Pt2: Adrian Dodoro: Football’s Biggest Fraud IMO

[PP34]

Seriously how does this bloke have the reputation he does?

How does he seemingly have free reign to as he pleases at Essendon and end up with promotions.

What has he actually achieved?

All this talk about Worsfold and maybe he’s part of the problem but this bloke has been in charge of their list 7 years.

Won zero finals, his drafting leaves a fair bit to be desired in my opinion and year after year they have the same giant flaws.

This man has a lot of people conned including the media. Don’t think I’ve seen them ever criticise his record.

Always banging on about him winning trade periods. How can you win them when they don’t lead to any sort of genuine success?

 

[Gavin Excell]

Essendon continue to back in proven failures
Terribly run organisation

Actually feel for fans

 

[CarnTheScray]

Literally any other football administration would have moved him on years ago. How does he survive! It defies any logic.

 

[Gavin Excell]

Literally any other football administration would have moved him on years ago. How does he survive! It defies any logic.

They are a joke
Run by coterie, not prepared to make hard calls. Sheedy in the decision making ffs

 

[apollo_creed]

No success. Nothing resembling success. One common, key denominator throughout that time… nah couldn’t be the wish version of Sandy Cohen’s fault.

 

[Happy Mastenator]

Name one elite A grade footballer Dodoro has drafted in the last ten years? Besides maybe Merrett?

Name one.

Zerk thatcher?

 

[Corn Cobbers]

Any half decent person would've quit by now.

It seriously is the most crooked thing I've ever heard of, this guy, a football nobody, keeping his job forever and surviving everything despite performing atrociously, I'll never understand it

 

[Coalface]

Zerk thatcher?

Zerk? Sounds like a made up name mate

 

[hoddo22]

Name one elite A grade footballer Dodoro has drafted in the last ten years? Besides maybe Merrett?

Name one.

Merrett is A grade but they have had a champion player since Hird retired, and I have serious doubts over his "preparation".

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[Dangerousfield]

Literally any other football administration would have moved him on years ago. How does he survive! It defies any logic.

Dodo has a copy of the "lost" 2012 spreadsheet

 

[evo]

Mods can you please delete this thread in case Essendon see it and wise up to what is going on at Windy Hill.

Cheers.

It should be a Certified Legendary thread for a certified legendry Essendon man.

 

[sthmelb_dimmies]

dodoro has the EFC by its nuts and he’s not letting go.

“From my cold, dead hands”

nothing will change while Dodoro has the keys to the list

 

[btdg]

I look forward to Dodoro winning the trade and draft period once again.

No one does a better job of finding solid afl talent that can play 2-3 positions to a moderate standard. I mean from 2013-2016 he drafted Jayden Laverde

15

Jayden Laverde

Age

28

Ht

193cm

Wt

92kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.8

3star

K

6.3

2star

HB

5.4

4star

M

3.9

4star

T

2.8

4star

MG

152.8

2star

D

8.8

2star

K

5.0

2star

HB

3.8

3star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.5

3star

MG

116.5

2star

D

11.2

3star

K

5.4

2star

HB

5.8

4star

M

3.2

4star

T

3.6

5star

MG

141.2

3star

, Kyle Langford

4

Kyle Langford

Age

28

Ht

192cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.7

4star

K

8.3

3star

HB

7.3

5star

M

3.9

4star

T

3.3

5star

G

0.7

4star

D

17.4

4star

K

9.0

4star

HB

8.4

4star

M

4.4

4star

T

1.6

3star

G

0.7

4star

D

8.2

2star

K

3.2

2star

HB

5.0

4star

M

2.0

3star

T

2.6

4star

G

0.6

3star

, Aaron Francis, Darcy Parish

3

Darcy Parish

Age

27

Ht

180cm

Wt

81kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

20.4

5star

K

9.2

4star

HB

11.2

5star

M

3.2

3star

T

3.3

5star

CL

3.2

5star

D

16.6

4star

K

7.4

3star

HB

9.1

5star

M

1.4

2star

T

2.0

3star

CL

3.1

4star

D

22.2

5star

K

7.6

3star

HB

14.6

5star

M

3.2

4star

T

4.4

5star

CL

3.6

5star

, Mason Redman

27

Mason Redman

Age

27

Ht

187cm

Wt

87kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.2

4star

K

10.1

4star

HB

5.1

4star

M

4.2

4star

T

2.7

4star

MG

262.0

4star

D

12.0

3star

K

7.8

3star

HB

4.2

3star

M

3.2

3star

T

1.8

3star

MG

210.3

3star

D

12.0

3star

K

7.0

3star

HB

5.0

4star

M

4.4

4star

T

2.4

4star

MG

144.2

3star

, Darcy Parish

3

Darcy Parish

Age

27

Ht

180cm

Wt

81kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

20.4

5star

K

9.2

4star

HB

11.2

5star

M

3.2

3star

T

3.3

5star

CL

3.2

5star

D

16.6

4star

K

7.4

3star

HB

9.1

5star

M

1.4

2star

T

2.0

3star

CL

3.1

4star

D

22.2

5star

K

7.6

3star

HB

14.6

5star

M

3.2

4star

T

4.4

5star

CL

3.6

5star

and Zach Merrett, Jordan Ridley

14

Jordan Ridley

Age

26

Ht

195cm

Wt

94kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.6

4star

K

11.1

4star

HB

4.5

3star

M

6.4

5star

T

1.7

4star

MG

244.8

4star

D

17.0

4star

K

11.9

5star

HB

5.1

3star

M

6.7

5star

T

1.7

3star

MG

265.4

4star

D

13.8

4star

K

9.6

4star

HB

4.2

4star

M

5.2

5star

T

1.4

4star

MG

208.2

4star

and Andrew McGrath

1

Andrew Mcgrath

Age

26

Ht

180cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

22.7

5star

K

11.6

4star

HB

11.1

5star

M

1.6

2star

T

6.4

5star

MG

252.9

4star

D

22.7

5star

K

11.6

4star

HB

11.1

5star

M

1.6

2star

T

6.4

5star

MG

252.9

4star

D

22.0

5star

K

11.0

4star

HB

11.0

5star

M

1.2

2star

T

6.4

5star

MG

219.0

4star

with picks inside 30, as well as Alex Morgs . 7-10 years later (those players are 24-28 and in their prime) and all except 1 are still in the AFL and have hit 100-150 games. 2x All Australians. The bloke just rarely misses... and the team sucks as a whole

He's the recruiting equivalent of the 60 year old golfer who takes a 3 iron off the tee, bunts it up the fairway, hits the green in 3 and 2 putts every time. Every shot is solid enough, but at the end of the day 18 over par isn't getting you the trophy.

 

[btdg]

That was both praise and criticism by the way.

Carlton in the same period drafted: Patrick Cripps

9

Patrick Cripps

Age

29

Ht

195cm

Wt

93kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

25.9

5star

K

9.8

4star

HB

16.1

5star

M

3.4

3star

T

5.8

5star

CL

7.4

5star

D

21.0

5star

K

10.1

4star

HB

10.9

5star

M

2.5

3star

T

3.8

4star

CL

6.3

5star

D

12.6

4star

K

4.8

2star

HB

7.8

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

3.2

5star

CL

1.4

4star

, Blaine Boekhurst, Dillon Viojo-Rainbow, Jacob Weitering

23

Jacob Weitering

Age

27

Ht

195cm

Wt

102kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.8

4star

K

9.1

4star

HB

4.7

3star

M

5.6

5star

T

1.3

3star

MG

189.4

3star

No current season stats available

D

16.8

4star

K

10.8

4star

HB

6.0

4star

M

6.0

5star

T

0.8

3star

MG

263.4

4star

, Harry McKay

10

Harry Mckay

Age

27

Ht

200cm

Wt

106kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.9

3star

K

7.5

3star

HB

2.4

2star

M

5.5

5star

T

1.6

4star

G

1.4

5star

D

6.6

1star

K

4.6

2star

HB

2.0

1star

M

3.6

4star

T

1.4

2star

G

1.4

5star

D

8.8

3star

K

6.8

3star

HB

2.0

2star

M

4.4

4star

T

0.8

3star

G

2.0

5star

, Charlie Curnow

30

Charlie Curnow

Age

27

Ht

194cm

Wt

94kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.3

3star

K

9.7

4star

HB

3.6

3star

M

5.3

5star

T

2.2

4star

G

1.3

5star

No current season stats available

D

10.8

3star

K

6.4

3star

HB

4.4

4star

M

3.2

4star

T

1.6

4star

G

0.8

4star

, Sam Petrevski-Seton

10

Sam Petrevski-seton

Age

26

Ht

182cm

Wt

81kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.2

4star

K

9.7

4star

HB

6.6

4star

M

3.6

4star

T

4.2

5star

G

0.3

3star

D

14.4

3star

K

9.5

4star

HB

4.9

3star

M

3.1

3star

T

2.0

3star

G

0.0

1star

D

13.4

4star

K

10.0

4star

HB

3.4

3star

M

2.8

3star

T

5.0

5star

G

0.4

3star

and Zach Fisher with equivalent picks.

The overall ratio is worse but good lord... if you combine the two lists and rank the players it is quite possible that players 1-4 all play for Carlton, players 5-13 all play for Essendon (plus Francis in 14), 15 is Fisher, and the rest are out of the league.

All those singles and no boundaries.

 

[Fire]

That was both praise and criticism by the way.

Cmearlton in the same period drafted: Patrick Cripps, Blaine Boekhurst, Dillon Viojo-Rainbow, Jacob Weitering, Harry McKay, Charlie Curnow, Sam Petrevski-Seton and Zach Fisher with equivalent picks.

The overall ratio is worse but good lord... if you combine the two lists and rank the players it is quite possible that players 1-4 all play for Carlton, players 5-13 all play for Essendon (plus Francis in 14), 15 is Fisher, and the rest are out of the league.

All those singles and no boundaries.

Because he's playing the game wrong. The aim of the game isn't to find talent consistently, it's to build a list that can achieve greatness together. And that involves taking risks which he is obviously avoiding.

hes like the midfielder who kicks 3-4 goals a game while his opponants kick 6. At the end of the year he has a flashy highlights reel and a few brownlow votes while his team stuggled. You cant even say hes a standout midfielder because theres probably 10 others in the competotion who could kick 6 a game if they played like that. But they dont, because thats not what the game is. There's nothing to praise.

 

[btdg]

Because he's playing the game wrong. The aim of the game isn't to find talent consistently, it's to build a list that can achieve greatness together. And that involves taking risks which he is obviously avoiding.

hes like the midfielder who kicks 3-4 goals a game while his opponants kick 6. At the end of the year he has a flashy highlights reel and a few brownlow votes while his team stuggled. You cant even say hes a standout midfielder because theres probably 10 others in the competotion who could kick 6 a game if they played like that. But they dont, because thats not what the game is. There's nothing to praise.

Yep, agreed. Not sure about midfielders kicking that many goals but if Dodoro was a midfielder he would probably be Zach Merrett, racking up 25 touches will 17 handballs in a game his team lost by 120 points when they needed to win to make finals.

 

[sthmelb_dimmies]

Essendon Dodorons.

 

[Fire]

Yep, agreed. Not sure about midfielders kicking that many goals but if Dodoro was a midfielder he would probably be Zach Merrett, racking up 25 touches will 17 handballs in a game his team lost by 120 points when they needed to win to make finals.

My point of reference I had in mind were local leagues lol. But even then i got a bit excited I will admit.

It's fair to say I didn't get very far in my career.

 

[Upgrayedd]

I'm sure Ben McKay

32

Ben Mckay

Age

27

Ht

202cm

Wt

104kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

7.5

2star

K

3.7

1star

HB

3.8

3star

M

2.7

3star

T

1.7

4star

MG

77.2

1star

D

7.5

2star

K

4.5

2star

HB

3.0

2star

M

2.5

3star

T

1.5

2star

MG

88.5

2star

D

7.0

2star

K

3.4

2star

HB

3.6

3star

M

2.4

3star

T

2.0

4star

MG

67.8

1star

will solve the issue.

 

[Juddernaut08]

devil's advocate: 100+ thrashings arent a talent issue

this was an effort issue

remember theyre coming off a 2 game winning streak

 

[Fire]

remember theyre coming off a 2 game winning streak

Is that a joke? Because if so, I love the subtlety.

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Bloke needs to be removed but will never happen becuase the club dosent have balls

 

[Roby]

Brad Scott at his press conference today, fired a couple of shots at Dodoro. Is Dodo bullet proof?

 

[Upgrayedd]

devil's advocate: 100+ thrashings arent a talent issue

this was an effort issue

remember theyre coming off a 2 game winning streak

Two close hard fought victory's against teams competing for this years prize

 

[Upgrayedd]

Bloke needs to be removed but will never happen becuase the club dosent have balls

Plz no it's Josh Mahoney, Ben Rutten and everyone else