Strategy CEO Thread - Jennifer Watt - Started Jan 2023

[Moti]

The best part of the Presidents letter was identifying non-football income. That is so important for us


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[The Warlord]

We've been trying to sell a game to WA for decades.

Exactly

 

[The Warlord]

Well done to Jen and her team.

It will be interesting to see if we can garner any WA sponsorships out of this deal. Maybe a big shorts sponsor.

Dome?

 

[Colby Cheer Squad]

So many people in this thread need to make some apologies


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Look, I'm sure Jen and Sonja don't expect or even want apologies from people expressing their genuine anxiety about the future direction of the football club, but the lesson for all of us out of this is to pause next time before questioning the personal integrity and honour and dedication of these two women. Even if that wasn't intentional.

 

[Chadwiko]

Gokangas and chadwiko both had their concerns addressed in the letter from the President, so that was nice

Yup, no complaints from me on the info provided in the official announcement.

Bring on 9 Melbourne home games!

 

[blackshadow]

Credit where credit's due. Great outcome for both WA members and Tassie exit strategy.

 

[gokangas]

Gokangas and chadwiko both had their concerns addressed in the letter from the President, so that was nice

More than us two.

 

[blackshadow]

More than us two.

 

[shintemaster]

Yup, no complaints from me on the info provided in the official announcement.

Bring on 9 Melbourne home games!

Same. This is significantly better than Hobart just on basic maths. I'm a simple person - I want the maximum amount of actual home games in Melbourne and - outside of wanting to win them - I couldn't care less about non Melbourne home games. I don't plan on supporting them financially by travelling ever. My biggest concern longterm is the dilution of home supporter experience and 4 down to 2 is a big improvement.

If they've managed to wrangle that being the only two games in WA per year that will be impressive, history with the AFL though says that even if they've promised such, their promises aren't necessarily worth what they're written on. Ask Lions supporters about Melbourne games if in any doubt. If we end up playing 2 home & 2 away games in WA during this term and our form starts to turn this could be a genuine lodestone as we look towards finals though. Future us problem, for now 4 games to 2 games away from Melbourne is the big win.

 

[shinboner magic]

Well done to Jen and her team.

It will be interesting to see if we can garner any WA sponsorships out of this deal. Maybe a big shorts sponsor.

Yeah quokka world

 

[Roo316]

If we had pokies would all our home games be in VIC?

 

[King Corey]

Fwiw would enjoy a CEO update via the media team.

A lot has been going on culminating in the WA deal (which I rate), be good to hear the take on exec and operations 2024 from the big cheese.

 

[chubbspeterson]

how’s simon Lloyd been the last 2 years?

He just missed on getting this role against Jen

He's making some big moves (jokes). Left Cats as GM of Commercial Ops mid 2024 and now CEO of Phillips coaching.
Never heard of them, some sort of athlete mentor pathway business. Cats went back to Hocking as CEO didn't they?
They could have just promoted Llyod if he was good, but based on Cats board it sounds like a good mate of Chris Scott's, so perhaps he wouldn't be able to reign the coach in. Certainly an interesting sliding door moment.

 

[Horace]

Just finished listening to Jen on Sen on the WA deal. A most impressive performance in my opinion.

 

[Dan]

It fell in her lap - wa sides complaining about to much travel and us exiting tas was just luck.

True but that doesn’t mean other clubs weren’t looking/interested.

Imagine a St Kilda or Hawthorn got in first to orchestrate a deal. It would have been Bulldogs re Ballarat all over again.

Jen and the team deserve credit for being on the ball and getting this done.

 

[DuckYeah]

Not a good day for the Jen haters but at least they still have the shorts sponsor hill to die on.

She didn’t have to do anything for that …

WA teams: Heyyyya Norf, wanna sell home games?

Jen: WOW SIGN US UP

bf: Jen is such a mastermind

 

[DuckYeah]

We've been trying to sell a game to WA for decades.

Exactly

 

[giantroo]

 

[Pravda Roo]

Too retaliate: Watters is doing a great job with the sellign games and new training shirts. And I am yet too here what anyone would do if they where CEO.

Well done again Jan please send your apol0gies to me

 

[Pravda Roo]

I am 1 myself dus and I can tell you now Jen is doing a grate job.

 

[Zondor]

Well done again Jan please send your apol0gies to me

I wonder what Marsha thinks of her sister Jan now. :stern look

 

[hsquid]

If we had pokies would all our home games be in VIC?

If we were a club that was ok with pokies our home games would be at the Gold Coast.

 

[the big lebowski]

Nice little whack for dumb and dumber re the aflw.

Maher and Gazey love a good virtue signal but couldn’t be bothered bringing up the upcoming prelim.

We see you

 

[koshari]

I’m not sure she’s excelled in the position.

More treading water it seems like.

Duck is right, CEO’s are overrated. In most organisations that I’ve been involved with anyway.

Hey, iam a CEO...

At least thats what i put down for our reece trade account for the farm.

 

[gokangas]

Hey, iam a CEO...

At least thats what i put down for our reece trade account for the farm.

I hear Old McDonald has just been appointed head of the Victorian Zoos - he's the new CIEIO.