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

    Age

    51

    Ht

    193cm

    Wt

    90kg

    Pos.

    Def

    Career

    Season

    Last 5

    D

    14.1

    4star

    K

    9.7

    4star

    HB

    4.5

    3star

    M

    4.5

    4star

    T

    1.0

    3star

    No current season stats available

    D

    8.0

    2star

    K

    4.4

    2star

    HB

    3.6

    3star

    M

    2.6

    3star

    T

    0.8

    3star

  • Votes for Barham: Andrew Muir, Dorothy Hisgrove, Melissa Green, Kate O’Sullivan, Kevin Sheedy
• 21/8: Senior Coach, Ben Rutten
  Ben Rutten

  Age

  42

  Ht

  190cm

  Wt

  98kg

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  Def

  Career

  Season

  Last 5

  D

  13.4

  3star

  K

  6.3

  2star

  HB

  7.0

  4star

  M

  5.3

  5star

  T

  1.3

  3star

  No current season stats available

  D

  10.6

  3star

  K

  6.2

  3star

  HB

  4.4

  4star

  M

  3.6

  4star

  T

  1.0

  3star

  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

    Age

    48

    Ht

    180cm

    Wt

    83kg

    Pos.

    Fwd

    Career

    Season

    Last 5

    D

    11.3

    3star

    K

    6.8

    3star

    HB

    4.5

    3star

    M

    3.5

    4star

    T

    1.6

    4star

    G

    0.9

    4star

    No current season stats available

    D

    9.2

    3star

    K

    5.4

    2star

    HB

    3.8

    3star

    M

    2.2

    3star

    T

    1.6

    4star

    G

    0.4

    3star

    (Chair, GM-Footy), Robert Walls, Jordan Lewis
    Jordan Lewis

    Age

    39

    Ht

    186cm

    Wt

    86kg

    Pos.

    D/M

    Career

    Season

    Last 5

    D

    23.5

    5star

    K

    12.1

    4star

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    11.5

    5star

    M

    5.5

    5star

    T

    2.7

    4star

    MG

    310.5

    4star

    No current season stats available

    D

    15.0

    4star

    K

    6.8

    3star

    HB

    8.2

    5star

    M

    4.8

    5star

    T

    2.8

    5star

    , 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

 

[Eleven 38]

Never an easier time for a footy club to sell hope to its fans than October.

 

[Maxabillions]

because you asked nicely, I'll give you the pictures too (I do not subscribe and give money to newscorp):

Key Essendon figures back new figureheads David Barham and Brad Scott to thrive​

Steve ButlerThe West Australian
Sat, 8 October 2022 6:45PM
Steve Butler
A powerful posse of former Essendon players have emphatically backed new coach Brad Scott and president David Barham as the men to lead the Bombers out of the doldrums and into a bold new era.
The West Australian has learnt the group has signed a statement of support for the pair. The push is understood to have been led by former captain Ken Fraser and is expected to soon be released publicly.
It comes after a fortnight of significant change that has seen Scott announced as coach, while Andrew Thorburn was forced to quit his role as new chief executive – which he held for little more than a day – because of conflict over his religious beliefs.
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“We, the listed group of former players of the Essendon Football Club, have strong confidence that the board and its president David Barham, have chosen Brad Scott as the best available experienced coach to lead the club back to finals football,” the statement says.
“We believe that the president and board, despite some recent emotionally-sensitive and complex difficulties, will lead the club in the right direction for improved on-field success and enhanced club status.”

Brad Scott. 2022 Getty Images
The group of well-known former players is understood to include many who also held coaching and administration positions. The statement is believed to have been triggered by a desire from the former players to give Essendon members and supporters greater confidence in the new direction of the club at a time of deep uncertainty and on the back of yet another disappointing season.
The latter factor led to the sacking of coach Ben Rutten in just his second season at the helm.

I suppose Andrew Thorburn would approve of you not giving money to an organisation owned by the Antichrist but he seems to have a pretty good grip on cognitive dissonance so who knows

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

because you asked nicely, I'll give you the pictures too (I do not subscribe and give money to newscorp):

Key Essendon figures back new figureheads David Barham and Brad Scott to thrive​

Steve ButlerThe West Australian
Sat, 8 October 2022 6:45PM
Steve Butler
A powerful posse of former Essendon players have emphatically backed new coach Brad Scott and president David Barham as the men to lead the Bombers out of the doldrums and into a bold new era.
The West Australian has learnt the group has signed a statement of support for the pair. The push is understood to have been led by former captain Ken Fraser and is expected to soon be released publicly.
It comes after a fortnight of significant change that has seen Scott announced as coach, while Andrew Thorburn was forced to quit his role as new chief executive – which he held for little more than a day – because of conflict over his religious beliefs.
undefined
“We, the listed group of former players of the Essendon Football Club, have strong confidence that the board and its president David Barham, have chosen Brad Scott as the best available experienced coach to lead the club back to finals football,” the statement says.
“We believe that the president and board, despite some recent emotionally-sensitive and complex difficulties, will lead the club in the right direction for improved on-field success and enhanced club status.”

Brad Scott. 2022 Getty Images
The group of well-known former players is understood to include many who also held coaching and administration positions. The statement is believed to have been triggered by a desire from the former players to give Essendon members and supporters greater confidence in the new direction of the club at a time of deep uncertainty and on the back of yet another disappointing season.
The latter factor led to the sacking of coach Ben Rutten in just his second season at the helm.

I think that’s good and just saying to Scott that Essendon people are behind him even though one or two ex with grand delusions may not be

 

[Arctic fox]

Let's play "Name the powerful posse".

 

[Happyskeret]

seriously and I’m not joking around or anything but the best thing about these guys is going to be warts and all. Honest hands hopefully set the world right

 

[Happyskeret]

What would it take to get Gary O’Donnell on the board? Now that would shake shit up

 

[yodellinhank]

Let's play "Name the powerful posse".

OKA "The Boys Club" ?

 

[yodellinhank]

What did Barham do?

Undermined our internal review and the course we were on, caused disruption leading to a board spill?

 

[yodellinhank]

Well the board was split on direction/ Rutten as coach
Whereas now all but Sheedy are happy with scott.

Sacking Sheedy is not a quick fix it should be obvious why it is needed.

Sacking dodo is also not a quick fix as he has been there for twenty years with limited results.

So yeah I am more confident with current approach and want dodo and Sheedy both gone.

I say back barham in, as barham appears to be the shake up the club needs.

But I Would love to hear your approach or even why you think Sheedy is good for the club

Sheedy has said he'll support Scott. Barham wouldn't have had his chance of a shake up without Sheedy. Another bumbling move from our embarrassing president? If the guy needs to go then you have to start questioning whether the right faction got up.

It's clear from the comedy show that has been our decision making since Barham took the helm that things are still crook with the way the club is being ran. Our issues go far deeper than Sheeds.

Hopefully we luck out in the CEO search second time around. I don't know a lot about Fox other than being ex-MCC which is a really well ran club, and that he was with Hawthorne during their dodgy washing pokie money through the footy department as "community benefit" days. So I'm in two minds about that and don't know any other candidates.

I'd like to see a lot of seats change on the board. But I'm not a member of the club so whatever happens, happens I guess.

 

[Happyskeret]

Sheedy has said he'll support Scott. Barham wouldn't have had his chance of a shake up without Sheedy. Another bumbling move from our embarrassing president? If the guy needs to go then you have to start questioning whether the right faction got up.

It's clear from the comedy show that has been our decision making since Barham took the helm that things are still crook with the way the club is being ran. Our issues go far deeper than Sheeds.

Hopefully we luck out in the CEO search second time around. I don't know a lot about Fox other than being ex-MCC which is a really well ran club, and that he was with Hawthorne during their dodgy washing pokie money through the footy department as "community benefit" days. So I'm in two minds about that and don't know any other candidates.

I'd like to see a lot of seats change on the board. But I'm not a member of the club so whatever happens, happens I guess.

Things will be always crook when other factions are at play. No one is above our club they are all just custodian’s

 

[fairbump_playon]

I just remembered the feeling I’m getting off Barham.

It’s the same feeling as when Mark Latham became leader of the ALP.

Same messy disregard for process, same sloppy conviction. Same hope for big institutional change. Same sense that underneath the drive he’s less a maverick and more a bully.

I’ve said before that I hope Barham runs hard for 6 months and gets replaced. He’s already made thoughtless, lazy, rushed, sackable errors and he will make more.

He’s rebuilding the Lego set with Duplo. It’s gonna be a better design with cool key features (and a bunch of old crap removed) but we will need a pro to put the details in.

Otherwise we will be making progress on field and in 2024 some crazy f’d up scandal that only Essendon could invent will come over the club and derail everything. Senior players suspended for a year for systematic harassment of the water boys and girls. A game day gambling ring. Strippers held captive at the hangar. Barham slipping stuffed envelopes to players for BOG.

 

[MarkJohnson#1]

What’s the latest on the CEO search?

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

What’s the latest on the CEO search?

Dalai Lama said **** off. Pope asking for more money of course

 

[brutus76]

Vince McMahon's not busy - why not

 

[Stopher]

Never forget Robbo is a journalist 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and probably 5th, then a supporter down there somewhere.

He's a supporter to the point he has access to people inside the club that can feed him information to prop himself up as a journo. That's it.

He's a mudslinging, overly emotional, drunken campaigner who has contributed to the damaged reputation the club enjoys today. **** him.

 

[MarkJohnson#1]

Dalai Lama said * off. Pope asking for more money of course

I thought we were on the hunt for atheists..?

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

I thought we were on the hunt for atheists..?

Oh yeah

 

[Doss]

What’s the latest on the CEO search?

Scott Morrison has decided he’s done with the Sharks, always hated Footscray, has never even heard of rugby union and is now a confirmed Bomber.

Bring him in.

 

[Corleone]

Scott Morrison has decided he’s done with the Sharks, always hated Footscray, has never even heard of rugby union and is now a confirmed Bomber.

Bring him in.

I've been through a lot with this football club, but I reckon that would be the final straw.

 

[ghostdog]

I just remembered the feeling I’m getting off Barham.

It’s the same feeling as when Mark Latham became leader of the ALP.

Same messy disregard for process, same sloppy conviction. Same hope for big institutional change. Same sense that underneath the drive he’s less a maverick and more a bully.

I’ve said before that I hope Barham runs hard for 6 months and gets replaced. He’s already made thoughtless, lazy, rushed, sackable errors and he will make more.

He’s rebuilding the Lego set with Duplo. It’s gonna be a better design with cool key features (and a bunch of old crap removed) but we will need a pro to put the details in.

Otherwise we will be making progress on field and in 2024 some crazy f’d up scandal that only Essendon could invent will come over the club and derail everything. Senior players suspended for a year for systematic harassment of the water boys and girls. A game day gambling ring. Strippers held captive at the hangar. Barham slipping stuffed envelopes to players for BOG.

As an aside, it would be great to see an episode of Lego Masters where they can only use Duplo.

 

[EnolaGay]

Let's play "Name the powerful posse".

Signed:

Ken Fraser
Nick Kommer
Damien Cupido
Justin Madden
Adam McPhee
Ricky Dyson
Leroy Jetta
Andrew Lovett
Jake Carlisle
Conor McKenna
Ben Doolan
Adam Saad
Kyle Reimers
Scott Cummings
Jay Neagle
Mark Alvey
Jason Ashby
Phil Carmen
Ariel Steinberg
Ty Zantuck
Zac Clarke
Mark Williams
James Gwilt

I for one am greatly comforted by the letter of support.

 

[The Prosecutor]

I reckon a showdown is coming in the form of a dance off.

 

[Beerfish]

the best available experienced coach

This made me chuckle.

 

[Beerfish]

What would it take to get Gary O’Donnell on the board? Now that would shake s**t up

Sober Gary need not apply.

 

[Doss]

Sober Gary need not apply.

Spoken like a true stinkboner.