Hawthorn sack CEO

[jenny61_99]

Successful on and off the field with a stable board. There haven't been many questions to ask recently.

A few more questions now, for sure.

Not looking too stable at the minute though.

 

[TerryWallet]

The Dingley Disaster.

The Dingley Divide.

 

[wagstaff]

That nothing has been mentioned on the club's Twitter account or website is pretty unusual; suggests that the fallout could still have a way to go.

 

[NewMelbournian]

Funny how so many are quick to blame a pioneering woman. What did she do that was so wrong? Did anyone at Hawthorn at any point in her short stay give her any constructive criticism? If so, did she ignore it?

What did they see in her that made her worthy of the job? And how did it disappear irredeemably in such a short space of time?

Was it really some big failing on her behalf or did they just appoint a woman for the sake of it with a plan to get rid of her ASAP and then blame her while patting themselves on the back for their feminism?

 

[Art Corvelay]

Funny how so many are quick to blame a pioneering woman. What did she do that was so wrong? Did anyone at Hawthorn at any point in her short stay give her any constructive criticism? If so, did she ignore it?

What did they see in her that made her worthy of the job? And how did it disappear irredeemably in such a short space of time?

Was it really some big failing on her behalf or did they just appoint a woman for the sake of it with a plan to get rid of her ASAP and then blame her while patting themselves on the back for their feminism?

This will get a few bites and I told you so's

 

[Beerfish]

What did they see in her that made her worthy of the job?

Probably the fact that she came from outside the football world with a fresh pair of eyes and wasn't part of the boys club.. oh wait.

 

[Belnakor]

Funny how so many are quick to blame a pioneering woman. What did she do that was so wrong? Did anyone at Hawthorn at any point in her short stay give her any constructive criticism? If so, did she ignore it?

What did they see in her that made her worthy of the job? And how did it disappear irredeemably in such a short space of time?

Was it really some big failing on her behalf or did they just appoint a woman for the sake of it with a plan to get rid of her ASAP and then blame her while patting themselves on the back for their feminism?

Seems to me to just be a bad pick and a poor selection process.

The top reason for her firing seems to have been "lack of football experience".. presumably they knew that when they hired her?

Generally someone in a senior position does not become "fully effective" until 6 months into the job. She is only 5 months into the job? What went wrong? If she got feedback did she tell them to go jump?

I can't think of any AFL CEOs who got canned so quickly. I can't imagine its actually that hard a job.

 

[Jaeger]

I doubt that her hiring or sacking was to do with gender.

More likely they thought she was the best candidate for the job and then she wasn't up to it.

 

[Black Panther]

She was having an affair with the bootstudder

 

[vanders]

Not the first round of delistings I was expecting

 

[Kwality]

President is about to be sacked as well

Notice you didn't put up ... you'd expect any supporters on the board could follow her out. That's how such things play out.

 

[Scotland]

I doubt that her hiring or sacking was to do with gender.

More likely they thought she was the best candidate for the job and then she wasn't up to it.

Hiring it would've been a factor, sacking definitely not.

 

[Saint]

Maybe she pointed out that Dingley was a big risk and needs a partnership or greater outside, or inside involvement (AFLW) to reduce the risk.

Maybe the board who approved the purchase of Dingley didn't like hearing anything contradictory to their previously determined plan.

See, it doesn't really take much to be the next Barrett.

Whatever it is, it's a stuff up and possibly nobody will really know all the real reasons.

 

[demondavey]

I won't know what to think about this until Caroline Wilson tells me.

She will be ALL OVER THIS!

 

[Belnakor]

Hiring it would've been a factor, sacking definitely not.

if anything it would have made her nigh-unsackable even if she was completely sidelined. She must have been really bad.

 

[Scotland]

if anything it would have made her nigh-unsackable even if she was completely sidelined. She must have been really bad.

'Football club fires female CEO' is not a headline anyone wants to deal with.

 

[King Brown]

Maybe she wanted to merge with Melbourne

Always a go to for them when they fall in a hole

 

[King Brown]

I've got just the thing.
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I hope this dude got one of those free Dusty haircuts they were giving out

 

[Boxhead_31]

Notice you didn't put up ... you'd expect any supporters on the board could follow her out. That's how such things play out.

Like Bruce Stevenson you mean?

 

[Tzatziki_Man]

After hawthorn were rejected for an AFLW team, a week later they sack her. I don't think that's a coincidence...

 

[WWSD]

Always a go to for them when they fall in a hole

September 2004.

 

[Farm Boy]

After hawthorn were rejected for an AFLW team, a week later they sack her. I don't think that's a coincidence...

I agree with that.

 

[Off The Couch]

She will be ALL OVER THIS!

It's confusing that her or Barrett weren't already laying the groundwork if it's been known for over a week and now the resigning of a board member and still nothing from the club to its members


Maybe there's a mutiny going on - whole thing is bizzare and considering it took six months for them to appoint someone last time, I'm hoping they just give it to Silver

 

[p5ych00n5]

Ruthless on and off field that's why we have an unbelievable average since 1961, a premiership every 4.3 years. Clarko will get another one.

Cut and dried ruthlessness can be good for a club, but there's a fine line. Overt ruthlessness brought the Tigers down for nigh on 40 years. HFC better tread carefully

 

[The Dice Man]

Nah we've got that covered comfortably at the Bombers...

Blues are lining up too.