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

 

[Lore]

Ah good, an ex player on the board. They’ve all been good value so far.

Better keep this handy

 

[brutus76]

On beer.

First beers for the month on this coming Monday. Half price wings, some beer, school holidays and watching some NFL on the big sports bar screen.

I've been so good I'm rewarding myself for surviving such a majestic 150th season for the Dons.

In our 125th anniversary we finished 3rd last. Joyous!

 

[citizen-erased]

I will give $1000 to anyone who can give a fresh, new take on the saga that we haven't heard before

Afl saw the success of dank and co at geelong and wanted a hird immortal arc to get those 1m supporters signed up as members

So they told us not to hire him from GCS (wink wink).

And we did. And it worked well until the blues had a cry to uncle fitzy who brought the feds in.

Even destroyed all evidence.
5peat denied sadly.

Also it was aliens

 

[brutus76]

It was Sheedy's martians

 

[ant555]

I will give $1000 to anyone who can give a fresh, new take on the saga that we haven't heard before

It was an alien conspiracy organised by ScoMo .

 

[Lore]

Caro reckons Cara has been interviewed twice as part of the external review by Brendan McCartney and 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

. Unless I misheard it?

Not the names I would’ve expected to be involved in our external review!

 

[Lore]

 

[frodos gardener]

On Classified:

• Lloyd: Coach and CEO to be announced by the end of next week
• Caro: 4 CEOs shortlisted, at least one is outside “the footy sphere”. Doesn’t think Greg Swann has been approached.
• Lloyd: Andrew Welsh to join the board of directors.

Appreciate the summaries.

 

[cobra land]

Give Hirdy Sheeds' Ambassadorial $ and get the old codger out of there

How about showing him a little respect, the bloke has coached us to 4 flags FFS.

 

[footyfanatic111]

How about showing him a little respect, the bloke has coached us to 4 flags FFS.

Just because he has coached 4 flags doesn’t give him a pass to do whatever he wants because he is sheedy.
He consistently does things lately that make you scratch your head. The Clarkson comments to tassie is one example - granted we wouldn’t have got him anyway but it’s ridiculous for him to go on a public media forum and say, a day after the club made its intentions known they were chasing Clarkson.. as a board member mind you! He’s a legend but he seems to think he has his own set of rules and we can’t have people like that Essendon anymore or we will be irrelevant for the next 20 years too.

 

[cobra land]

Just because he has coached 4 flags doesn’t give him a pass to do whatever he wants because he is sheedy.
He consistently does things lately that make you scratch your head. The Clarkson comments to tassie is one example - granted we wouldn’t have got him anyway but it’s ridiculous for him to go on a public media forum and say, a day after the club made its intentions known they were chasing Clarkson.. as a board member mind you! He’s a legend but he seems to think he has his own set of rules and we can’t have people like that Essendon anymore or we will be irrelevant for the next 20 years too.

Do whatever he wants ???, give me a spell he's entitled to an opinion just like you or me.

I'd rather an honest opinion than the robots that trott out the same dull answers.

He's one of a rare few that actually speaks his mind and sticks up for Essendon and Essendon people.

 

[faible]

Do whatever he wants ???, give me a spell he's entitled to an opinion just like you or me.

I'd rather an honest opinion than the robots that trott out the same dull answers.

He's one of a rare few that actually speaks his mind and sticks up for Essendon and Essendon people.

Difference is Sheedy's 'opinion' is on the board, and rarely honest.

 

[footyfanatic111]

What?
If he’s just an essendon fan then correct - he is entitled to an opinion.

But as a essendon board member he has to be in line with the his own board is trying to achieve. They wanted Clarkson and made it known yet he went out and conspired against that by his Clarkson comments on radio a day later.
Are you actually telling me that you think that’s perfectly fine to do?

 

[Lore]

What?
If he’s just an essendon fan then correct - he is entitled to an opinion.

But as a essendon board member he has to be in line with the his own board is trying to achieve. They wanted Clarkson and made it known yet he went out and conspired against that by his Clarkson comments on radio a day later.
Are you actually telling me that you think that’s perfectly fine to do?

Certainly would've thought his mandate as a director of the club is to forward the club's agenda, rather than undermining it.

 

[cobra land]

What?
If he’s just an essendon fan then correct - he is entitled to an opinion.

But as a essendon board member he has to be in line with the his own board is trying to achieve. They wanted Clarkson and made it known yet he went out and conspired against that by his Clarkson comments on radio a day later.
Are you actually telling me that you think that’s perfectly fine to do?

Well he's been proven to be right

 

[footyfanatic111]

Well he's been proven to be right

Your advocating for hird aswell arnt you?

 

[yodellinhank]

What?
If he’s just an essendon fan then correct - he is entitled to an opinion.

But as a essendon board member he has to be in line with the his own board is trying to achieve. They wanted Clarkson and made it known yet he went out and conspired against that by his Clarkson comments on radio a day later.
Are you actually telling me that you think that’s perfectly fine to do?

And it turned out to be another Sheedy masterstroke. Well played Sheeds.

 

[yodellinhank]

Certainly would've thought his mandate as a director of the club is to forward the club's agenda, rather than undermining it.

So, a yes man?

 

[Lore]

So, a yes man?

Someone who participates in rigorous discussion about the club’s direction at board meetings, and then once everything has been considered and a collective decision is made, does what he can to make that happen.

 

[Doss]

Do whatever he wants ???, give me a spell he's entitled to an opinion just like you or me.

I'd rather an honest opinion than the robots that trott out the same dull answers.

He's one of a rare few that actually speaks his mind and sticks up for Essendon and Essendon people.

I feel like you were really desperate to utter the phrases ‘PC’ and ‘woke’ here, but just managed to hold yourself back.

 

[yodellinhank]

Someone who participates in rigorous discussion about the club’s direction at board meetings, and then once everything has been considered and a collective decision is made, does what he can to make that happen.

Sheedy's maverick move saved the club from itself.

 

[Lore]

Sheedy's maverick move saved the club from itself.

Completely by accident, so I don’t think he gets the credit

 

[The Devils Advocate]

I think we are waiting to interview Tom Harley.

 

[eth-dog]

I think we are waiting to interview Tom Harley.

For the CEO position?

Honestly would be okay with that. Might get Daniher back. You'd love that Jade, right?

 

[JT_the_Man]

Completely by accident, so I don’t think he gets the credit

The fact that we've somehow managed to come out of this looking like crazy dumb geniuses can only be a good thing right? Right??