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

 

[Donakebab]

I love the bloke for the memories he's given us, but he has become the biggest handbrake on us moving forward as a club.

Still much more to be done. I don't think he'll be able to help himself and will still want to pull strings. Next step is to keep pushing the broom through the club to get rid of anyone else under his influence.

 

[joey_jo_jo]

I love the bloke for the memories he's given us, but he has become the biggest handbrake on us moving forward as a club.

Still much more to be done. I don't think he'll be able to help himself and will still want to pull strings. Next step is to keep pushing the broom through the club to get rid of anyone else under his influence.

Hopefully his mate Adrian doesn't come back from leave and their media mouthpiece retires from the Sun.

 

[Mercurial89]

Curious if he's actually stepping down or has been slowly pushed out.
If it's the latter and he has an axe to grind, could see him lurking in the shadows and gaining support with the coteries and if there is a failure on field then he and his mates swoop in and try something.

 

[The Dustbin]

Thank you Lord.

 

[MarkJohnson#1]

See ya never, Kevin.

 

[BratPack]

Hopefully he takes Dudoro with him.

 

[DapperDon]

Laters Sheeds, if it was 2006 i'd probably be upset

 

[Old Campaigner]

 

[windyhill]

He’s doing a dodoro, going, not going. What the **** is wrong with this ****ing club ?

 

[jmoo wan]

did anyone read the article? it’s not all good news…

Sheedy will maintain a role at Essendon, however, as a paid ambassador dealing with coteries, past players, and influential sponsors, a position he occupied prior to his appointment to the board in October 2020.

 

[thepokey]

****ing yes! Dodoro losing some of his safety net now too

 

[The Prosecutor]

did anyone read the article? it’s not all good news…

 

[windyhill]

EFC can not cut the cord.

 

[HirdsTheWord]

did anyone read the article? it’s not all good news…

explain

 

[Pweter]

did anyone read the article? it’s not all good news…

So official schmoozer of the EFC.

While he's not on the board he can still do a **** ton of politicians with the contacts the role gives him direct access too.

 

[windyhill]

dodoro going, not going.
sheedy going,not going
Barham =

 

[silk]

Just don't mention any of this to Barham. he brand us as obsessed..

 

[jmoo wan]

explain

money can be exchanged for goods and services

 

[Old Campaigner]

did anyone read the article? it’s not all good news…

ehh, that's the kind of shit he's good at so I don't mind it. Just keep him and the coteries away from anything football related.

 

[windyhill]

Barham reminds me of a less aggressive Bullfrog McMahon. Sheedy led both of them around by the nose.

 

[HirdsTheWord]

money can be exchanged for goods and services

i doubt we have an issue with money.

the only this club is successful at.

 

[Schnitzengruben]

Sheedy is gone the same way Dodoro is gone.

Basically, not at all.

 

[Rick Ross]

F### BF is full of ungrateful ####s.
Have a god hard look at yourselves.

Sheedy may have slipped from crazy like a fox to just crazy recently but it’s big leap blaming him for EFC ills.

Plus the ambassador role works how ever you feel about him:

• You think he’s a loose cannon, well the role pays him to toe the line a bit
• You still love his cheek, well you get to see more of him sitting on hay bales promoting Country Round or blaming aliens when he’s having a go at the umps

 

[Rick Ross]

People talk about influential people in AFL club land…

Performance - coached the only premiership success in my lifetime. Backed it up.

Club standing - through ANZAC day, Dream Time and that game where they get people to sit on hay bales, he provided EFC marquee games like no other, providing material financial benefits. Also the only reason for anyone to join EFC these days… to play on the marquee games.

 

[Corleone]

This is good news, but we need to wait to see who is being parachuted into his seat.

Surely it wouldn't be ...
I mean ... even HE couldn't be that brazen