Macca's credentials speak for themself. Awesome get by the club
SOS won't come back while Sticks is there....There is strained relationships between many of the '95' boys. All stems from the salary cap issue, some spoke out and opened their mouths, other's were not happy. I highly doubt that we would've been caught if people just shut their mouths!
Like it. Smart man, knows his footy and knows his AFL.
Great role model for the kids too, combining studies and footy.
Looks like we're getting the band back together... the Blues Brothers.
Great role model for the kids too, combining studies and footy.
Looks like we're getting the band back together... the Blues Brothers.
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Welcome back to Carlton Andy
Excellent appointment.
Excellent appointment.
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Well that's a no brainer that if nobody spoke, we wouldn't have been caught. However it was Stephen O'Reilly that spoke first and he had no particular loyalty to Carlton. SOS and Bradley only spoke up about promised payments that never came, and only after the new board told them to go forward.
I despise the fact that supporters hold a legend like SOS to account for going forward back then, when we were already in trouble and just trying to clean the slate. Did people seriously want to get done for salary cap cheating with O'Reilly, then keep the remaining skeletons in the closet so the AFL could have another hit down the track?
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Oh yeah, good to see Andy Mac back. Definitely got the goods.
Sounds like a great appointment. Andy seems highly credentialled. And much admired as a footballer.
It seems like another great move from the Carlton Football Club. Adds to the feeling that we are putting all the pieces in place for our march to Flag #17.
And thanks also to EP who gave us a heads up before the announcement.
It seems like another great move from the Carlton Football Club. Adds to the feeling that we are putting all the pieces in place for our march to Flag #17.
And thanks also to EP who gave us a heads up before the announcement.
Fraser Brown I think it was told them to shut their mouths but they came out. Well put it this way, that's why he took off to GWS when carlton could've been an option but due to these events, against the idea at the moment. We completely were hung out to dry by the AFL though! Fraser Brown is lurking on the perimeter and could shake things up in a way, with a fair bit of money behind him. Not fully clear on this whole scenario with Brown but trust me he has a fair bit of pulling power behind him.
Got to love carlton, we are so politically driven full of a real hard-nosed, powerful, complexed culture.
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Icke's a hard act to follow, but if anyone can it's Macca.
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Even if McKay is a dud GM, at least he'll be able to look after the health of our players' dogs.
Win-win.
Win-win.
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No, Brown told the AFL to **** off. He was away from the club and had no way of knowing who the AFL had been approaching in order to tell them to shut their mouths. I think you might get getting the stories and myths muddled.
Possibly a personality clash but SOS is probably not still haunted by the events of 2002. He has moved on and made something of himself and good on him.
And we put ourselves in a position to be. Our own fault, as much as it hurt back then.
What? Why on earth would Brown be lurking now? More money than Visy? Carlton are stable now and I would be very disappointed if anybody was lurking and could potentially destabilise the club. Brown was allegedly lurking when Smorgon was President. Are you sure your information doesn't come from back then?
On the contrary, whenever you involve politics, you usually find people wanting to use the club for their own purposes or to hold it up as a status symbol, rather than a collective of people willing to work together to do what is best for the club.
While we have largely survived because of rich benefactors, I would feel much better if Carlton was known as a people's club, and our supporters got out of the mentality that someone will ride in on their white horse and save us if things get too hard. It's the reason I feel we don't have the membership we should have and probably don't erase our debt as fast as some. Our sense of entitlement holds us back a bit.
Everybody in, everybody doing what they can with what they have. Nobody leaving it up to someone else. That's really what No Passengers encompasses.
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Great to have him in this position at the club. Now fingers crossed he delivers.
Agreed on all counts, particularly the final one.
There is nothing to love about a club or organisation where politics plays a role. All individuals should devote themselves to the greater good, rather than their own egos and cliques.
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