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

    47

    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

 

[DapperDon]

I'm guessing everyone is now around 7 pints in if religion and politics is now the discussion point.

 

[Corleone]

Plebiscites ... Secularism... Alright, that'll do me. All the best moving forwards guys.

 

[citizen-erased]

I'm guessing everyone is now around 7 pints in if religion and politics is now the discussion point.

 

[RearNaked]

I drink cocaine up my nose, we got a coach yet or what ?

 

[Reximilian]

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Would rather have Hird as coach than drink another of those and I generally like every stout that isn’t a milk stout.

 

[Maxabillions]

Heaven forbid that anyone dares to hold a view that doesn't conform to the religion of secularism/scientism.

It's a tremendously ironic view of the world.

Lol, heaven does forbid it. It’s just that heaven doesn’t exist.

 

[rumply]

 

[citizen-erased]

nicely timed on topic post

back to Essendon then.

 

[Mercurial89]

I'm unsure whether I want to give these "senior players" too much or any say.

Guess it depends if it's the same senior players that refuse to work both ways.

But I do agree with the coach they are asking for and for the reasons so, I guess that's improvement.

 

[rumply]

I'm unsure whether I want to give these "senior players" too much or any say.

Guess it depends if it's the same senior players that refuse to work both ways.

But I do agree with the coach they are asking for and for the reasons so, I guess that's improvement.

Yeah it's a bit puzzling that the source of much of our angst, the senior playing corp, are the ones that now appear to want some tough love. I guess the penny has dropped?

 

[joey_jo_jo]

The senior playing group said they wanted tough love from the coach after the 2020 season too but that lasted a season, they tend to talk the talk but not walk the walk. Its imperative this off season that we bring in some older guys that set standards better.

 

[Squeaky]

Yeah it's a bit puzzling that the source of much of our angst, the senior playing corp, are the ones that now appear to want some tough love. I guess the penny has dropped?

Many of these guys will want to be careful of what they wish for...
Cue halfway through next year where they want the game plan amended AGAIN!!!

Just STFU, train and play as instructed by whoever the panel selects as coach...
If said coach says Jump!! - your required response will be: How high?

end rant.

 

[citizen-erased]

I'm unsure whether I want to give these "senior players" too much or any say.

Guess it depends if it's the same senior players that refuse to work both ways.

But I do agree with the coach they are asking for and for the reasons so, I guess that's improvement.

I think we are starting to see some of the internal issues coming to light

Rutten - nice guy, but players weren't on the same page with what he was trying to do, even as it was tweaked.
Players - wanted to play for him, but didn't buy in to his direction

It's an unsustainable model and probably no reflection on either group. Just a misaligned partnership.
And I guess you can see why Brasher and Campbell go given he was their man. Less Mahoney's I guess given Rutten came onboard under Richardson.

 

[jmoo wan]

If said coach says Jump!! - your required response will be: How high?
.

wrong - you should know your role in the game plan well enough to know exactly how high you are supposed to jump.

 

[brutus76]

Had my first beer in 5 weeks last night - went down way too quick

 

[jmoo wan]

Had my first beer in 5 weeks last night - went down way too quick

sorry to hear that but brewer’s droop is a real thing. fortunately there are effective medications available to help.

 

[brutus76]

na - been on keto the last 5 weeks and been a very, very good boy but i swear last night if i had a yardglass Bob Hawke's record would have been in danger and Tadalafil is good for older blokes like me

 

[brendan84]

Yeah but does he prefer a pale ale or a stout?

 

[HirdyLannister]

I'm unsure whether I want to give these "senior players" too much or any say.

Guess it depends if it's the same senior players that refuse to work both ways.

But I do agree with the coach they are asking for and for the reasons so, I guess that's improvement.

Agree, rather have Hobbs, Draper, Martin Guelfi and Durham input

 

[Keystone agony]

Why the players feel they should have any input is beyond me

Why are we the only side where players feel they should be picking the coach

Leave the job to those with the experience in the role and that have been picked for the job based on their experience. Ie cobblers cobble.

The issue now is, you pick the coach based on what the players want. Who dont have the experience or knowledge and bypasses the 'process'

Or you do the process thus not taking into account what the players want and they sook it up because they didnt get what they wanted

 

[Lore]

Why the players feel they should have any input is beyond me

Why are we the only side where players feel they should be picking the coach

Leave the job to those with the experience in the role and that have been picked for the job based on their experience. Ie cobblers cobble.

The issue now is, you pick the coach based on what the players want. Who dont have the experience or knowledge and bypasses the 'process'

Or you do the process thus not taking into account what the players want and they sook it up because they didnt get what they wanted

Why would they hire 6 people to run a full and proper process if they were going to parachute in

a) James Hird
b) random person approved by the playing squad


Why not just hire the playing squad to make the decision if that was what was happening?

There's a difference between employees feeling heard and the tail wagging the dog. This is the former.

 

[Keystone agony]

Why would they hire 6 people to run a full and proper process if they were going to parachute in

a) James Hird
b) random person approved by the playing squad


Why not just hire the playing squad to make the decision if that was what was happening?

There's a difference between employees feeling heard and the tail wagging the dog. This is the former.

It just annoys me in first instance that they feel they should have a say and be heard

And of course part of the process could well be asking what the players in spain want as coach

 

[Vander18]

Yeah but does he prefer a pale ale or a stout?

Don’t know why but feel like Ross might enjoy a Corona, lime not lemon.

 

[Burzum]

Has to be BS. There’s no way these players want a “disciplined approach”.

 

[brutus76]

they need to hire the ghost of Yabbie Jeans or John Kennedy Sr. if they need "discipline"