76woodenspooners
Brownlow Medallist
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There is only one way to tackle this question.
The board need to first answer this question and then communicate it to all.
Why does the Collingwood Football Club exist and why does it continue to need to be?
I don't know how often I've heard Club Presidents say "our club is here to win premierships". What misguided thinking that ultimately leads to poor decision making. Clubs were started for a purpose, so Eddie needs to be clear on that and then remind everyone all the time.
Once that is clear the CFC then needs to reach out and connect everything and everyone to that purpose. Perhaps winning flags (like making a profit in business) helps serve that purpose, but ultimately it's the purpose that matters and that's what every member should join for.
"I have a dream", not "I have a plan"
Very very interesting.
Am I correct in thinking that you're pointing out the difference between an 'objective' and a 'purpose'?
Eg:
Objective: to go to the shops; Purpose: To get food
Objective: to get drunk; Purpose: to forget the troubles of the world
Objective: to fly to Europe; Purpose: to have a holiday
Objective: to win Premierships; Purpose: .... ?
If it is deemed that the purpose is something like (for example) "to inspire and bring a sense of pride to the followers of the Collingwood Football Club", then that's obviously compatible with an objective of winning Premierships; but we can appreciate that there are other objectives that can also address the purpose.
That's going to get you in trouble with some members, supporters and posters on here who consider winning a Premiership each year is a checkbox that needs to be ticked (ie: winning the Premiership is the purpose ... a rather hollow purpose). I'll extrapolate further from your point and suggest that the club's actions have had the unintended consequences of encouraging this thinking ...
"You promised you'd tick that checkbox and you didn't, you lied! Oh, what are you saying now, that ticking that checkbox isn't important? You want to replace that checkbox with a non-binary subjective warm and fuzzy thingy I can't measure? So you are trying to move the goalposts now that it's all too hard? I see other teams can tick that checkbox, why can't we? Are we incompetent? People needed to be sacked until we get somebody who figure out how to tick that checkbox" ...
... and on it goes ...
Perhaps the club might have mismanaging expectations and setting themselves up for failure?
Brilliant point you made there rose jam ... I'd give it a hundred likes if I could!