Club Mgmt. Board of Directors as led by President Dave Barham - Statement from Barham addressing Merrett etc - 12/9

[Lore]

Spoiler: Timeline of events

• 15/8: President, Paul Brasher resigns, replaced by Dave Barham who foreshadows external review
  • Votes for Brasher: Peter Allen, Simon Madden, Sean Wellman
    Sean Wellman

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  • Votes for Barham: Andrew Muir, Dorothy Hisgrove, Melissa Green, Kate O’Sullivan, Kevin Sheedy
• 21/8: Senior Coach, Ben Rutten
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  sacked
• 24/8: CEO, Xavier Campbell resigns
• 24/8: Directors to resign
  • Paul Brasher, immediately
  • Simon Madden, immediately
  • Sean Wellman, after new football director is appointed
  • Peter Allen, after AGM & finance portfolio handover in December
• 26/8: Details of coaching selection committee appointment
  • Sub-committee of 6: Josh Mahoney
    Josh Mahoney

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    (Chair, GM-Footy), Robert Walls, Jordan Lewis
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    , Simone McKinnis OAM, Andrew Thorburn and Dorothy Hisgrove (board member).
• 26/8: Details of external review process
  • Ernst & Young to coordinate with support from Andrew Thorburn, working closely with Nick Ryan (Acting CEO) & Dorothy Hisgrove (board member)
  • Focusing on four areas: (1) Board effectiveness & composition, (2) a review of leadership, operations and culture including the footy department, (3) the senior coach appointment and (4) the new CEO appointment.
• 26/9: Andrew Welsh appointed to the board of directors, replacing Simon Madden
• 29/9: Brad Scott appointed as Senior Coach
• 30/9: Kevin Sheedy claims decision to appoint Brad Scott was 6-1 against him
• 3/10: Andrew Thorburn appointed as CEO - alternative link
• 3/10: “External review to be handed to the board next week”: Andrew Thorburn, Crichton Medal Address
• 4/10: Andrew Thorburn resigns as CEO
• 11/10: External review preliminary findings
• 24/10: External review preliminary findings II
• 2/11: Dan McPherson appointed as General Manager of Performance & Cam Roberts as Head of Development
• 11/11: Dean Rioli appointed to the board of directors, replacing Paul Brasher
• 14/11: Tim Roberts & David Wills appointed to the board of directors, replacing Sean Wellman and Paul Allen respectively
• 28/11: Dorothy Hisgrove announced as first female vice-president (at the Essendon Women's Best and Fairest night)
• 1/12: Craig Vozzo appointed as CEO
• 13/12: Board director election results: Andrew Welsh and Andrew Muir elected
• 15/5: The club's First Nations Advisory Council established, to be led by Dean Rioli (chair, Indigenous board member), and including: Leanne Brooke (EFC EGM – Community & The Long Walk. Essendon FC), Dorothy Hisgrove (EFC VP and National Manager Partner KPMG), Kane Ellis (CEO of Illawarra Aboriginal Medical Service), John Evans (Pro Vice-Chancellor Indigenous Engagement at Swinburne) and Che Cockatoo-Collins (EM, Indigenous Affairs NBN, EFC Past Player)
• 16/5: Board of Directors declare support for the First Nations Voice to Parliament, after consultation with the new First Nations Advisory Council
• 28/8: EGM - Football, Josh Mahoney has accepted a role as GM Football Operations at the AFL
• 10/10: GM - Performance Daniel McPherson, and Head of AFLW/AFL Operations Manager Aysha Ward have been elevated to the club executive as joint leaders of the club's football department, as GM-AFL and GM-AFLW respectively

 

[Lore]

The Sonja Wood clip sounded a lot like they are confident which leaves us i a bit of a pickle. How very Essendon.

So confident they’re waiting until Friday for an answer

 

[Doss]

surely Heppellfreak isn't going to come on here once Clarkson has signed for North and say “things changed in the last 24 hours” is he?

Now that you’ve given him the idea I’m sure he shamelessly will.

 

[Ligma]

Please tell me that ‘sonja wood’ is just an autocorrect

 

[citizen-erased]

Leadership and culture is literally one of the KPIs of any CEO in an organisation.

I read he's pretty good at the commercial stuff, but so what if he's terrible at everything else including key football department appointments.

Similar to Liddle for us last year. Seemed like a bit of a snake oil salesman...good talker, did well for us commercially but there were conflicts and culture issues. Probably had an ego and was more about himself than improving others...Campbell gives off the same vibe.

He's been the one leadership constant for a long period of time...

plenty of good commercial CEO's running good football programs though.
and we're plenty decent on the money front. Not sure it would be possible for a CEO to get us in dire straits on that front

Campbell was our COO & GM of projects when we undertook the drugs program
At 34 was CEO when we were fighting Asada. We were at odds over Bomber or Hird at the end of that year. Brought Hird back and lost Bomber, then sacked Hird. Poached Worsfold, then Rutten, now Clarkson? In each case we've pissed off the guy in the seat with the move for who's next.

Covid hub issues
Daniher handling
Talk of behavioural issues at a xmas party.
A respected indigenous leader in Nova Peris leaves the long walk foundation over him

Much like Dodoro, he's last a long time in a role without necessarily delivering more than middle of the road results.

 

[Old Campaigner]

 

[Lore]

Please tell me that ‘sonja wood’ is just an autocorrect

Probably. No one here cares enough to misspell it on purpose

 

[citizen-erased]

We're chasing a sacked coach with a well documented hate for Essendon.

wasn't clarko the only coach on our side during the asada stuff?

 

[citizen-erased]

North are literally no better off.... have you conveniently forgotten north sacked a coach 38 games into his career and their fans have been trying to overthrow the board

at least their list management team is gone already

Good luck with ours

 

[Seb78]

wasn't clarko the only coach on our side during the asada stuff?

Bevo as well I think

 

[mike ross]

Maybe? Her body language was confident but the 'we presented well to him, he presented well to us' is the kind of thing you say exiting a job interview for mine.

It's called lip service. I mean what else is she going to say? "Um no we don't believe Alistair will be coaching North next year?"

This thread is a roller coaster. Ppl need to get a grip. Thing is I wish I could believe the club knows what it's doing. But I don't. The right thing is to give Rutten a few more years. To address the cultural problems will take years and that's with the right ppl. Not 2 like Rutten had had up until this point. Clarkson to North would be good for Essendon. Stick with Rutten and do the review and get rid of the cancer in the club.

 

[Lore]

plenty of good commercial CEO's running good football programs though.
and we're plenty decent on the money front. Not sure it would be possible for a CEO to get us in dire straits on that front

Campbell was our COO & GM of projects when we undertook the drugs program
At 34 was CEO when we were fighting Asada. We were at odds over Bomber or Hird at the end of that year. Brought Hird back and lost Bomber, then sacked Hird. Poached Worsfold, then Rutten, now Clarkson? In each case we've pissed off the guy in the seat with the move for who's next.

Covid hub issues
Daniher handling
Talk of behavioural issues at a xmas party.
A respected indigenous leader in Nova Peris leaves the long walk foundation over him

Much like Dodoro, he's last a long time in a role without necessarily delivering more than middle of the road results.

Campbell was COO for six months before being appointed to the vacant CEO role, which had been left vacant for him after a proper process revealed no candidates. This was in december 2013 through mid-2014.

Prior to his six months as COO he was in a lower role elsewhere:

Campbell appointed CEO

Essendon Football Club is pleased to announce Xavier Campbell has been appointed to the role of Chief Executive Officer.

www.essendonfc.com.au

 

[Ligma]

Probably. No one here cares enough to misspell it on purpose

Okay.

Just put some respect on her name

 

[DonsRule]

Please tell me that ‘sonja wood’ is just an autocorrect

I wish. Just fat fingers or something on my part.

 

[andleanback]

So confident they’re waiting until Friday for an answer

I’d say he’ll be at north next year. We’ve just tried a late Hail Mary but probably knew we were little chance.

 

[bonedry]

Everyone needs to calm down. Why would Clarkson wait until Friday to announce? North already sacked their coach. The fact he has pushed back their original timeline is more likely due to the fact he's finalising the Essendon offer to make sure it aligns so not to shoot himself in the foot. He's going to Essendon because North are an irrelevant crap show with 5 members that can't sustainably exist in their home state. Theres no comparison.

I also don't get the Tassie incentive. As if Clarkson would want the eventual club of his home state to be a Victorian hand me down...its ridiculous.

 

[Lore]

Maybe? Her body language was confident but the 'we presented well to him, he presented well to us' is the kind of thing you say exiting a job interview for mine.

All she’s really said is that the process went as well as it could and the ball is in his court.

She specifically said they wanted to know if they needed to find a plan B, which indicates they’re not 100% certain of him even after reports that GWS bowed out.

She seems like a nice person doing a good job and I won’t slight her for that, but speaking diplomatically really doesn’t reveal much except that they still don’t know any better than the rest of us, they’re a little nervous, and they’ve made it known to him that they’re a little nervous.

 

[fishardansin]

We're chasing a sacked coach with a well documented hate for Essendon.

It smells a lot like Malthouse to Carlton.

 

[Lore]

Everyone needs to calm down. Why would Clarkson wait until Friday to announce? North already sacked their coach. The fact he has pushed back their original timeline is more likely due to the fact he's finalising the Essendon offer to make sure it aligns so not to shoot himself in the foot. He's going to Essendon because North are an irrelevant crap show with 5 members that can't sustainably exist in their home state. Theres no comparison.

I also don't get the Tassie incentive. As if Clarkson would want the eventual club of his home state to be a Victorian hand me down...its ridiculous.

Or it’s just due dilligence.

If he wasn’t considering anything else he’d be announced for North already, but if he definitely wasn’t going to North he would’ve told them and they’d be pursuing something else.

 

[citizen-erased]

Campbell was COO for six months before being appointed to the vacant CEO role, which had been left vacant for him after a proper process revealed no candidates. This was in december 2013 through mid-2014.

Prior to his six months as COO he was in a lower role elsewhere:

Campbell appointed CEO

Essendon Football Club is pleased to announce Xavier Campbell has been appointed to the role of Chief Executive Officer.

www.essendonfc.com.au

thought he'd been around longer.
there you go.

 

[Fear Boner]

Okay.

Just put some respect on her name

Or you'll throw hands ....

 

[Ligma]

Or you'll throw hands ....

You’ve got it

 

[Old Campaigner]

Campbell was COO for six months before being appointed to the vacant CEO role, which had been left vacant for him after a proper process revealed no candidates. This was in december 2013 through mid-2014.

Prior to his six months as COO he was in a lower role elsewhere:

Campbell appointed CEO

Essendon Football Club is pleased to announce Xavier Campbell has been appointed to the role of Chief Executive Officer.

www.essendonfc.com.au

I highly doubt a proper process that was unable to locate a suitable candidate for CEO of a footy club was either proper or a process

 

[yodellinhank]

Everyone needs to calm down. Why would Clarkson wait until Friday to announce?

To be back in Vic for the press conference? If it were us you think he'd wait til Monday so we can get that schmuck Rutten to see out the year.

 

[Lore]

I highly doubt a proper process that was unable to locate a suitable candidate for CEO of a footy club was either proper or a process

Precisely!

 

[Lore]

I can’t read this but I assume St Kilda has particular administrators that they wanted to do their review (beyond Noble) and wanted to get in before we could sign them up to do ours?