Toast Graham Wright

[sideswipe]

100%! I cannot fathom how people are so forgiving.
You allow a major leader in the business to just take off for the year,
Destabilising the whole coaching hierarchy, and it’s ok?
How many other professional organisations would this happen in?

Sabbaticals for partners are commonplace across professional services organisations.

 

[Doc1763]

Do we know if he's going to guide us through any of the upcoming off season? Or is he effectively gone already?

I think he's goneski

 

[76woodenspooners]

From the club statement, it sounds like it's effective immediately.

For all we know it was effective some time ago. All we know for sure is that (1) it’s being announced today and (2) historically the club don’t necessarily announce things when they happen.

Our Premiership campaign is now effectively over. Maybe the comms folks decided now was as good a time as any to announce it?

 

[sideswipe]

Supporters aren’t owed continuous disclosure on career options being considered by execs or footballers

If you sit on corporate boards, c-level execs often have confidential conversations with you as they contemplate what next

Nothing is served by a public running commentary

It would merely give you less options to retain high quality people as they would confide in others outside the board

Maybe we need a weekly staff update from Ned like Wade's Injury Report.

"Bit suss on Lexi in accounts. Has had two unexplained sick days in the last fortnight and has noticeably improved her outfits on certain days. Think she might be interviewing externally."

 

[unplugged]

Time to bring back Nick Maxwell

Nick Maxwell

Age

41

Ht

193cm

Wt

93kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.5

4star

K

7.8

3star

HB

6.7

4star

M

4.6

4star

T

3.4

5star

No current season stats available

D

14.0

4star

K

8.4

4star

HB

5.6

4star

M

4.8

5star

T

3.0

5star

 

[Scodog10]

Maybe we need a weekly staff update from Ned like Wade's Injury Report.

"Bit suss on Lexi in accounts. Has had two unexplained sick days in the last fortnight and has noticeably improved her outfits on certain days. Think she might be interviewing externally."

I reckon we can expect that once Lexi steps into replace GW, but while she’s in AP I think mushrooms like yourself can stay in the dark.

 

[Doc1763]

I reckon we can expect that once Lexi steps into replace GW, but while she’s in AP I think mushrooms like yourself can stay in the dark.

Who did Lexi have to sleep with to land GW's job?

 

[danielnajdek]

Well that’s disappointing. Only stuck around for 3 years. Not sure you count this year though.

 

[sideswipe]

I reckon we can expect that once Lexi steps into replace GW, but while she’s in AP I think mushrooms like yourself can stay in the dark.

As always, you sound like a fun guy.

 

[Scodog10]

Who did Lexi have to sleep with to land GW's job?

Probably Kelly given how inappropriate he’s been in the workplace of late

 

[Scodog10]

As always, you sound like a fun guy.

As opposed to the lawyer

 

[76woodenspooners]

100%! I cannot fathom how people are so forgiving.
You allow a major leader in the business to just take off for the year,
Destabilising the whole coaching hierarchy, and it’s ok?
How many other professional organisations would this happen in?

Many.

Sabbaticals are a thing, and in some industries a very common thing (such as academia)

It’s a way of providing high performing talent with an opportunity to take a break and refresh without having to resign.

 

[Kappa]

Many.

Sabbaticals are a thing, and in some industries a very common thing (such as academia)

It’s a way of providing high performing talent with an opportunity to take a break and refresh without having to resign.

Do many principles take a year off with no one to replace them?

 

[Doc1763]

Do many principles take a year off with no one to replace them?

If they have 30 years of long service leave they do

 

[ElliottsMaggies]

Do many principles take a year off with no one to replace them?

A year now? It wasn't a year. It was 6 months.

And I'm sure there are plenty of qualified people in the industry that the club would have had in mind if he didn't return.

 

[76woodenspooners]

Time to bring back Nick Maxwell

What does a head of football do?

What skillset do they need to successfully fill their role?

Unlikely “name recognition” would be amongst them.

 

[Kirby]

Should I gloat by saying I told you so from the moment this was announced?

I'm far too humble to do that.

It was BS from the start and he was never coming back.

Anyway, the club has known for ages and hopefully the replacement will be better.

Wrighty was great for the club and I wish him all the best. It wasn't his fault we weren't told the truth.

 

[TradeDraft]

Shows how Terrible the Club Handled last years Off Season

 

[Bramax]

Thank you Graham Wright for a flag as a player and another as an executive.
Well done Wrighty from the Collingwood army.

 

[danielnajdek]

Shows how Terrible the Club Handled last years Off Season

Yeah that definitely had to do with us struggling on the field and having multiple injuries for a large stretch of the season. Hubris my arse. 2011 was hubris this year wasn’t.

 

[sideswipe]

Should I gloat by saying I told you so from the moment this was announced?

I'm far too humble to do that.

It was BS from the start and he was never coming back.

Anyway, the club has known for ages and hopefully the replacement will be better.

Wrighty was great for the club and I wish him all the best. It wasn't his fault we weren't told the truth.

I disagree on the "BS from the start" part. It seems entirely reasonable for the club to have said, "take the sabbatical, and if on your return you are still of the mind to resign, so be it". They were just leaving the door open for a return.

And maybe the AFL Tas job has surfaced in the meantime. Maybe your mate was bought off by the suits at head office?

 

[Chameleon75]

Shows how Terrible the Club Handled last years Off Season

because some nobody from Adelaide has a swipe.

 

[JLC]

What a surprise.

A big and sad loss for the club imo. Was one of my favorites as a player and really wanted him to return to the club earlier.

Now I am a bit concerned in respect of our end of year recruitment of players. One of the strengths of right is that he is relationship builder when it comes to long term targets. In his absence who was nurturing potential relationships with future targets?

 

[Kirby]

I disagree on the "BS from the start" part. It seems entirely reasonable for the club to have said, "take the sabbatical, and if on your return you are still of the mind to resign, so be it". They were just leaving the door open for a return.

And maybe the AFL Tas job has surfaced in the meantime. Maybe your mate was bought off by the suits at head office?

Well, the bingo at Del Bocca Vista can get pretty high stakes!

A man needs his bank roll.

Wrighty has always been fond of Tassie - just loves the look of the place.

 

[WalterBlaknWhte]

Should I gloat by saying I told you so from the moment this was announced?

I'm far too humble to do that.

It was BS from the start and he was never coming back.

Anyway, the club has known for ages and hopefully the replacement will be better.

Wrighty was great for the club and I wish him all the best. It wasn't his fault we weren't told the truth.

You finally got a prediction Wright

You big dickhead