News Hawthorn AGM 2022

[HODGEYROAD]

I'll certainly be attending this, expecting it to be a lot more heated than in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.

 

[tommyk72]

If this is true it reinforces my view that Jeff Kennett is one of the most underhanded fudging runts that I've seen doing the rounds.

That either means he is a horrible person, or, conversely, that he's really really bad at being a horrible person as he gets caught a lot more than others. Or both.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Don’t get the angst about Merlino nominating, particularly in regards to his political life.

Gowers will be president if people turn against Nank, while Merlino be a board member, and it’s not like he has a long history of gaffes and actions that bring ridicule upon him like the other Polly we’ve had to endure as our figurehead.

It might also pay to have someone who can work more closely with and navigate the state and federal governments to finalize Dingley.

 

[wahawk]

I personally could not give a fcuk which side of politics they are from.
I just want their best interest to be Hawthorn Football Club, not politics, not themselves, but the Hawthorn Football Club

 

[CHUBBSS]

I would start removing ourselves from Dingley if no further funding given, if the council and state don’t want to invest then develop the precinct to hold the land and use it for our afl academy.

Go develop Glenferrie, make it a marquee training facility where fans can be involved and built an elite indoor gym for the players.

Our player recruitment will be far easier to compete with perks of life clubs (Sydney, Geelong) and we will get a a park land of elite space for the new academy we build which is just ovals and a shed to compete with Sydney’s.

Players are seemingly choosing clubs that better suit their quality of life, hawthorn and glenferrie would offer that for us. The big thing here is players are now buying in all the wealthy inner city suburbs because that’s where they all buy… self fulfilling prophecy but one that will only compound with increase in salary cap. Get local sponsors to fund the academy and clubs attached for additional investment in the soft cap.

In short I would have growing concerns on our clubs position with local government, issues with long term player recruitment and pushing ahead with an academy and pay for it under the soft cap.

 

[wahawk]

I would start removing ourselves from Dingley if no further funding given, if the council and state don’t want to invest then develop the precinct to hold the land and use it for our afl academy.

Go develop Glenferrie, make it a marquee training facility where fans can be involved and built an elite indoor gym for the players.

Our player recruitment will be far easier to compete with perks of life clubs (Sydney, Geelong) and we will get a a park land of elite space for the new academy we build which is just ovals and a shed to compete with Sydney’s.

Players are seemingly choosing clubs that better suit their quality of life, hawthorn and glenferrie would offer that for us. The big thing here is players are now buying in all the wealthy inner city suburbs because that’s where they all buy… self fulfilling prophecy but one that will only compound with increase in salary cap. Get local sponsors to fund the academy and clubs attached for additional investment in the soft cap.

In short I would have growing concerns on our clubs position with local government, issues with long term player recruitment and pushing ahead with an academy and pay for it under the soft cap.

I don’t really understand what you’ve said here apart from ‘move back to glenferrie’

An oval that is one of the smallest in vfl history with no room for expansion
It doesn’t make sense mate

 

[Linda CRS]

Kennett continues to use the HFC as his personal play thing.

This article is about to be published in that bastion for Murdoch democracy……The Australian.

“Were it not for a mole inside Hawthorn Football Club it’s likely that Peter Nankivell would be guaranteed a presidential coronation when its AGM is convened on December 13.
The only reason there is any doubt is because this club insider scuppered an attempt to close off the board nominations in secret. They’d been open for weeks to candidate applications; the trouble was almost no one knew anything about it.
Nankivell, the club’s vice president, would have undoubtedly benefited had the plan succeeded, as would outgoing president Jeff Kennett, an ally of Nankivell, his long-serving lieutenant, who was most eager to avoid a clash of elbows during the handover.
There are arcane rules underpinning board nominations at the club. They’re supposed to close 45 days before the date of the AGM, which until Wednesday had yet to be announced. The plan seems to have been to publicise the date while simultaneously closing nominations, thereby locking out prospective candidates.
Isn’t that a quaint ploy? Such transparency, such sturdy governance measures from a club still managing an investigation over its alleged mistreatment of First Nations players. From what we hear, Kennett’s infamous golliwog doll, named ‘Buddy’ after the indigenous Sydney Swans player, Lance ‘Buddy’ Franklin, might fall under its terms of reference, too.
Anyway, with just hours to go until Wednesday’s deadline someone tipped off a select number of Hawthorn powerbrokers, giving them a couple of hours notice to cobble together the forms.
Club hero Andy Gowers set to work scribbling out his bid for the presidency alongside a passenger arrival card as he made his way back from Paris, while James Merlino, the former Victorian deputy premier, fired himself up for a spot on the board.
Success puts either one of them at the table alongside REA Capital’s Owen Wilson and AustralianSuper chief Ian Silk, with both having slipped in the nick of time as Hawthorn’s closure of nominations was publicised.
As for Nankivell, a Thomson Geer lawyer, apparently he’s such an unknown quantity to Victoria’s leading football writers that his surname was misspelt in the ensuing coverage across The Age (Nankervill) and the Herald Sun (Nankeville). Corrections have since followed.
Even more perplexing is that Nankivell was the one who chaired Hawthorn’s committee to appoint the next president, and then deemed himself the most worthy suitor when he was unable to find a suitable replacement.
Sound familiar? Did we not just finish wheezing from laughter at the same levels of chutzpah exhibited by Andrew Thorburn picking himself for the CEO job at Essendon?
That’s obviously what starts happening when one develops an unhealthy obsession with their rival, imitation being the sincerest form of flattery, of course.”

Gee if this is as reported which history says it is the whole board should go. Staggering. All positions on the board been controlled outcome post Dicker. Time for change.

 

[Ned Ryerson]

I don’t really understand what you’ve said here apart from ‘move back to glenferrie’

An oval that is one of the smallest in vfl history with no room for expansion
It doesn’t make sense mate

Exactly this - training on a ground that’s smaller than the MCG would be pointless. Plus it’s owned by the City of Boroondara so isn’t ours to develop. Not to mention the parking situation in and around the streets there is a disaster and would be the worst place to try and get 40-60 people to training sessions multiple times a week. And you’d basically set fire to the likely millions of dollars already spent on Dingley.

 

[CD Xbow]

Asking for a friend. 'Hawks at Home' membership is the one where you literally get nothing, essentially donating $50 to the club. Can anyone confirm that 'Hawks at Home' membership has the same voting rights as other memberships? It would seem to be a small price to pay to help get a 'non boof head' candidate into the presidency. The sooner we scrub all tracers of Kennett from the club the better off we will be. We can become a Golliwog free zone.

 

[Poison]

If the content of that article isn’t compelling evidence of the need for renewal at Board level, I don’t know what is. These people are supposed to serve the best interests of the Club and be accountable to the membership. They continue to do neither.

 

[flinchfree]

I personally could not give a fcuk which side of politics they are from.
I just want their best interest to be Hawthorn Football Club, not politics, not themselves, but the Hawthorn Football Club

 

[streetspirit]

Asking for a friend. 'Hawks at Home' membership is the one where you literally get nothing, essentially donating $50 to the club. Can anyone confirm that 'Hawks at Home' membership has the same voting rights as other memberships? It would seem to be a small price to pay to help get a 'non boof head' candidate into the presidency. The sooner we scrub all tracers of Kennett from the club the better off we will be. We can become a Golliwog free zone.

Think a new 2023 membership wouldn't get you voting rights to the AGM this year, but that's just an assumption.

 

[CD Xbow]

Think a new 2023 membership wouldn't get you voting rights to the AGM this year, but that's just an assumption.

So much for that cunning plan.

 

[Poison]

Think a new 2023 membership wouldn't get you voting rights to the AGM this year, but that's just an assumption.

There was some confusion about this last year. The Club’s message at the time, however, was that existing 2021 and new 2022 members who had taken out a membership prior to the 2021 AGM were all eligible to vote. That ought be the case this time around too.

 

[thehardway]

Can a Mod please put up a Gowers v Nankivell presidency poll.

 

[Yardie]

I know I asked this last year. But how will voting be done this year? Will it be the same with an online option? Or do we have to turn up in person with the pitchforks?

 

[cs61]

I really like the idea of Gowers as president. There are many great Hawthorn people, but we seem to struggle to find people to run for the role of president due to them having other interests. Absolutely has my vote.

 

[Billyc]

Gee if this is as reported which history says it is the whole board should go. Staggering. All positions on the board been controlled outcome post Dicker. Time for change.

100%. Will raise my hand firmly as one who wasn’t buying the messages this year about the current board of Kennett’s yes men. They needed to go last year but Kennett played Hawks for Change like chumps. Massive changes needed

 

[JedAnderson]

I don’t really understand what you’ve said here apart from ‘move back to glenferrie’

An oval that is one of the smallest in vfl history with no room for expansion
It doesn’t make sense mate

Dingley makes long term sense. What a narrow minded view.
Sporting Excellence is the future, Glenferry serves no purpose.

 

[TylerDurden]

 

[wahawk]

Are they re-tweeting that to stay relevant ?

It was printed 4 days ago

 

[Buzz Hawk]

Why the hell would he be worried where the club is at the moment?
Don't want this ex-politician clown if he's going to try to fix things that don't need fixing or cause all sorts of unnecessary disruptions and trouble.

One may suggest that perhaps we do have a few issues right now to contend with and manage.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

 

[Baz_hawk]

We are at a stage where the next few years for the club are crucial to our future. Merlino would be a handy person to have on our board to help with ensuring our Dingley development gets funding and he is a Hawks man which means there is some passion behind it.

I'm in agreement with most here I think, the Kennett cancers need to be cut out of the club. The board needs a shake up and a reset, much like we are seeing with the playing group. Kennett is trying to roll in his successor where he'll likely still be involved behind the scenes. For the club to move forward, Gowers seems the right choice for mine.

 

[Topiary]

I suspect HawksforChange will also endorse Maria Liu and Sill. Time will tell. Lot happening off the field.