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Lore said:
Not the worst thing I’ve heard for a while.

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And now it's gone... was still there a week ago.

(The tweet where Andy Welsh was criticising a Herald Sun article reporting that Hird would make a come back, with a comment from him about following a proper process first. It was dated mid-late August as I recall).
 
Lore said:
And now it's gone... was still there a week ago.

(The tweet where Andy Welsh was criticising a Herald Sun article reporting that Hird would make a come back, with a comment from him about following a proper process first. It was dated mid-late August as I recall).
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The Prosecutor said:
Really dislike that he's been slotted in to a member-elected position.
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At least he up for election straight away, ie. they're not trying to weasel in along the lines of he's only just started so he gets 2 years
 
Lore said:
And now it's gone... was still there a week ago.

(The tweet where Andy Welsh was criticising a Herald Sun article reporting that Hird would make a come back, with a comment from him about following a proper process first. It was dated mid-late August as I recall).
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Hird fans right now
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Zach Package said:
Interesting, I thought he was parachuting into Wellman’s footy director role
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So did I. Maybe he doesn't have enough time to do that as well... or maybe that's a change that comes through after the AGM when Wellman is actually off the board
 
DERO said:
What is the definition of insanity?
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It certainly feels like groundhog day. Although that would be true regardless of whether we got the same guy as coach for a third time.
 
Lore said:
It certainly feels like groundhog day. Although that would be true regardless of whether we got the same guy as coach for a third time.
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Let’s see.
 
All I can say is if we start kicking the footy 20 meters sideways next year he has too much influence on the football department.
 

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I am not too worried by Andrew Welsh on the board in and of itself.

Successful club like Richmond (Emmett Dunne), Melbourne (Brad Green) and Sydney (Leo Barry and Michael O'Loughlin) have former players on there.

The question is, if you scrubbed out their name and ignored their playing career, are they qualified to join the board?
Welsh is now worth close to a quarter of a billion dollars through his business and property dealings, so I would personally consider his business acumen would qualify him to do so.

The problem is when you appoint guys 'coz football' ..... like Sheedy.
 
TheGrizz said:
I am not too worried by Andrew Welsh on the board in and of itself.

Successful club like Richmond (Emmett Dunne), Melbourne (Brad Green) and Sydney (Leo Barry and Michael O'Loughlin) have former players on there.

The question is, if you scrubbed out their name and ignored their playing career, are they qualified to join the board?
Welsh is now worth close to a quarter of a billion dollars through his business and property dealings, so I would personally consider his business acumen would qualify him to do so.

The problem is when you appoint guys 'coz football' ..... like Sheedy.
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do you really think that Welsh is worth that much because of his business acumen… or because of his football career? because if it is the former, i have a magic premiership **** ring i’d like to sell you.
 
TheGrizz said:
I am not too worried by Andrew Welsh on the board in and of itself.

Successful club like Richmond (Emmett Dunne), Melbourne (Brad Green) and Sydney (Leo Barry and Michael O'Loughlin) have former players on there.

The question is, if you scrubbed out their name and ignored their playing career, are they qualified to join the board?
Welsh is now worth close to a quarter of a billion dollars through his business and property dealings, so I would personally consider his business acumen would qualify him to do so.

The problem is when you appoint guys 'coz football' ..... like Sheedy.
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Or people who get into it because they want to use the club as their personal play thing.
 
TheGrizz said:
I am not too worried by Andrew Welsh on the board in and of itself.

Successful club like Richmond (Emmett Dunne), Melbourne (Brad Green) and Sydney (Leo Barry and Michael O'Loughlin) have former players on there.

The question is, if you scrubbed out their name and ignored their playing career, are they qualified to join the board?
Welsh is now worth close to a quarter of a billion dollars through his business and property dealings, so I would personally consider his business acumen would qualify him to do so.

The problem is when you appoint guys 'coz football' ..... like Sheedy.
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Agree. Welsh has the business acumen but he also has the footy background. I presume he is taking over Wellman's role on the board as the boards footy director or whatever it was called.
 
jmoo wan said:
do you really think that Welsh is worth that much because of his business acumen… or because of his football career? because if it is the former, i have a magic premiership **** ring i’d like to sell you.
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I think he probably leveraged the connections he had from football (including a handy land investment at Armstrong Creek with Dodoro and a few others) to make a fair bit of cash, no doubt.

But to accredit that much money solely to being 'one of da boyzzzzz' and being a result of being an ex footballer is a nonsense.
How many ex footballers do you know with that amount of net worth? He obviously has does something right whith his business ventures.
 
TheGrizz said:
I think he probably leveraged the connections he had from football (including a handy land investment at Armstrong Creek with Dodoro and a few others) to make a fair bit of cash, no doubt.

But to accredit that much money solely to being 'one of da boyzzzzz' and being a result of being an ex footballer is a nonsense.
How many ex footballers do you know with that amount of net worth? He obviously has does something right whith his business ventures.
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cool, so you agree with me.
 
TheGrizz said:
I am not too worried by Andrew Welsh on the board in and of itself.

Successful club like Richmond (Emmett Dunne), Melbourne (Brad Green) and Sydney (Leo Barry and Michael O'Loughlin) have former players on there.

The question is, if you scrubbed out their name and ignored their playing career, are they qualified to join the board?
Welsh is now worth close to a quarter of a billion dollars through his business and property dealings, so I would personally consider his business acumen would qualify him to do so.

The problem is when you appoint guys 'coz football' ..... like Sheedy.
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He made his money in property development. That doesn't require business acumen, it requires mates in the right places.
 

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