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

 

[Eleven 38]

Haha, surely if Sheeds wants to give Hird a blowie he can just go to his house and see him.

Its not a big deal though. The board has selected the coach, id rather him have a whinge in the media now than in June next year. I'm sure they'll bring him into the board room and tell him how it is.

Maybe Sheeds will vote for Hird CEO now.

 

[lenny2013]

Brad Scott one day into the job and sheedy is white anting.

We totally need to f*** off the entire sheedy faction and start clean.

 

[citizen-erased]

He's probably only 5 years behind our resident dotard - Sam Newman

you didn't stick him on the board and make him an "immortal"

 

[Lads2023]

Essendon fans whenever Sheedy speaks

 

[Lore]

Brad Scott one day into the job and sheedy is white anting.

We totally need to f*** off the entire sheedy faction and start clean.

Not even 24 hours.

 

[citizen-erased]

Listening to the presser for Brad
Barham says a lot about unity.

Needs to address this.

 

[Lore]

good point

 

[Doss]

“This is what happens when you bring new people into the club" - Sheeds, today, on the day we bring in a new, outside coach

If that doesn’t neatly encapsulate the problem of our club admiring the view up its own bunghole way more than it should have for far too long and in particular Sheedy’s perspective, then nothing else will.

 

[windyhill]

He always loved our red shorts.

 

[The Ghost of the KPF]

“This is what happens when you bring new people into the club" - Sheeds, today, on the day we bring in a new, outside coach

If that doesn’t neatly encapsulate the problem of our club admiring the view up its own bunghole way more than it should have for far too long and in particular Sheedy’s perspective, then nothing else will.

Didn't Sheeds once play for Richmond?

Wasn't he once a "new person brought into the club?"

 

[frodos gardener]

Barham would be breathing fire down the hallways at the Hangar for Sheedy’s comments. No way will he stand for it.

 

[Zephyr Effekt]

Old man yelling at clouds while walking the green mile.

Thanks for the premierships.

Now.

 

[Bjchan13]

Classic Sheedy. Loves playing the clown. The rest of the board are treating him like one now as well, which seems to be working.You know he's in there trying to save Dodoro as well, which most likely wont be listened to either. My ideal outcome is he walks once Dodoro is sacked.

 

[Doss]

Didn't Sheeds once play for Richmond?

Wasn't he once a "new person brought into the club?"

 

[bennyg12]

Piss him off he's cooked

 

[Dave]

Do as I say not as I did.

 

[citizen-erased]

Do as I say not as I did.

lack of flags would suggest we are.

FMD he's really taken a bit of the sheen off today

 

[Tjblues]

good point

I was going to say something similar to this. Sheedy has framed the statement as if it was a lie from your board when it doesn’t read that way at all to me.

I read “fully endorsed” as the board agreed to all the recommendations put to them ie coach, contract etc.

It’s sad to do move past a club legend, but surely his time in a position of any power and influence within the club needs to be over.

I’m not gonna lie and say I wish you the best with Scott, but I think most outsiders would have him as the best of the options available

 

[Jetafl]

Please give Brad Scott a clear run at it (his 2nd chance at AFL level). Sheedy has to go as that is toxic you can't have a board member come out and say that publicly (or privately ideally) as things hit the fan hard when there is not harmony. For good on field performance, you need a good behind the sciences environment so get the toxic board member out of EFC. Sheedy goodbye!

 

[Chadwiko]

Honestly, I'm surprised and impressed by the nearly-unanimous agreement here that Sheedy has acted unprofessionally with his comments.

I thought there'd be some Sheedy/Hird loyalists defending him, but there really hasn't been much of that.

Well done, Bombers.

 

[Runk]

Embarrassing

 

[Lore]

No offence oppo fans, I'm sure you're all lovely with the best of intentions.

But I'm starting to feel like I'm not on the Essendon board anymore given there's three posts above this in a row that are not Essendon fans plus several on the previous pages and in other threads ^^ and this is something of a problem as I come here to see what Essendon people think about stuff.

 

[Milanista28]

 

[DonsRule]

Honestly, I'm surprised and impressed by the nearly-unanimous agreement here that Sheedy has acted unprofessionally with his comments.

I thought there'd be some Sheedy/Hird loyalists defending him, but there really hasn't been much of that.

Well done, Bombers.

There are a few but its pretty minor, but between here and Blitz the 2 biggest EFC forums, Sheedys comments did not go down well. I could probably count on one hand the amount that supported Sheeds comments (and ones I could almost predict would)

 

[Zach Package]

Honestly, I'm surprised and impressed by the nearly-unanimous agreement here that Sheedy has acted unprofessionally with his comments.

I thought there'd be some Sheedy/Hird loyalists defending him, but there really hasn't been much of that.

Well done, Bombers.

We at least have the cognitive dissonance to separate Hird and his merits and Sheedy’s progressing unravelling.

For the most part they’re not a joint ticket.