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

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    Def

    Career

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    14.1

    4star

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    9.7

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    4.5

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    4.5

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    1.0

    3star

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    8.0

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    4.4

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    3.6

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    2.6

    3star

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    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

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  Def

  Career

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  13.4

  3star

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  6.3

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  7.0

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  5.3

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  1.3

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  10.6

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  6.2

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  4.4

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  3.6

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  1.0

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  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

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    Last 5

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    11.3

    3star

    K

    6.8

    3star

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    4.5

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    3.5

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    1.6

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    0.9

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    9.2

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    5.4

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    3.8

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    2.2

    3star

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    1.6

    4star

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    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

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    11.5

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    5.5

    5star

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    2.7

    4star

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    310.5

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    15.0

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    6.8

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    8.2

    5star

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    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

 

[Call Me Cake]

I would agree whole-heartedly if he wasn't the leader of the church. You can't lead an organisation and not share their values. It's what we demand of the EFC CEO, and would assume moreso that the head of the church is the same.

He can't share both sets of values, they're at odds with each other. (it would certainly fulfill religious hypocrisy values, but not of the EFC).

He may have agreed to such values, that he holds his personal self to, openly in a forum that was appropriately built for it (a church). He didn't do it in the forum of others.

The idea that his own personal belief can somehow lead to him sowing it onto others in another capacity is the same trope that anti-gay and anti-trans advocates use when they say that being inclusive of them means influencing others to be like them.

It is as ridiculous in the former just as it is in the latter.

 

[citizen-erased]

I will pick him up on one point

you can hold whatever views you like. you don't have a right to express them without right of reply. the attention this is getting is absolutely appropriate.

 

[Mootsy]

The whole situation is so gay

 

[windyhill]

Essendon could’ve appointed Mary Poppins and they would’ve copped it for her colour choice of umbrella, ella, ella.

 

[mike14]

Essendon could’ve appointed Mary Poppins and they would’ve copped it for her colour choice of umbrella, ella, ella.

She can ****ing fly, I think they would have gone after her for the performance enhancing aspects!

 

[Howard Moon]

id like to echo somebody elses post from about 3 days ago

"why cant we be normal?"

 

[citizen-erased]

She can ******* fly, I think they would have gone after her for the performance enhancing aspects!

question is, does our new CEO burn her at the stake?

 

[mike14]

question is, does our new CEO burn her at the stake?

Only if she weighs as much as a duck

 

[citizen-erased]

id like to echo somebody elses post from about 3 days ago

"why cant we be normal?"

the appointment isn't a bad one from a CEO perspective.
But the fact we're a publicity driven organisation, the optics ignored here are pretty diabolical.

No one will care for the debate/conversation he wants to drive on this. The clicks are driven through the headlines, and they are writing themselves.

Without stepping into the whole religion/freedom of speech/professional v. private life stuff, we could have done this better
sounds familiar yeah?

 

[tha Freak]

He must resign from his position from the Head of the Church Board. He cannot continue in both roles! Any controversy the Church may be involved in the future, will impact his position at the club.

 

[The Dingrel]

I don't think this will solve the optics problem. Like it or not, the AFL still has problems with racism and homophobia. Essendon having more homophobic CEOs than female CEOs doesn't sound great in 2022.

not to mention the circumstances in which he left NAB!

 

[ant555]

Conveniently leaving out the part where he was moreorless sacked by the board in disgrace.
2. A bank isn’t a football club.

Sacked for doing what banks did. Use dodgy policies to make money.

 

[faible]

Mate - I have never advocated for a past player Never. Not once.

Apologies, had this post in my head as yours but it wasn't;

Richmond - gale
Geelong - cook
Geelong - hocking
Carlton - cook
Sydney - Harley
Brisbane - swan
Melbourne - pert

Hmm is that a trend I see.

 

[tandino]

hahaha....Thorburn!!! Your new CEO is a perfect fit for your morally bereft club!

Think about all the abortions he has coerced.

Oh no, that's some other guy.

 

[Saint]

He may have agreed to such values, that he holds his personal self to, openly in a forum that was appropriately built for it (a church). He didn't do it in the forum of others.

The idea that his own personal belief can somehow lead to him sowing it onto others in another capacity is the same trope that anti-gay and anti-trans advocates use when they say that being inclusive of them means influencing others to be like them.

It is as ridiculous in the former just as it is in the latter.

The difference is not belief one way or the other. It's belief in inclusivity or exclusivity.

Being inclusive doesn't mean to influence others.

You can't be head of an organisation which says it values inclusion and also head of another organisation which values exclusion.

The proposition that he can both be an inclusive and exclusive leader doesn't stand up. In one of those roles, he'll clearly be lying (by omission or just outright).

 

[The Dingrel]

Think about all the abortions he has coerced.

Oh no, that's some other guy.

if you knew the guy, it wouldn't surprise you to be honest!

 

[Howard Moon]

Think about all the abortions he has coerced.

Oh no, that's some other guy.

Good luck Tandino, been nice knowing you

 

[ant555]

I would agree whole-heartedly if he wasn't the leader of the church. You can't lead an organisation and not share their values. It's what we demand of the EFC CEO, and would assume moreso that the head of the church is the same.

He can't share both sets of values, they're at odds with each other. (it would certainly fulfill religious hypocrisy values, but not of the EFC).

If he doesn't share the values of an inclusive football club, then he shouldn't be the head of it.

You actually can.
Did the NAB have an anti policy against any group of people ?

My old man is a Pastor in his church yet he walked my sister down the ail when she got married to her girlfriend and has no issues with my niece having a girlfriend.
His church still has the same beliefs as the others .

 

[Saint]

Sacked for doing what banks did. Use dodgy policies to make money.

I mean, we still make revenue from pokies, so I'm not going to question the morality of banking. (needless to say we should divest).

I wonder how the church is thinking that their boss is also the head of a gambling/sporting/LGBTQI friendly organisation? If we have fewer Sunday games going forward, I'm going to start asking questions (not really)!

 

[Saint]

You actually can.
Did the NAB have an anti policy against any group of people ?

My old man is a Pastor in his church yet he walked my sister down the ail when she got married to her girlfriend and has no issues with my niece having a girlfriend.
His church still has the same beliefs as the others .

Pastor is a hypocrite = truth.

Would I appoint such a hypocrite to CEO of the EFC? No.

A football club has morals reflective of its membership, unlike churches which have no morals (or whichever morals they're choosing at that point in time).

If the church-goers don't mind their pastor being a hypocrite, that's fine by me. But as an EFC member, I have a problem with the CEO being a hypocrite or a bigot.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

I am by no means Christian or religious by any means, but I feel as though it's become far too normal for people to have a swing at somebody for their religious beliefs. When and why did it become virtuous to do so?

Just times changing. Some religions (not all) take a particularly dim view of sexual minorities, such as homosexuality. In years past you never heard about it because nobody complained - homosexuality was in the shadows, people didn’t acknowledge, many lived it in secret, etc.

That’s less the case now. People are more accepting and gay people have been told to be themselves. So when a church says it’s against their lifestyle, they’re now more likely to say “**** you” rather than looking at the ground and keeping quiet. As are their supporters.

Some churches are more accepting, but I do think we should be permanently on guard and wary of those religions that aren’t. Around the world people are still being executed for being gay. It’s bigotry and we shouldn’t accept those that preach it.

 

[Don Won]

It is worth listening to his interview this morning, he noted that the comments held as church views were posted in 2013 or earlier, and he has never heard anyone espousing those views in his time.

I am pro-choice, open to sex of any kind, and an atheist. But I agree with Andrew, people should be judged by their actions, particularly the way they treat people, not their belief ‘system’ - we are all different

 

[tandino]

if you knew the guy, it wouldn't surprise you to be honest!

Doesn't seem to be the abortion coercing type.

 

[rumply]

 

[Howard Moon]

It begins. Essendon to be cancelled til someone grovelling apologises or falls on their sword