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A massive loss of up to $400 million in revenue this year has led to the AFL wielding the axe and jettisoning senior staff, including the league's salary cap policeman Ken Wood.
The AFL has removed senior staff from its elite executive group, which reduces from 11 to 8, as the competition restructures with job losses, with further pain forecast for 2021.
All told, the clubs and the AFL will lose $300 million-$400 million from their forecast $1.2 billion revenue this year – a reduction of between a quarter and a third.
While the long-time salary cap policeman Wood has finished up, along with the league's growth and digital boss Darren Birch, two other senior figures have stepped off the executive with one going part-time. But one of the AFL's long-serving and recognised faces has survived the cull, with talent manager Kevin Sheehan – the face of the AFL draft – remaining.
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The AFL is shedding about 20 per cent of all staff across the country in what the AFL Commission and chief executive Gillon McLachlan see as tough but necessary cuts to keep the game viable in the face of COVID-19 and a weaker economy.
Those cuts are in line with a projected further loss of revenue next year, when the AFL is prepared to lose at least 20 per cent more revenue, even assuming a 22-game home-and-away season as per usual.
Essendon are among the clubs that are set to tell staff of their cuts in administration this week, the Bombers having already made reductions in their football program earlier in 2020. Fremantle removed two coaches and their high performance manager at the weekend.


Ex-North Melbourne coach Brad Scott has moved to run AFL Victoria, while the head of AFL Tasmania Trish Squires has been shifted to become the new boss of AFL Queensland.
The shedding of jobs at the AFL prepares the league to cut a reduced pay deal with players as they seek to renegotiate a revised collective bargaining agreement with the AFL Players Association.


The cuts at headquarters also foreshadow the potential reduction in club list sizes, which also have to be discussed with the players.
The AFL's new eight-member executive, the group that runs the competition, will consist of McLachlan, finance, broadcasting and clubs boss Travis Auld, football chief Steve Hocking, head of legal and game development Andrew Dillon, corporate affairs manager Brian Walsh, head of inclusion and social policy Tanya Hosch, head of commercial and Marvel Stadium Kylie Rogers, general manager of people Sarah Fair and strategy general manager Walter Lee.
Ray Gunston will step down from the executive to take a part-time role.
 
A massive loss of up to $400 million in revenue this year has led to the AFL wielding the axe and jettisoning senior staff, including the league's salary cap policeman Ken Wood.


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But who will keep Sydney, Collingwood, Carlton, Richmond, *, Geelong and West Coast honest now with this bloke gone?
 

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A massive loss of up to $400 million in revenue this year has led to the AFL wielding the axe and jettisoning senior staff, including the league's salary cap policeman Ken Wood.

Fair enough, may as well start with cutting jobs that are just for PR purposes.
 
Do skills coaches still exist?

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You wouldn't expect it to be the case based on what is on show.

Seems that Boomer is the "Development Coach/Goalkicking Coach"

Yeah, we do not have a skills coach any longer.
 
A massive loss of up to $400 million in revenue this year has led to the AFL wielding the axe and jettisoning senior staff, including the league's salary cap policeman Ken Wood.
The AFL has removed senior staff from its elite executive group, which reduces from 11 to 8, as the competition restructures with job losses, with further pain forecast for 2021.
All told, the clubs and the AFL will lose $300 million-$400 million from their forecast $1.2 billion revenue this year – a reduction of between a quarter and a third.
While the long-time salary cap policeman Wood has finished up, along with the league's growth and digital boss Darren Birch, two other senior figures have stepped off the executive with one going part-time. But one of the AFL's long-serving and recognised faces has survived the cull, with talent manager Kevin Sheehan – the face of the AFL draft – remaining.
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The AFL is shedding about 20 per cent of all staff across the country in what the AFL Commission and chief executive Gillon McLachlan see as tough but necessary cuts to keep the game viable in the face of COVID-19 and a weaker economy.
Those cuts are in line with a projected further loss of revenue next year, when the AFL is prepared to lose at least 20 per cent more revenue, even assuming a 22-game home-and-away season as per usual.
Essendon are among the clubs that are set to tell staff of their cuts in administration this week, the Bombers having already made reductions in their football program earlier in 2020. Fremantle removed two coaches and their high performance manager at the weekend.


Ex-North Melbourne coach Brad Scott has moved to run AFL Victoria, while the head of AFL Tasmania Trish Squires has been shifted to become the new boss of AFL Queensland.
The shedding of jobs at the AFL prepares the league to cut a reduced pay deal with players as they seek to renegotiate a revised collective bargaining agreement with the AFL Players Association.


The cuts at headquarters also foreshadow the potential reduction in club list sizes, which also have to be discussed with the players.
The AFL's new eight-member executive, the group that runs the competition, will consist of McLachlan, finance, broadcasting and clubs boss Travis Auld, football chief Steve Hocking, head of legal and game development Andrew Dillon, corporate affairs manager Brian Walsh, head of inclusion and social policy Tanya Hosch, head of commercial and Marvel Stadium Kylie Rogers, general manager of people Sarah Fair and strategy general manager Walter Lee.
Ray Gunston will step down from the executive to take a part-time role.
Anybody who thinks the general financial climate isn't going to impact on list sizes and player contracts is in the anti-vaxxer world of denialism; the next thing to watch is the minimum percentage of salary cap required, and in particular whether its cut to 90%
 
You wouldn't expect it to be the case based on what is on show.

Seems that Boomer is the "Development Coach/Goalkicking Coach"

Yeah, we do not have a skills coach any longer.

I'm talking in general, across the AFL. Back in the day you had a coach, maybe an assistant, and a skills coach.

Unless it's specific like goalkicking or ruckwork, coaching is more about conditioning and tactics.
 
I'm talking in general, across the AFL. Back in the day you had a coach, maybe an assistant, and a skills coach.

Unless it's specific like goalkicking or ruckwork, coaching is more about conditioning and tactics.

IMO, it has become overly convoluted. I'd rather have 3 quality coaches than 12 just making up the numbers.

I always thought that "line coaches" were somewhat counter intuitive also. I mean, aren't we supposed to have 22 blokes all working together for the same outcome?
 
IMO, it has become overly convoluted. I'd rather have 3 quality coaches than 12 just making up the numbers.

I always thought that "line coaches" were somewhat counter intuitive also. I mean, aren't we supposed to have 22 blokes all working together for the same outcome?

I reckon one of the main problems with footy is that there are too many coaches. It's all tactics. It's be beautiful if we could get back to players are actually playing footy, not chess.
 

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