News Former Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland joins Cats board.

[cats_09]

Nope.

That was all rolling and in place before JS got there.

Champion Team of superstars cover lots of cracks for the first few years as things kind of ran down.

JS had been on the board since 1998 - so he had been there since the start of the run

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Would this be the same Cricket Australia culture that saw us win 3 consecutive Cricket World Cups - 1999, 2003 & 2007, and where we won the 03 & 07 tournaments (during his tenure as CA CEO), without losing a match?

Maybe he can bring some of that culture with him

He wasn’t CEO for 1999.
2003 and 2007 was largely the team and coaching structure in place before he came in.

Lee, Ponting, Warne, McGrath, Gilchrist, Hayden, Martyn, Symonds, Clarke, Bevan, Gillespie, Hussey. They’d have won World Cups and test matches with Scooter from the muppets as CEO.

 

[Landgraft]

Not the sort of person I'd want involved in any way, tbh.

 

[BlakeyNoFlakey]

IIRC, Cook has said the end of next year will see his exit as CEO of Geelong, so his successor is here to sit back and learn the ropes for a year.

 

[00VicWard001]

I liked this bit the best:

'Sutherland has strong Geelong roots ... with experience within the AFL industry, having been Carlton’s finance manager in the mid-1990s.'

Good news, looks like we're going to be able to afford Jeremy Cameron in 2021, plus maybe Patrick Cripps and Nat Fyfe too...

 

[The 747]

Really dislike this move, the club should have stayed well away from this bloke. Undeserved jobs for the boys yet again.

 

[Jumping Jack]

Everyone needs to chill. For some of the keyboard warriors on here to suggest they're better placed to make decisions around board appointments and corporate governance requirements of an AFL club is laughable. Were you involved in developing the selection criteria or conducting the interviews?

Any suggestion that due process wasn't followed and the football club just blindly appoints people to board positions is ignorance in the extreme. Boards, at any level are bound by very strict operational and procedural protocols - no different at BHP than it is at GFC. Current board members are not going to expose themselves to prosecution and professional liability by just making a seat available for any muppet that doesn't know what he's doing.

Feel free to share your own corporate credentials if that's not the case.

 

[Mad_Hatter]

Great move with Grigg, bad move with this tosser.

 

[STPer18]

Just read the first page of this thread, hate him already. Great start.

 

[ATSAM]

Everyone needs to chill. For some of the keyboard warriors on here to suggest they're better placed to make decisions around board appointments and corporate governance requirements of an AFL club is laughable. Were you involved in developing the selection criteria or conducting the interviews?

Any suggestion that due process wasn't followed and the football club just blindly appoints people to board positions is ignorance in the extreme. Boards, at any level are bound by very strict operational and procedural protocols - no different at BHP than it is at GFC. Current board members are not going to expose themselves to prosecution and professional liability by just making a seat available for any muppet that doesn't know what he's doing.

Feel free to share your own corporate credentials if that's not the case.

But I thought that we the members voted for the Board. Looks like we don't.

 

[Wojcinski]

Can we package him with Carter and just drop them into a creek?

 

[CharacterFirst]

JS had been on the board since 1998 - so he had been there since the start of the run

On the board maybe, but not CEO.

Australian Cricket was trending up from the early to mid nineties. JS had nothing to do with that.

His record at both Carlton and CA is actually pretty mediocre.

 

[Pollywaffle]

Another number crunching stats fudger who will probably fit in nicely..

 

[AM]

So I take it he probably will be Cook's replacement?

Geez, I hope not. This is the bloke who, along with Peever, stuffed Cricket Australia.

The talk is future President. Don't want him anywhere near that role either. Also one of the worst sporting leaders when it comes to the media.

 

[CharacterFirst]

JS is very well connected.

His grandfather was JR Darling - Geelong Grammars 30 year Head Master from 1930-1960 odd. He was a legend.

His father was a very long serving staff member at GGS; including being head of Glamorgan - the Toorak campus - for many years.

JS is an old boy as well, of course.

He was 12th Man for Victoria in an the 1900-91 Shield final as well, having had a long family and personal connection with Melbourne Uni Cricket Club. He was a medium quick bowler with a high action. Bit like his son, but not as athletic.

He is a long time GFC supporter, however his Admin CV is not a flash as it may seem when looked at in detail.

This appointment would definitely, at least in part, be 'who you know.'

 

[Kanga Commando]

So is he going to put every Geelong game behind the foxtel paywall like he did with ODI cricket?

Don't like this guy at all, he is the modern day CEO type, sell out the future for short term gains.

Apparently the only players eligible to play for the Cats will have to come from the NSW state team.....

Only kidding - all the best

 

[Pollywaffle]

He was 12th Man for Victoria in an the 1900-91 Shield final as well

Long career!

 

[CharacterFirst]

Long career!

He's older than he looks.

 

[Hamingja]

Ditto all the previous comments plus the selling out of Andrew Symonds when he was racially abused and unleashing Pat Howard....

 

[Hamingja]

Long career!

They always produce roads for the shield final.

 

[Farmer2Goggin]

So no need to send aggressive letters now, just send sandpaper in the mail?

Hawkins is rooted now - next time he cops a week for a stupid act Sutherland will add 12 months to it

 

[FredLeDeux]

Everyone needs to chill. For some of the keyboard warriors on here to suggest they're better placed to make decisions around board appointments and corporate governance requirements of an AFL club is laughable. Were you involved in developing the selection criteria or conducting the interviews?

Any suggestion that due process wasn't followed and the football club just blindly appoints people to board positions is ignorance in the extreme. Boards, at any level are bound by very strict operational and procedural protocols - no different at BHP than it is at GFC. Current board members are not going to expose themselves to prosecution and professional liability by just making a seat available for any muppet that doesn't know what he's doing.

Feel free to share your own corporate credentials if that's not the case.

Co-opting him to the Board = Bad
Appointing him as President = Worse
Appointing him as CEO = Worst

Selection criteria or interviews which permit any of these things are s**t.

 

[you pick one]

So the no dick head policy is over.

 

[TomsBulgingDisc]

Will the board recommend to play Blicavs as a defender?

No, they'll be recommending he stuff sandpaper down his socks to scuff the Sherrin.

 

[Spazz Cat]

Didn’t someone suggest this months ago?

It's been suggested for a few years now. At least 5.
Not sure about that article. Can't see myself how cricket attendances are up 137% since he took over or participation is up f**king 250% but Oh well.