Universal Love Welcome to Carlton Graham Wright

[Garters]

Is anyone concerned he doesn't have any experience as a CEO?

Every great CEO started out as a lateral hire with no CEO experience.
Would much rather roll the dice on a guy of Wright's experience from a different, strong system and an understanding of what a high performing football program looks like. Rather than a scrapheap CEO with existing ideas / Modus operandi that clearly must not have worked out or they would still be in a job.

We got lucky with Cook, dodged and suffered a number of duds preceeding Cook. This keeps us progressing in the right direction.

Good leaders are good leaders. The technical breadth is learnt with experience. Has Cook as a mentor. Very sound appointment to my eye.

 

[Doro]

This is a great get for the club. Extra set of eyes on the football department and primed to take his next step career wise. Plenty of work to do, but he's got a very good base to start from. Hopefully Cook can pass on some of the wisdom.

 

[TrueQldBlue]

Did anyone else pick up in the press conference that Sayers said Wright starts Monday and may have a different view on what's happening with us in our trade scenarios ???

Interesting....

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[NewDarkNavyBlues]

Biggest addition I could have hoped for.

Let’s go!

 

[SurreyBlue]

Let's just hope he turns our better than Liddle. That appointment was a disaster.

 

[TrueQldBlue]

Let's just hope he turns our better than Liddle. That appointment was a disaster.

He will be

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[bradfisher14]

Let's just hope he turns our better than Liddle. That appointment was a disaster.

Liddle was great for the commercial side of the club to be fair.

 

[Bamboo Harvester]

I’d like to see a beard on GW, preferably the ginger/grey variety. Distinguished.

 

[Forty3]

Loophole activated.
Nobody say the word football department to loudly!
He is the Deputy CEO, that is it.

 

[slashin_velvet]

Is anyone concerned he doesn't have any experience as a CEO?

Yes. He'll be great for the football operations side of the business, but have no understanding of his commercial and business acumen. Might need a much more hands-on or strong president to lean into that side of the business.

 

[Robbo's my hero]

Welcome to the Carlton Footy Club. All the best in your endeavours. A flag as the Deputy Dawg would be a great start.

 

[The Bighouse]

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Umm, don’t think you’d be very good at Guess Who.
That is not a beard…
And no, he doesn’t have glasses.