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

 

[DERO]

Do you think 30 is old? That's cute

OK Karen.

 

[faible]

Did we not have Dean Rioli on the board at one time? What were his qualifications?

That’s not an answer to the question

 

[faible]

He was a board member until retiring recently. All you millenials have to get used to Sheedys DNA being part of Essendons culture. Sheedy is Essendon and Essendon is Sheedy.
It's the same as Elon Musk and X

Ok boomer.

 

[Runk]

He was a board member until retiring recently. All you millenials have to get used to Sheedys DNA being part of Essendons culture. Sheedy is Essendon and Essendon is Sheedy.
It's the same as Elon Musk and X

Fk this made me laugh hard. Hell of a comparison with Elon/X & Sheedy/Essendon.
Sheedy will always be a part of Essendon heritage. He's absolutely earned that.

That said, he isn't Essendon and Essendon isn't him.

 

[Old Campaigner]

Someone better call the aged care home and let them know agronomus escaped again, he’ll miss out on the kerosene bath if he’s out too late

 

[dank420_]

He was a board member until retiring recently. All you millenials have to get used to Sheedys DNA being part of Essendons culture. Sheedy is Essendon and Essendon is Sheedy.
It's the same as Elon Musk and X

Still time to quit the forum

 

[boncer34]

As the boards reigning poster of the year I've found my early front runner to come 2nd to me when I defend my title.

 

[Squeaky]

As the boards reigning poster of the year I've found my early front runner to come 2nd to me when I defend my title.

Never gets old.

 

[boncer34]

Never gets old.

I'll check in November next year to see what you think 3200 times later.

 

[Beerfish]

Never gets old.

 

[Squeaky]

I'll check in November next year to see what you think 3200 times later.

You'll be sick of typing it...
I hope that little prefix makes its way into normal life:
"As the boards reigning poster of the year... white with one, ta."

 

[boncer34]

You'll be sick of typing it...
I hope that little prefix makes its way into normal life:
"As the boards reigning poster of the year... white with one, ta."

Very strong chance

 

[Donflicted]

Do you think 30 is old? That's cute

Never said it was old but that the cycle of mediocrity and endless bad decisions that the club has made is getting old.

We finally seem to be getting it right.

With Weston or Solly on the board forget about taking two steps back you would be jumping off the staircase and starting from the beginning all over again

 

[thebigboy]

Has there been any interviews or articles on why Solomon is running? Feel like he's the only one who hasn't put their campaign out there.

 

[Runk]

Has there been any interviews or articles on why Solomon is running? Feel like he's the only one who hasn't put their campaign out there.

He said this to SEN

He has outlined the reasons why he wants to help return the Bombers to former glories.
“I love the Essendon football club; it gave me so much as a person, most importantly, but also as a player for nine years; it set me up for life,” Solomon told SEN Breakfast.
“It gave me an opportunity in life, and I’ve been forever grateful for that opportunity.”
Boasting over 20 years of experience in the AFL industry as a player and coach, Solomon feels his experience and skillset can pull the Bombers back in the right direction.
“I feel like I probably have a skillset that can complement the current board to help us get back to where we want to be as a football club,” he said.
Solomon stresses that he supports the current board and the message of “no sugar hit” being driven by senior Essendon board members.
“I’m a cultural person with high values and standards, and I’m a believer you have to have a great club before you can have a great team,” he said.

He feels that greater levels of transparency must be displayed towards their members to really understand where the club is currently at.
“I would just love more transparency around where we are and where we’re currently at,” he said.
“If you win or lose but you know where you are as a club or as a business, you kind of understand it a bit more, and you’re not as emotional about it.”
The Dons currently hold the longest finals win drought in the AFL, something that Solomon understands is frustrating supporters.
“We’ve got to really plan strategically, take our time so when we do enter the finals, we’re not just going there to win that one final everyone talks about,” he concluded.
“We go there to really have a presence in the finals and really strike at a premiership.”

 

[DERO]

I know you’ve contemplated banning reigning champs before but this year I think might be the year to actually do it.

 

[Rick Ross]

Port have to come through Essendon...
Makes the VFL clash more interesting now, doesn't it.

Boom - that will be a hell of a clash!

 

[Don Won]

Just listened to the Weston interview...

**** me. He lost me as soon as he started talking about the 2k time trials...

If he had continued on to say that he was going to stop the little dinky kicks backwards and insist that the team kicked it long he would have the guy who sits in front of me at the footy eating out of his hand.

 

[ant555]

If he had continued on to say that he was going to stop the little dinky kicks backwards and insist that the team kicked it long he would have the guy who sits in front of me at the footy eating out of his hand.

Have to love those guys. They also complain when the kick goes down the line and we do not maintain possession.

 

[Old Campaigner]

Nothing like the sight of a morbidly obese fan somehow squeezed into an XXXXXXL jersey leaning out over the fence to accuse a professional athlete of being soft

 

[ant555]

Nothing like the sight of a morbidly obese fan somehow squeezed into an XXXXXXL jersey leaning out over the fence to accuse a professional athlete of being soft

Takes a lot of guts to squeeze into a jersey

 

[Don Won]

Have to love those guys. They also complain when the kick goes down the line and we do not maintain possession.

Yep that’s my guy. “Kick it, kick it, kick it - oh nooooo why did you kick it there?’

 

[Maddogm]

Very strong chance

May I suggest setting up a macro to type it for you

 

[boncer34]

May I suggest setting up a macro to type it for you

Beerfish is enabling my bullshit a bannable offence?

 

[DERO]

May I suggest setting up a macro to type it for you

I was just thinking this.