PAFC CEO Matthew Richardson

[Del165198]

They’ve updated this since I last saw it.

“Give a sh¡t” and the pink text is new.

When do we start giving a shit? Is this from woohoo?

 

[Del165198]

Even that answer reeks of disrespect.

I’ve previously voted for Colin Firth and another fella from an impressive business background whose name I can’t remember.

And wasn’t Kathy Nagle member-elected?

But nah, we’re all mouthbreathing morons who’d elect Nathan Lonie over Kim Williams if they were on the ballot, aren’t we Richo?

What a dud.

See this is why youse can't be trusted to vote. What does an english rom com actor know about foody?

 

[Enviable Tradition]

I am fully expecting the Crows to create a commission of "experts" to select a majority skills based board and give maybe only one extra spot to the members rather than have a fully member elected board once they have the chance in 2028.

Just like Port I can't see the arrogant buffoons in charge wanting to cede control to the unwashed members.

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[FishingRick04]

How did Richmond win three? Collingwood win last years premiership with a member controlled board?
What a ridiculous ignorant, dismissive answer

 

[ibd77]

Had a bid of time now to decompress the information taken in last night.

CEO Dinner 12/06/2024.

Key discussion points from CEO and members on the floor.

• Debt removed by 2025
• No love lost with the SANFL by the PAFC
• Push by members in attendance for PB’s and more black and white presence in the club
• Push for national reserves competition and presentation of comparative Victorian teams fielding Ex-AFL players demonstrating our disadvantage in the SANFL.
• Concerns about academies in the northern states and the dwindling talent pool in SA. This is leading to possible discussions with the AFL to setup our own academies based on the northern states model. This would require splitting SA into 2 zones to enable the PAFC & AFC to build the local talent pool outside of SANFL control. Rough time frame to implement this action is 15 years.
• Further Alberton redevelopment announcements to come soon. We were given a sneak peek but asked to keep quiet until its official.
• No intention of transferring club ownership from corporate elected boards to membership elected boards. AFL technically has control over the PAFC, but they merely sign off on the PAFC board’s recommendations. The 8 PAFC board appointments are made internally.
• Our football operations model is based on GWS’s model
• Matthew did hint at some embarrassment with our recent finals appearances especially the 2021 PF
• Tracking the growth in membership based on younger fans signing up with a target of 100k members within the next 5 years.
• Reflecting on successes with the Aboriginal Power Cup and its continued growth
• Expecting 5-year extensions to major sponsorships including GFG, MG, Santos & KFC
• Increase in asset capital expected to exceed $100m by the time all redevelopments are completed

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Matthew would do well to remember that when Port members could vote for the Board, we voted in the likes of Bruce Weber, Greg Boulton, Tony Hobby, Geoff Monteleone, Robert Hoey ... the guys who made decisions that made Port as successful on-field as it could be and by the sheer weight of that success propelled us into the AFL. They risked sacrificing their very livelihoods to see Port make the transition to the biggest stage.

To paraphrase a well-known phrase, Matthew if you can see far, it's because you stand on the shoulders of the giants who made all this possible.

 

[tribey]

See this is why youse can't be trusted to vote. What does an english rom com actor know about foody?

I didn’t even pick that up haha!

 

[Duck Farmer]

• No intention of transferring club ownership from corporate elected boards to membership elected boards.

Way to embrace the "Invite the Heat" value.

I'm also guessing there was no update on how the club's tracking on the 3 premierships in the 2021-25 period and its plan for holding leaders accountable to the goal they publicly set for themselves?

 

[ibd77]

Way to embrace the "Invite the Heat" value.

I'm also guessing there was no update on how the club's tracking on the 3 premierships in the 2021-25 period and its plan for holding leaders accountable to the goal they publicly set for themselves?

You would be brave to raise that question in the public forum last night. My wifey was going to bring that up but stop short her self.

 

[PowerBaz]

Matthew would do well to remember that when Port members could vote for the Board, we voted in the likes of Bruce Weber, Greg Boulton, Tony Hobby, Geoff Monteleone, Robert Hoey ... the guys who made decisions that made Port as successful on-field as it could be and by the sheer weight of that success propelled us into the AFL. They risked sacrificing their very livelihoods to see Port make the transition to the biggest stage.

To paraphrase a well-known phrase, Matthew if you can see far, it's because you stand on the shoulders of the giants who made all this possible.

They have all forgotten that, caught up with self importance.....

 

[Duck Farmer]

You would be brave to raise that question in the public forum last night. My wifey was going to bring that up but stop short her self.

Fair enough, not everyone likes asking questions in public that will make people feel awkward but it's absolutely an appropriate question for someone to ask the CEO in a public forum. He set that goal for himself. It wasn't handed down by a sticker on Port Road.

 

[ibd77]

Another thing to add, was some of the members concerns that the AFL werent treating our club fairly in comparison to other clubs with rule interpretations. There was some anger over the Aliir & Jonas head clash incident where we were scape-goated with a significant fine but other clubs of recent time have been overlooked.

 

[PowerLil]

So, in short, Matthew did not cover off the biggest issue at the club at the moment and that is the performance of the football department. He's a clueless operator but kudos to him. He actually fronts the supporters which is more than I can say for HINKLEY AND DAVIES.

 

[TazD]

I hope Richo goes bald.

 

[Cheesey Mac]

Got my answer and yep, they don't want a board full of footballers which is understandable.

Just means as a membership base that we have no power or influence over the board. It's a completely corporate approach with tokenism to members with 2 selections.

The only power you have is your membership renewal which is diminishing considering the number of current numbers resigning.

Pushed the same point to me after the AGM.

In one breath they say how smart and engaged the membership base is, in the next they tell us the members aren't smart enough to fill a board with anyone but ex-footballers. It's a disingenuous argument, but then, he's a disingenuous CEO.

I raised that the Victorian clubs are member run and their members somehow don't vote in a board full of ex-footballers, why are we inherently more likely to do that? He gave that glassy eyed stare where he was processing actually having someone push back.

 

[ibd77]

So, in short, Matthew did not cover off the biggest issue at the club at the moment and that is the performance of the football department. He's a clueless operator but kudos to him. He actually fronts the supporters which is more than I can say for HINKLEY AND DAVIES.

If you are brave enough, you can bring this up at the next dinner. It will be interesting to see if the next dinner is in October. I am sure more members would bring this up.

 

[FishingRick04]

Pushed the same point to me after the AGM.

In one breath they say how smart and engaged the membership base is, in the next they tell us the members aren't smart enough to fill a board with anyone but ex-footballers. It's a disingenuous argument, but then, he's a disingenuous CEO.

I raised that the Victorian clubs are member run and their members somehow don't vote in a board full of ex-footballers, why are we inherently more likely to do that? He gave that glassy eyed stare where he was processing actually having someone push back.

That’s because Koch had given him a preprogrammed response to follow up questions.

 

[Papa G]

Had a bid of time now to decompress the information taken in last night.

CEO Dinner 12/06/2024.

Key discussion points from CEO and members on the floor.

• Debt removed by 2025
• No love lost with the SANFL by the PAFC
• Push by members in attendance for PB’s and more black and white presence in the club
• Push for national reserves competition and presentation of comparative Victorian teams fielding Ex-AFL players demonstrating our disadvantage in the SANFL.
• Concerns about academies in the northern states and the dwindling talent pool in SA. This is leading to possible discussions with the AFL to setup our own academies based on the northern states model. This would require splitting SA into 2 zones to enable the PAFC & AFC to build the local talent pool outside of SANFL control. Rough time frame to implement this action is 15 years.
• Further Alberton redevelopment announcements to come soon. We were given a sneak peek but asked to keep quiet until its official.
• No intention of transferring club ownership from corporate elected boards to membership elected boards. AFL technically has control over the PAFC, but they merely sign off on the PAFC board’s recommendations. The 8 PAFC board appointments are made internally.
• Our football operations model is based on GWS’s model
• Matthew did hint at some embarrassment with our recent finals appearances especially the 2021 PF
• Tracking the growth in membership based on younger fans signing up with a target of 100k members within the next 5 years.
• Reflecting on successes with the Aboriginal Power Cup and its continued growth
• Expecting 5-year extensions to major sponsorships including GFG, MG, Santos & KFC
• Increase in asset capital expected to exceed $100m by the time all redevelopments are completed

• Our football operations model is based on GWS’s model

What does that actually mean?

Some good points in there but these 2 are massive red flags for me:

• No intention of transferring club ownership from corporate elected boards to membership elected boards. AFL technically has control over the PAFC, but they merely sign off on the PAFC board’s recommendations. The 8 PAFC board appointments are made internally.
• Tracking the growth in membership based on younger fans signing up with a target of 100k members within the next 5 years.

The first one has been covered by many other posters so not going to go into.

The second one really tealls me they are really pushing hard for the "lets grab the kids attention with Gameday experience and peripheral stuff" rather than actually being good at Football. The 100k membership in 5 years is just a pipe dream that was peddled 5 years ago and hasn't come close to coming to fruition. Stop making these ridiculous statements.

The club under this board have done some good things, financially especially, but the period of stability at all costs is now over. The platform has been set, now it is time for fresh blood to build on a solid foundation. They have failed miserably to recognise the problem on the field, our core business, for that their time must be up.

 

[PowerBaz]

• Our football operations model is based on GWS’s model

What does that actually mean?

Some good points in there but these 2 are massive red flags for me:

• No intention of transferring club ownership from corporate elected boards to membership elected boards. AFL technically has control over the PAFC, but they merely sign off on the PAFC board’s recommendations. The 8 PAFC board appointments are made internally.
• Tracking the growth in membership based on younger fans signing up with a target of 100k members within the next 5 years.

The first one has been covered by many other posters so not going to go into.

The second one really tealls me they are really pushing hard for the "lets grab the kids attention with Gameday experience and peripheral stuff" rather than actually being good at Football. The 100k membership in 5 years is just a pipe dream that was peddled 5 years ago and hasn't come close to coming to fruition. Stop making these ridiculous statements.

The club under this board have done some good things, financially especially, but the period of stability at all costs is now over. The platform has been set, now it is time for fresh blood to build on a solid foundation. They have failed miserably to recognise the problem on the field, our core business, for that their time must be up.

Did you do the survey - lot's of stuff about game day activities. I answered 'Sack Hinkley' where I could, basically doing what you just mentioned. basically telling them i've lost interest because of the on-filed stuff. Surely there must be lot's of responses similar.

 

[Coobk001]

Rough time frame to implement this action is 15 years.

What the f@#@, what do we need to do? Breed them in a test tube?

 

[edgie]

The strategic framework actually uses the words "Give a Shit". Next version should say "Blast Piss".

Also lol at "Invite the Heat".

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What the with inconsistent capitalising of letters in some of these, argh it's doing me in

 

[Coobk001]

• Our football operations model is based on GWS’s model

What does this mean? And why would GWS be a model we'd follow? Seems strange.

 

[Coobk001]

The club under this board have done some good things, financially especially, but the period of stability at all costs is now over. The platform has been set, now it is time for fresh blood to build on a solid foundation. They have failed miserably to recognise the problem on the field, our core business, for that their time must be up.

It was set back in 2017-2018.

It's a real shame we've had this solid era where we've got some good structure and consistency in what we do, and when the club needed to rise to another level, we instead ended up with an ingrained a culture of mediocrity and complacency that our playing group particularly, like deer in headlights, reeks of.

 

[Doctor Feel]

Absolutely ****ing terrified of accountability, basically.

 

[Cheesey Mac]

Did you do the survey - lot's of stuff about game day activities. I answered 'Sack Hinkley' where I could, basically doing what you just mentioned. basically telling them i've lost interest because of the on-filed stuff. Surely there must be lot's of responses similar.

Did laugh at the question for the competition "In 25 words or less, tell us what you would do if you were the CEO of the Club for one day?"

I do wonder how many Sack Hinkley responses they'll get to that question given it's legitimately what half the supporter base would do if they were CEO for an hour much less a day