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

    49

    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

 

[damochandler]

Why was a senate enquiry brought up to begin with?

Bruce was there and he whinged about them not answering his 5 billion emails and probably standby the rabbit started it

 

[Doss]

Until this club actually does something of note on field again, there will be a small group of fans who cling on to the idea that a sudden eureka moment in a real court/senate enquiry/martian galactic kangaroo court vis-a-vis the saga will occur and suddenly make our irrelevance on-field less of a thing.

These are the same people who stand up year after year at the AGM and ask the same question...You can imagine them still doing it in another decade from now too.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

The latest round of calls for an enquiry were about ASADA only adding the substances to their published list the day that Essendon were thought to have used them.

From a certain point of view it looks dodgy but really it means nothing. The list isn’t exhaustive.

I’d be interested in seeing the AFL do a proper review of its whole anti doping process because I personally think it’s absolutely ****ed, and the whole ASADA / WADA approach is totally unsuited to sports such as footy.

But that’s actually not even really about our case, more the likes of Ahmed Saad or other individuals who have their careers and lives destroyed by anti doping zealotry, over single issues that aren’t cynical and don’t impact performance anyway.

That really has nothing to do with Essendon for me.

 

[Milanista28]

Guilty or not isn't important now, The point is was the investigation and verdict all above board. Murderers get off for administrative errors.

Smarter and more connected people to the club and saga than me think the process to that guilty verdict stinks.

Anyway it is what is is and by and large most have moved on but to those who haven't you gotta respect their right to keep fighting.

 

[yodellinhank]

Until this club actually does something of note on field again...
...You can imagine them still doing it in another decade from now too.

Such a pessimist.

 

[Darealrath]

I'd like some more information to come out and questions to be answered, but I'm not convinced we'd find out anything new from a Senate Inquiry. You'd pretty much need one of the few people with knowledge of the intimate details of conversations and deals at the time to spill the beans which would probably be career suicide.

 

[Bjchan13]

NLM is still seeking documents under FOI, Jobe tweeted to "keep digging".
Only needs anther 1.4 players to be 10%

I thought Jobe had moved on pretty quickly. Hopefully he isnt wasting much time and energy on it

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Guilty or not isn't important now, The point is was the investigation and verdict all above board. Murderers get off for administrative errors.

Smarter and more connected people to the club and saga than me think the process to that guilty verdict stinks.

Anyway it is what is is and by and large most have moved on but to those who haven't you gotta respect their right to keep fighting.

That ship sailed years ago when the AFL got into bed with ASADA and WADA. That means they and the clubs are all subject to their bullshit.

If there is to be a review of that then good, but it’s not going to be retrospective. It’s not going to change anything for the Essendon players.

It’s over.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

I thought Jobe had moved on pretty quickly. Hopefully he isnt wasting much time and energy on it

It’s funny how life works. The saga was the worst thing to happen to Jobe I’d say.

It also sent him to New York, where he crossed paths with a model / medical student who’s now his long term partner, and he’s a proud father!

Sliding doors and all that

 

[Bjchan13]

It’s funny how life works. The saga was the worst thing to happen to Jobe I’d say.

It also sent him to New York, where he crossed paths with a model / medical student who’s now his long term partner, and he’s a proud father!

Sliding doors and all that

Yeah it seems it clicked for him how insignificant AFL actually is compared to just living and enjoying life. Hopefully he is still loving it and not revisiting any saga stuff.

 

[yaco55]

In the fullness of time which is probably around 20 or 30 years, then the true story will unravel - Especially when key players have retired and have nothing to lose.

 

[HirdsTheWord]

In the fullness of time which is probably around 20 or 30 years, then the true story will unravel - Especially when key players have retired and have nothing to lose.

the only person who can ever tell the truth of the story is Stephen Dank. And hes not opening his trap any time soon.

The Sooner we all get over this the better. Nothing good will come from another Enquiry.

We need to focus on winning a Final and go on from that to be a consistent contender for premierships. Not wasting time and energy on shit that happened ~8 years ago.

 

[ghostdog]

the only person who can ever tell the truth of the story is Stephen Dank. And hes not opening his trap any time soon.

The Sooner we all get over this the better. Nothing good will come from another Enquiry.

We need to focus on winning a Final and go on from that to be a consistent contender for premierships. Not wasting time and energy on shit that happened ~8 years ago.

That's where I'd like answers from. Someone fired gunshots into his house before he decided not to say anything about something he said he would give a full account for. He said unequivocally that he had information that would clear every player on more than one occasion. I want Dank's side of the story. I suspect the club was duped as part of something bigger and dodgier.

 

[HirdsTheWord]

That's where I'd like answers from. Someone fired gunshots into his house before he decided not to say anything about something he said he would give a full account for. He said unequivocally that he had information that would clear every player on more than one occasion. I want Dank's side of the story. I suspect the club was duped as part of something bigger and dodgier.

Even if he did, who would honestly believe a word he says?

The time for him to provide proof is well gone. Even if he does a tell all now (7-8 years later) no one would take it seriously??

 

[ghostdog]

Even if he did, who would honestly believe a word he says?

The time for him to provide proof is well gone. Even if he does a tell all now (7-8 years later) no one would take it seriously??

I'd be interested. The narrative is alive and there would always be others to respond to it. The truth is always somewhere in the middle.

 

[Lore]

Not sure if it's related, but apparently he's chairing the AFL's governance committee in charge of raising community relief funds or whatever. The board is made up of a couple of AFL stooges and a few other people from across various clubs and the AFLPA.

Tanner to lead AFL governance committee

Essendon President Lindsay Tanner will chair the AFL’s new governance committee.

www.essendonfc.com.au

 

[yodellinhank]

Sounds dodgy

 

[DERO]

He is a quality person and will be a big loss.

 

[hurlygurdy]

Not disagreeing. But the CAS verdict against the players, based on strands in a cable, with no punishment to any of the the real dodgy farks, and after they had been cleared in our own country still irks. Not to mention the whole guilty-until-proven-innocent process that they had to endure through the media. The players are deemed to be drug cheats based on the poor governance of a club and the arrogance of some shady practitioners despite there being no positive samples and the supposed TB4 only possibly reaching a few of the players. I know you know all of this but from the way I see it you can’t just encapsulate justice done by what you’ve stated above.

Criminal behaviour of authorities when dealing with perceived criminals, has a grand history particularly in this country.

 

[Lore]

 

[DERO]

FOGDOG will be happy.

 

[Beerfish]

What's with the Sydney tie?

 

[Kakkle]

Paul Cousins robbed again.

 

[Lore]

Members should check their emails. There's a 'members first' email with a ~20 minute video attached with Brasher telling us exactly what is what.

Hopefully comes up on the club website soon, as I don't think it would be appropriate to post it here until the club has published it.

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

Members should check their emails. There's a 'members first' email with a ~20 minute video attached with Brasher telling us exactly what is what.

Hopefully comes up on the club website soon, as I don't think it would be appropriate to post it here until the club has published it.

LOVE the part about him saying if the club has been guilty of being soft on the saga players because they felt guilty, or being too quiet and passive in the AFL community that it stops now.