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

 

[Corleone]

Sounds like Sunday's board meeting would have been interesting ...

 

[citizen-erased]

Hang on, Chief Commercial Officer - not COO (which is the usual title of the heir apparent). We left the COO role unfilled when Rodski left didn’t we?

I think so. Mahoney/Campbell combo perhaps filling the void.

 

[TheGrizz]

OK so the head count is currently
Head Coach
CEO
3 x board members

I think we can take that press conference on Sunday where 'everyone is safe' to be baloney.
Wonder who is next.

 

[boncer34]

OK so the head count is currently
Head Coach
CEO
3 x board members

I think we can take that press conference on Sunday where 'everyone is safe' to be baloney.
Wonder who is next.

I'm praying

 

[Schnitzengruben]

ANNOUNCE PAUL LITTLE

 

[84859300]

OK so the head count is currently
Head Coach
CEO
3 x board members

I think we can take that press conference on Sunday where 'everyone is safe' to be baloney.
Wonder who is next.

Does it also change the landscape of wanting an experienced coach?

Not that I want just anyone - but if we're happy to look at viable assistants again, then Yze and others step up a notch in our search.

 

[FlyingV]

OK so the head count is currently
Head Coach
CEO
3 x board members

I think we can take that press conference on Sunday where 'everyone is safe' to be baloney.
Wonder who is next.

Probably our captain

 

[Maddogm]

I'm praying

You want to be next?

 

[andleanback]

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Odd headline

1 word
Barrett

He’s well and truly back in the north kennel as well.

 

[andleanback]

OK so the head count is currently
Head Coach
CEO
3 x board members

I think we can take that press conference on Sunday where 'everyone is safe' to be baloney.
Wonder who is next.

When someone in power says everyone is safe, it’s like the ceo saying the coach has the backing of the board.

 

[The Prosecutor]

1 word
Barrett

He’s well and truly back in the north kennel as well.

Journos don't write the headline.

 

[sacka]

And plenty of supporters aren't keen for Hird but then again plenty are... if Hird comes back my whole family is getting signed up as members that day. Everyone deserves second chances - we'd all be stuffed if that wasn't the case.

If Hird comes back as a senior coach my family will never spend another cent on the club. It really is a line in the sand moment for this club imo.

 

[Vander18]

First club ever to have executive and player exit meetings on the same day
Revolutionary

Efficient! Barham impacting already.

 

[Nuggs Bunny]

OK so the head count is currently
Head Coach
CEO
3 x board members

I think we can take that press conference on Sunday where 'everyone is safe' to be baloney.
Wonder who is next.

Brayden Ham

 

[andleanback]

 

[TheGrizz]

OK so the head count is currently
Head Coach
CEO
3 x board members

I think we can take that press conference on Sunday where 'everyone is safe' to be baloney.
Wonder who is next.

Make that :

Head coach
CEO
4 x Board members (including President, VP and football director)

 

[Old Campaigner]

I see it differently - yes we absolutely need to do the work - but when are we going to bring in someone who knows what that means and won't stand for less? We need to be ruthless again - I'm sick of everyone pumping up a guy like Ross Lyon as the answer when he couldn't put away a premiership no matter how hard he tried. We won't solve this by copying Richmond and trying to be a better Richmond. I don't improve myself by wanting to be someone else - I do the hard work on myself and improve myself - not by copying someone else. Its not about looking back - its about looking at what made us a great club and ensuring we lift our eyes to be a great Essendon again - not a Richmond (or Melbourne or whoever) 2.0

You’re sick of Ross Lyon who won more finals in a single season than we have in nearly two decades, yet you’re chomping at the bit for a dubious prospect like Hird?

 

[Old Campaigner]

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Hell yeah

 

[Lore]

“Essendon Football Club wishes to advise Paul Brasher and Simon Madden have informed President David Barham of their decision to step away from the Board of Directors.

Brasher and Madden will depart from their positions, effective immediately.

Furthermore, Finance Director Peter Allen has advised his intention to step away from the Board following the Club’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) in December.

Sean Wellman

Sean Wellman

Age

51

Ht

193cm

Wt

90kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

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14.1

4star

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9.7

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4.5

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4.5

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1.0

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No current season stats available

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8.0

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K

4.4

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HB

3.6

3star

M

2.6

3star

T

0.8

3star

will also remain on the Board until a new Football Director has been appointed, at which point he will step down following his transition of duties.”

Goes on to quote them not aligned to the direction and have to step down in the interests of the club balhblahblah.

Finance and football portfolios need to be handed on before those two can step down otherwise they’d be gone already.

 

[Hamez]

This tweet/statement was deleted after a minute.

Edit: andddd it’s back up again.

 

[Call Me Cake]

When someone in power says everyone is safe, it’s like the ceo saying the coach has the backing of the board.

Or when a cop says "hang tight for a sec"

 

[yodellinhank]

Given the way Truck was handled he probably doesn’t want his reputation tarnished with that sort of callous mishandling of the situation (we know he’s not ruthless like that when he has to let people go).

I find it interesting that all of these people won’t be part of the club on Saturday though — the club’s first AFLW game is that feather in the cap sort of thing that is just completely overshadowed now.

Is it a feather? Every club has one and we were last.

 

[BrunoV]

Have you fallen back in love with Hird?

I never stopped.

He has one intangible that no amount of assistant coaching can teach or develop.

He's a leader.

 

[andleanback]

Our next ceo will be the most important appointment of the last 29 years, critical that we get someone with footy industry experience. I wonder who will put their hand up for the footy director role on the board.

 

[tandino]

“Essendon Football Club wishes to advise Paul Brasher and Simon Madden have informed President David Barham of their decision to step away from the Board of Directors.

Brasher and Madden will depart from their positions, effective immediately.

Furthermore, Finance Director Peter Allen has advised his intention to step away from the Board following the Club’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) in December.

Sean Wellman will also remain on the Board until a new Football Director has been appointed, at which point he will step down following his transition of duties.”

Goes on to quote them not aligned to the direction and have to step down in the interests of the club balhblahblah.

Finance and football portfolios need to be handed on before those two can step down otherwise they’d be gone already.

I'm getting all these emails from the club with no bombershop discounts. It's startling.