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

    46

    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

 

[Beerfish]

Wasn't this Barham presser meant to be like 15 mins ago

He's had to make some.. er.. changes

 

[DapperDon]

Wasn't this Barham presser meant to be like 15 mins ago

Sounds like he has to re-write a few things

edit: **** you Beery

 

[Inspecta Gadget]

Hey guys just spoke to my guy on the board. He assures me Clarko will be ours by the end of the day. Then he handed me a 25% bombershop discount voucher and a pair of house of marley headphones and told me it was my day. Not sure what he meant.

 

[DeezNuts]

It's started

Oh god no, please haven't we suffered enough?

 

[tandino]

Knock knock
Who's there?
Essendon

...Essendon who?
...no, that was the joke.

 

[JayJ20]

It's started

CMON give us a break! I can’t stand the Essendon media people. They are part of the problem.

 

[kelvin_sheedy]

We are embarrassing ourselves with this Hird talk.

I was one of the most vocal on here and we should have stayed strong and kept him and not buckled as the fresh air hasn't worked. Imagine how galvanised we would have been with Hird at the helm....

but that was a long time ago. We need to look for a professional coach and coach only. The person that eats, sleeps and drinks coaching 24/7. Hird has had his time and its passed sadly.

 

[Call Me Cake]

In regards to Clarko, the man literally chose an absolute basket case list over ours. A list that can't even put a leash on an 18 year old, who is by all signs ready to gtfo.

If that's the kind of pursuit he's choosing then it's quite clear he's not in the right frame of mind to coach us. Dodged a bullet.

 

[HirdsTheWord]

CMON give us a break! I can’t stand the Essendon media people. They are part of the problem.

i almost just want to see it happen,

just to see big footy go into complete and utter meltdown

 

[The Prosecutor]

After this much of a **** up, there's every chance people try to save their own and turn to Hird again in the blind hope that 'populism' will fly with enough nuffies to survive.

 

[jag001]

Caro did call Robinson a "Hird mouthpiece" so i would take it with a grain of salt.

However, I would like to see Hird back to watch the absolute melts from some of you.

Caro calls a lot of people names... at least no-one calls her a journalist.

I'm so keen for this... I could have copped Clarkson and his forthright methods, but all along I've thought Sheedy is working some magic... he's not crazy he's a genuine out-of-the-box thinker and I'm all for us getting a bit of heart, mystery and dynamic back. If these last few years of complete lack of defensive attitude or lateral thinking is what a blue-collar club looks like I definitely don't want that. Yes we need changes at board and administration level and then we need to set in place systems and wise heads to support Hird as senior coach.

 

[citizen-erased]

Wasn't this Barham presser meant to be like 15 mins ago

 

[RearNaked]

You lot talk like you wouldn’t buy in after his first press conference

 

[andleanback]

The article does say we will run an extensive process to find a coach.
About time

 

[Petrify]

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[DapperDon]

Honestly this is just too much guys, what the hell is your club doing to itself?

You guys still have that manure truck lying around?

Can we please borrow it?

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

Honestly this is just too much guys, what the hell is your club doing to itself?

 

[eth-dog]

In regards to Clarko, the man literally chose an absolute basket case list over ours. A list that can't even put a leash on an 18 year old, who is by all signs ready to gtfo.

If that's the kind of pursuit he's choosing then it's quite clear he's not in the right frame of mind to coach us. Dodged a bullet.

He's seen what's there. The fact that he's chosen them is an indication of where we're at, not where he is

 

[faible]

Honestly this is just too much guys, what the hell is your club doing to itself?

Imploding. And tbh, I'm here for it.

The coteries and execs deserve this. Rutten doesn't.

 

[Phone]

Caro calls a lot of people names... at least no-one calls her a journalist.

I'm so keen for this... I could have copped Clarkson and his forthright methods, but all along I've thought Sheedy is working some magic... he's not crazy he's a genuine out-of-the-box thinker and I'm all for us getting a bit of heart, mystery and dynamic back. If these last few years of complete lack of defensive attitude or lateral thinking is what a blue-collar club looks like I definitely don't want that. Yes we need changes at board and administration level and then we need to set in place systems and wise heads to support Hird as senior coach.

Posts from 2010

 

[bonedry]

Please, please just sack Rutten...he's a hack.

 

[JayJ20]

In regards to Clarko, the man literally chose an absolute basket case list over ours. A list that can't even put a leash on an 18 year old, who is by all signs ready to gtfo.

If that's the kind of pursuit he's choosing then it's quite clear he's not in the right frame of mind to coach us. Dodged a bullet.

Lmao he made a smart choice. North will shoot past us probably as soon as next year.

 

[Lord Nicholson]

Honestly this is just too much guys, what the hell is your club doing to itself?

This is our circuitous way of presaging an announcement that we have decided to exercise our rights as a founder member and end the V/AFL this year.

Thank you for your participation.

 

[Harlequin Dream]

Wasn't this Barham presser meant to be like 15 mins ago

Didn't that movie have a war in it?

 

[DonsRule]

Honestly this is just too much guys, what the hell is your club doing to itself?

Just doing what we've done for the last 15 off years. Nothing changes.