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.

 

[Bamboo Harvester]

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

Wrighty loves a 'fro....

 

[BlueBlood15]

Happy with the appointment especially having one year to learn under Cook. I suspect he’ll be effectively handed the keys to the football department on Monday while the 12 month apprenticeship will largely focus on the commercial side of the club.

 

[Gointocarlton]

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

Baldilocks set a very low bar for his successors.

 

[Doro]

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

He might help sharpen up match committee. Needs a shake up.

 

[bradfisher14]

He might help sharpen up match committee, list management, high performance, recruiting, trading, player development, gameplan, coaching. Needs a shake up.

Fixed

 

[Blue DNA]

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

Clever. Brilliant in fact! Thanks for the light bulb moment

 

[james Dean]

as someone who pays no attention to off field stuff, can this guy play as a lockdown small defender?

We need a Nick Smith type.

 

[Michael Jezz]

I will be surprised if Austin lasts under Wright. Draft 2025 may be his last. Austin will be exposed for his light weight approach to list management in comparison to Wright's aggression

 

[CCurnow3votes]

They want to get better by “doing it the right-way”.

Interesting the light that shines on our List Management approach this season…

What would doing it the “wrong-way” look like?

Chips-in, on another high value established player at the cost of bringing in young talent?

I’d love to hear his thoughts on the strategic steps he would take in his first year, if he were given the license.

 

[Lace_Out]

Another plant just like Malthouse

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To be fair, all previous filth that has come across came at a bad time. Malty was asked to resurrect the club with his hands tied behind his back. We were broke. I know one of his sons well, it was really bad.

Welcome GW. I'm sure things will work out differently this time, we are in a much better position.

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[C4[2]Yo`DooR]

I will be surprised if Austin lasts under Wright. Draft 2025 may be his last. Austin will be exposed for his light weight approach to list management in comparison to Wright's aggression

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[Michael Jezz]

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Wright gets appointed and he fires Austin up.

 

[lily of laguna]

Wright gets appointed and he fires Austin up.

Hahaha, so all the planning and scheming from Curly for the last year was all for nought because Wright decided there needs to be more action and came up with this deal in an afternoon!!!!

Austin has been on record since trading started to be discussed this year that he was after an additional R1 pick and was willing to offer up future picks, but what transpired today was only due to him being worried about his job.

That is a pretty negative outlook even for you MJ!!!!


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