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

 

[Happyskeret]

No, not until Essendon wins a Premiership will the balance of the world be righted.

phffft

 

[PressureCooker]

No, not until Essendon wins a Premiership will the balance of the world be righted.

 

[HirdsTheWord]

I don't really disagree with much of that except I wouldn't call pokies having a punt. They are nothing but cash removal machines. People who want to have a real punt can do so without having to have absolute advertising saturation about it. Just like people can smoke and drink. We know it's there. We don't need to hear about it every 30 seconds.

I agree about the advertising. Stuff like that needs to be wound back for sure.

But banning stuff? nah, just needs better regulation.

 

[jdstorm]

Maybe as a direct comparison to the home life it's not but the cost to the economy from obesity is massive, not to mention the strain on the health system which inturn has costs

Remove all the vices from life and we are going to have very very boring lives. The far majority of people can have a punt responsibly and within their means, banning it just because a minority can't is stupid.

I'm not on board to ban anything. Regulation is better than banning IMO.

Pubs and Clubs should be made to adopt the same level regulation that Casinos have.

Man this series of posts is making me seriously mad/upset about how callously ignorant it is.

We can spend hours complaining about players in the best 22 who aren’t capable of playing AFL footy. (And normalise the idea that not every person is a good judge of their own ability/capability)

Yet as a society we enable those with influence and power to engage in predatory behaviour and then demonise the victims of this institutional harm as the problem.

But hey someone has to pay for the booze at Essendon board functions and it won’t be the board members themselves

 

[fairbump_playon]

Man this series of posts is making me seriously mad/upset about how callously ignorant it is.

We can spend hours complaining about players in the best 22 who aren’t capable of playing AFL footy. (And normalise the idea that not every person is a good judge of their own ability/capability)

Yet as a society we enable those with influence and power to engage in predatory behaviour and then demonise the victims of this institutional harm as the problem.

But hey someone has to pay for the booze at Essendon board functions and it won’t be the board members themselves

Do you even know how much Sheedy drinks? It’s not a cheap exercise

 

[yodellinhank]

Do you even know how much Sheedy drinks? It’s not a cheap exercise

So we make fun of alcoholism but pour our hearts out for problem gamblers, is that the state of play?

 

[fairbump_playon]

So we make fun of alcoholism but pour our hearts out for problem gamblers, is that the state of play?

Yep, you have to pick a side. I do quite like the problem gamblers but my dad went for the alcos so I grew up supporting them, and it’s too hard to shake it off now.

 

[windyhill]

Do you even know how much Sheedy drinks? It’s not a cheap exercise

Same guy who would absolutely annihilate any of his teammates at richmond if they came anywhere near him smelling of grog. Any of his players once he started coaching the same. Now he is a giant piss head, would turn up to training in his last years reeking of red.
Hypocrite.

 

[Lance Uppercut]

to be fair, James Hird would be a very good CEO

Based on what evidence? Running a very small chocolate import wholesale business?

 

[The Prosecutor]

Based on what evidence? Running a very small chocolate import wholesale business?

Red Sash for CEO!

 

[Lore]

Kinda curious what the clientele of the Melton club is actually like.

A lot of those places are like a family, the pensioners spend all their time there, breakfast lunch and dinner, know all the waitresses by name. Play the pokies in between meals I suppose.

 

[DERO]

to be fair, James Hird would be a very good CEO

Ha ha. They finally got you!

 

[fairbump_playon]

Based on what evidence? Running a very small chocolate import wholesale business?

Well we do have to replace pokies. Chocolate has the diabetes / obesity risk but is a step forward.

 

[tandino]

The military-industrial complex seems to be the going thing at the moment, maybe the club can leverage its IP for some of that sweet sweet cash.

 

[yodellinhank]

The military-industrial complex seems to be the going thing at the moment, maybe the club can leverage its IP for some of that sweet sweet cash.

And to think some peanuts wanted to drop the "bombers" moniker

 

[Lore]

most furniture is made from timber that probably isn't sustainable, and manmade fibres that are generally analogous to plastic and mostly ultimately derive from crude oil

the use of air conditioners contribute to rolling blackouts in summer, and they're made of plastic which is made from crude oil

fast food companies contribute to obesity problem & the cost of medicare in treating obesity related diseases, while the wrapping is often made out of (or coated in) plastic, which is made from crude oil

merchandise is fast fashion, man-made fabrics that are generally analogous to plastic and mostly derive from crude oil - and stitched together by people on near slave wages in sweatshops of the developing world, shipped across the globe with a massive carbon footprint and designed to be disposed of in the short term so that you buy it again, rinse and repeat.


ditto pretty much any large retailer with high profit margins.....


The club needs to think outside the box if it wants to be sustainable and humanitarian with good member services in the long term. Would like to see some discussion around what that could look like, say in 20-30 years (accounting for time in transition)

 

[Godzke]

most furniture is made from timber that probably isn't sustainable, and manmade fibres that are generally analogous to plastic and mostly ultimately derive from crude oil

the use of air conditioners contribute to rolling blackouts in summer, and they're made of plastic which is made from crude oil

fast food companies contribute to obesity problem & the cost of medicare in treating obesity related diseases, while the wrapping is often made out of (or coated in) plastic, which is made from crude oil

merchandise is fast fashion, man-made fabrics that are generally analogous to plastic and mostly derive from crude oil - and stitched together by people on near slave wages in sweatshops of the developing world, shipped across the globe with a massive carbon footprint and designed to be disposed of in the short term so that you buy it again, rinse and repeat.


ditto pretty much any large retailer with high profit margins.....


The club needs to think outside the box if it wants to be sustainable and humanitarian with good member services in the long term. Would like to see some discussion around what that could look like, say in 20-30 years (accounting for time in transition)

Most timber products are from PEFC or FSC certified plantations, so wouldn't worry too much about that.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Apart from everything else, Sheedy turned 76 the other day.

All in all, it’s really not a great idea to have the elderly in a leadership role such as being on the board. The simple reality is that we lose cognition as we age. Of course Sheedy may be an exception and if he has useful input then one or more of the current board may very well seek his guidance or counsel. But max age limits to actually be on the board is probably not a bad idea.

It’s a huge problem elsewhere, not least in politics. The next US election may well be fought out by a 79yo and an 83yo. It’s not good.

 

[yodellinhank]

Apart from everything else, Sheedy turned 76 the other day.

All in all, it’s really not a great idea to have the elderly in a leadership role such as being on the board. The simple reality is that we lose cognition as we age. Of course Sheedy may be an exception and if he has useful input then one or more of the current board may very well seek his guidance or counsel. But max age limits to actually be on the board is probably not a bad idea.

It’s a huge problem elsewhere, not least in politics. The next US election may well be fought out by a 79yo and an 83yo. It’s not good.

Ageist

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Ageist

Correct. Cognitive decline is most common in people in their 70s.

Sheedy will be 79 when this board term ends.

It’s too old.

If he has a lot to offer then other board members can and should seek his guidance.

But he shouldn’t have his hands on the wheel. No more than a 12yo should be driving a car.

 

[Resistor]

Sheedy is one of nine directors. It might not be ideal to have him but again, he shouldn't be as influential as being made out in here

 

[faible]

Sheedy is one of nine directors. It might not be ideal to have him but again, he shouldn't be as influential as being made out in here

He's a legend of the club, hard for him not to be influential, especially when a number of the older coterie members absolutely worship him.

 

[Happyskeret]

He's a legend of the club, hard for him not to be influential, especially when a number of the older coterie members absolutely worship him.

He was also pretty influential when he helped spill the previous board, not that I think that lightning will strike twice but you never know especially if we are unable to turn our onfield results around.

 

[faible]

He was also pretty influential when he helped spill the previous board, not that I think that lightning will strike twice but you never know especially if we are unable to turn our onfield results around.

There's a cohort of supporters who still idolise Sheedy, I know a few older long-term members who genuinely think he has a lot to offer and almost certainly would have voted for him. All based on what he did as a coach 20 - 30 years ago.

 

[Happyskeret]

There's a cohort of supporters who still idolise Sheedy, I know a few older long-term members who genuinely think he has a lot to offer and almost certainly would have voted for him. All based on what he did as a coach 20 - 30 years ago.

It hasn’t helped that since he left we have been crap. It’s not hard to understand why the people you mentioned associate him with success. We were crap before he started coaching us as well. We will always be a fractured club if we can’t turn our onfield fortunes around.