The Hunt for New Chief Executive

[Portmanteau]

Steve Jobs just resigned as CE of Apple. iPort.

CEO via Skype?

 

[Eddie Dingle]

Fox Sports News is reporting Thomas will be appointed tomorrow.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

CEO via Skype?

iCloud

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Fox Sports News is reporting Thomas will be appointed tomorrow.

The smoke is getting awfully thick on this rumour.

If he is appointed the nagging doubt I will have is that - no matter what Duncanson tells us about the process identifying the best man - Rob Lucas called the decision two months ago. And Duncanson denied it to high heaven.

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Power president Brett Duncanson responded: "Rob Lucas is not running our football club, but Mark Haysman is - and he has not resigned. He is here for the long haul.

"I've heard the Keith Thomas story for a month now. And like a lot of the things in Rob Lucas's speech to Parliament, it is not true and disappoints me."

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[RussellEbertHandball]

Aber on Ch 7 news tonight said that he is likely to appointed tomorrow. Is he on the selection committee? Would Duncanson given him the green light to tell the world?

As I told my Norwood mate this morning, the one I wrote earlier in this thread that last Saturday told me an Norwood official told him last week that Thomas had been offered the job, that if the rumour is correct and its his to reject, then you would expect Thomas would give his answer by tomorrow.

So if he indeed has been offered the job, then I expect an answer tomorrow.

 

[PortBrillance]

horrible. This is just ****ing shit

Anyone who thinks the SANFL haven't taken over our club is in denial. It will happen as of tomorrow

 

[Eddie Dingle]

Aber on Ch 7 news tonight said that he is likely to appointed tomorrow. Is he on the selection committee? Would Duncanson given him the green light to tell the world?

As I told my Norwood mate this morning, the one I wrote earlier in this thread that last Saturday told me an Norwood official told him last week that Thomas had been offered the job, that if the rumour is correct and its his to reject, then you would expect Thomas would give his answer by tomorrow.

So if he indeed has been offered the job, then I expect an answer tomorrow.

I think we can safely assume he has made his decision and the announcement will be made tomorrow mate.

 

[Relativity]

The smoke is getting awfully thick on this rumour.

If he is appointed the nagging doubt I will have is that - no matter what Duncanson tells us about the process identifying the best man - Rob Lucas called the decision two months ago. And Duncanson denied it to high heaven.

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This is what worries me. It smacks of a behind the scene decision being made before any other candidates have been canvassed. What possible motives could have brought this about if not a "power play"? (And I don't ask this question rhetorically) The smoke is thick and odorous.

 

[FishingRick04]

Maybe he was best candidate for the job?

 

[Spadge]

Maybe he was best candidate for the job?

Possibility.
The problem is we will never know

 

[Steve Dore]

Aber on Ch 7 news tonight said that he is likely to appointed tomorrow. Is he on the selection committee? ....

He is on the board and the board would quite likely have to approve the appointment of a CEO.

 

[Forzaport]

If this is true it'll be yet another verification that the SANFL runs our club. Thomas was touted months ago now and here it is playing out right before our eyes.

It appears that "conflict of interest" has no meaning whatsoever in this state.

On the plus side, if our Adelaide Oval deal is suss, we may be able to get it nullified due to Thomas not acting in our interests. There surely must be something in contract law about it such as "Misleading Conduct". Maybe we can add a "Keith Thomas clause", whereby the contract with the SMA is renegotiated once Thomas leaves the CEO position of the PAFC (now I'm dreaming)

Unfortunately, I fear the reality is that we're ****ed.

 

[Check-Raise !]

You know what, if it's his then such is life!

This week is the 1st week I've felt a little better about the club ie: Butch and his goals, Trengove signing, anticpated changes to our coaching panel etc etc. I'm not going to allow this decision to make me want to fall back into that deep black hole we've been in this year.

Time to get positive about this club, we have to move forward..

We kept being told how Haysie was a big Crows man yet we turned him and I know Thomas and his ties to the SNAFL is a concern but what can we do.

Good luck to him, he'll come around.... if not we'll do as the libyans have done .

 

[Schulzenfest]

The smoke is getting awfully thick on this rumour.

If he is appointed the nagging doubt I will have is that - no matter what Duncanson tells us about the process identifying the best man - Rob Lucas called the decision two months ago. And Duncanson denied it to high heaven.

Oh, well if the bastion of honesty that is Brett Duncanson denied it then it must be false.

 

[finbarr]

Brett Duncanson will say and do whatever is required to keep his job.

 

[Portology]

The smoke is getting awfully thick on this rumour.

If he is appointed the nagging doubt I will have is that - no matter what Duncanson tells us about the process identifying the best man - Rob Lucas called the decision two months ago. And Duncanson denied it to high heaven.

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It does a lot of damage to Duncanson's credibility No sarcasm intended.

He just looks like a puppet now, if he didn't previously at least he could claim to be playing good cop to Haysie's bad cop. Or peacemaker behind the scenes that Haysie had stirred up. However you spin it.

Not a real good look for the board either.

Now for whoever-it-is to prove us all wrong. Announce yourself and bring some new sponsors with you to the press conference.

 

[Steve Dore]

Brett Duncanson will say and do whatever is required to keep his job.

They should make him president of the SA Football Commission then. Apparently that is a key selection criteria.

 

[finbarr]

I'm also still confused about this apparent Peter Woite Presidential ticket. A couple of weeks ago Rucci claimed the SANFL wanted to oust Duncanson and replace him with Woite, "a long-standing SANFL servant". Yet i've also heard talk that Woite possibly heads up a group of influential former players who wish to well and truly stamp Port Adelaide as PORT ADELAIDE.

I have utterly no idea what's truth and what isn't right now.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

After the 3 resignations in June our board composed; (appointment date is December of the year noted)

3 Member elected directors - Aber 2005+08, Panas 2006+09 and Firth 2010
3 SANFL appointed Duncanson 2005+08, O'Connor 2006+09 and Basheer 2007+10
1 Additional Directors -"specialist or technical expertise is required" Nick House 2009

The board and SANFL appointed 3 directors one of which replaced member elected dierctor Darryl Wakelin. See

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ie the 3 appointments were Kevin Osborn, John Auld and Richard Ryan.

One of those 3 replaces Wakelin who was elected in December 2010 and whose term expires in December 2013.

The PAFC Constitution states

11. DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY

11.11 The office of Director becomes vacant if the Director:

-11.11.4 resigns his or her office by notice in writing to the Company;

11.12 In the event that the office of a Director who is a Club nominee becomes vacant for any reason more than four months prior to the natural expiration of the term of appointment of that Director then the Board may nominate to the League Commission such replacement as it thinks fit to fill that vacancy for the remainder of the term of such Director.

If Osborn replaced Wakelin then thats ok with me. If one of the other 2 replaced him then I don't like the fact they are there until 2013 in lieu of Wakelin.

Duncanson is up for reappointment by the SANFL as their nominee in December. I personally reckon he should run as a member elected nominee and the other 3 can be considered a SANFL nominees, ie one replaces Hood, one replaces Duncanson and one is the technical expertise Additional Director.

Aber is up for re-election as well so it could be a bit tricky but I reckon Duncanson should go to the members to get their vote of confidence.

I wonder if anyone would stand against him? Guess it gets a bit tricky if he lost like he did in 2003 when he ran against encumbent board member Mark Wightman. Wightman won that one but was kicked off 3 years later by the members in favour of Alex Panas.

 

[Portia]

This is what worries me. It smacks of a behind the scene decision being made before any other candidates have been canvassed.

You mean like our coaching appointment?

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Haha the Footy Show just announced him as the new CEO.

 

[PRDPower]

I'm going to plead ignorance here... Can someone please state the exact reasons why many fans are disgruntled by thomas' appointment?

and please don't say 'cause he's one of the sanfl' or something... expand

 

[Enviable Tradition]

You mean like our coaching appointment?

Or Nil Craig?

 

[QPower]

His application has been endorsed. Read that carefully.

Its not the same thing as endorsement of them as an individual.

If you say "He has a right to apply, I have no issue with him doing so", then that is endorsing the application.

Is this a serious post??

 

[tribey]

Norwood have the second licence after all.