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Good article by Jonathan Horn in The Guardian today. Called Kane Cornes the “Professional Fault Finder”. 😀
 
motlopfan said:
Good article by Jonathan Horn in The Guardian today. Called Kane Cornes the “Professional Fault Finder”. 😀
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Thanks for the heads up.

Only a couple pars on North, but they're quite good ones:

For North Melbourne, as Peter Ryan wrote in The Age, “it was a victory of process over panic, of decency over desperation.” For years, they ran on the smell of an oily rag. They’ve been kicked to the curb this year. In recent times, there’s been talk of shunting them off to Tasmania, or out of the competition altogether.

Clarkson spoke very well on Friday. He spoke of a club that helped steer him on the right path after his brother had been killed. The industry was pitiless, he said. But there were good people involved too, and the occasional moments of grace. His new president, the polar opposite of his old one, runs more than 100 programs supporting kids from non-English speaking backgrounds. The North Melbourne presidency, Dr Sonja Hood says, is her “weird job”. Her sentences are spare. There are no weasel words, no corporate mumbo jumbo. Professional fault-finder Kane Cornes described her as “uninspiring”. But she held her nerve, stared down the industry and got her man.
 

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North approach Peter Jackson to steer Roos into the ‘Clarko’ era​

By Caroline Wilson​

August 22, 2022 — 3.15pm


North Melbourne have approached veteran club chief Peter Jackson to help oversee the rebuilding of the Kangaroos following Alastair Clarkson’s appointment as new senior coach.

North president Sonja Hood, who would not guarantee the future of current CEO Ben Amarfio in a series of interviews in recent days, has approached the former Essendon and Melbourne chief executive with a view to helping steer the club into the Clarkson era.

New Kangaroos coach Alastair Clarkson, experienced football executive Peter Jackson, and North Melbourne president Sonja Hood.

New Kangaroos coach Alastair Clarkson, experienced football executive Peter Jackson, and North Melbourne president Sonja Hood.Credit:Joe Armao, Getty Images.

It is not known whether Jackson would be prepared to take on a full-time role at North, but the Roos will push Jackson to work in an advisory role in its potential search for a new CEO and football boss.

Jackson is considered by North as an ideal interim chief executive, but failing that a short-term consultant to the board as it implements the findings of the football restructure recommended by the Geoff Walsh review.

Amarfio was notably absent from the podium, but was in the room watching on, when the Roos unveiled Clarkson as coach last Friday, and did not play a key role in the recruitment of the four-time premiership coach.

With Clarkson officially taking on the role for at least the next five years from November 1, Hood has indicated a raft of changes to key personnel across football and, notably, recruiting. She did not rule out Walsh, a former North CEO, briefly returning in a consultancy role to help oversee the changes.

Jackson was previously installed by the AFL to oversee the rebuilding of the beleaguered Melbourne Football Club, a role he held from 2013 until 2019.

Inducted as an AFL Life Member in 2020 he was CEO of Essendon from 1996 until 2009 - a period that saw the Bombers’ most recent premiership in 2000. He has also taken on a series of other troubleshooting roles across the AFL. Those include consultancies at the Western Bulldogs and most recently conducted a review of the AFL’s Indigenous Advisory Board.

Clarkson conceded on Friday that he needed strong and experienced people around him to succeed in the new coaching job. He is expected to bring former Hawthorn colleague Todd Viney with him to North Melbourne in a coaching development role.
The Age contacted Hood and Jackson for comment.
 
Just a reminder about Shane the Fireman.

The first think Shane did when he came back into the change rooms after Ports Grand Final thumping was to find out what his own stats were.

Absolute self obsessed flog.
 
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North approach Peter Jackson to steer Roos into the ‘Clarko’ era​

By Caroline Wilson​

August 22, 2022 — 3.15pm


North Melbourne have approached veteran club chief Peter Jackson to help oversee the rebuilding of the Kangaroos following Alastair Clarkson’s appointment as new senior coach.

North president Sonja Hood, who would not guarantee the future of current CEO Ben Amarfio in a series of interviews in recent days, has approached the former Essendon and Melbourne chief executive with a view to helping steer the club into the Clarkson era.

New Kangaroos coach Alastair Clarkson, experienced football executive Peter Jackson, and North Melbourne president Sonja Hood.

New Kangaroos coach Alastair Clarkson, experienced football executive Peter Jackson, and North Melbourne president Sonja Hood.Credit:Joe Armao, Getty Images.

It is not known whether Jackson would be prepared to take on a full-time role at North, but the Roos will push Jackson to work in an advisory role in its potential search for a new CEO and football boss.

Jackson is considered by North as an ideal interim chief executive, but failing that a short-term consultant to the board as it implements the findings of the football restructure recommended by the Geoff Walsh review.

Amarfio was notably absent from the podium, but was in the room watching on, when the Roos unveiled Clarkson as coach last Friday, and did not play a key role in the recruitment of the four-time premiership coach.

With Clarkson officially taking on the role for at least the next five years from November 1, Hood has indicated a raft of changes to key personnel across football and, notably, recruiting. She did not rule out Walsh, a former North CEO, briefly returning in a consultancy role to help oversee the changes.

Jackson was previously installed by the AFL to oversee the rebuilding of the beleaguered Melbourne Football Club, a role he held from 2013 until 2019.

Inducted as an AFL Life Member in 2020 he was CEO of Essendon from 1996 until 2009 - a period that saw the Bombers’ most recent premiership in 2000. He has also taken on a series of other troubleshooting roles across the AFL. Those include consultancies at the Western Bulldogs and most recently conducted a review of the AFL’s Indigenous Advisory Board.

Clarkson conceded on Friday that he needed strong and experienced people around him to succeed in the new coaching job. He is expected to bring former Hawthorn colleague Todd Viney with him to North Melbourne in a coaching development role.
The Age contacted Hood and Jackson for comment.
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Just hurry up and accept the full time senior job
 
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My counting from the top of the ladder says that Gold Coast finished 12th. Isn't that above the bottom 6???
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wouldnt want to be going of corns math if he was attending a building fire and said there were 6 people in there, might come out with 5! maybe thats why his firefighting career was so short?
 

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The selection panel is comprised of AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan (chairman), Jude Bolton, Nathan Buckley, Kane Cornes, Andrew Dillon, Glen Jakovich, Gerard Healy, Chris Johnson, Cameron Ling, Nick Riewoldt and Brad Scott.
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A laundry list of NMFC despisers.
 
TennisPlayerAndy said:
A laundry list of NMFC despisers.
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Looks like that plus being a Grade A w***er was the prerequisite for getting on the panel.

Also noted that you must get an AA cap in a brown paper bag when you get your Carlton cap (credit: D.Hookes).
 
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