Player Watch #44: Shaun McKernan - Out for 6 to 7 weeks with a high grade hamstring tear - 6/4

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As if they wouldn't?! Seriously people, how incompetent do you think they are?! Wait, don't answer that.
You mean the club that left a form ruckman to languish on the rookie list, leaving us to travel to Perth without any rucks because we completely mismanaged the simple task of placing a player getting a ******* shoulder reconstruction on the long term injury list?

That club?
 

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averaged 18 possessions, 22 hitouts, 3 tackles, 4 clearances, *cough* 3 free kicks against *cough*

stuff ruck, lets play him as our +1 at the stoppage to boss the contest!
 

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You mean the club that left a form ruckman to languish on the rookie list, leaving us to travel to Perth without any rucks because we completely mismanaged the simple task of placing a player getting a ******* shoulder reconstruction on the long term injury list?

That club?
Did you ever get a response from the club, even a token one?
 

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Did you ever get a response from the club, even a token one?
Nope.

And just for shits and giggles I've sent multiple emails on various topics, from different email accounts (work and home), that are critical to various degrees.

That is, I corrected the club when it misread it's own constitution, got them on the McKernan issue, questioned the game, asked them how one would actually spill the board etc etc - nothing groundbreaking, just mildly critical.

Not one response.

Zero.

I can confirm, categorically, that EFC 'listens' only when you are asking them when training is, or when Dustin Fletchers birthday is.

I don't want to overstate this, so I'll be as clear as I can with my words:

Our club is being run very, very poorly.
 

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Nope.

And just for shits and giggles I've sent multiple emails on various topics, from different email accounts (work and home), that are critical to various degrees.

That is, I corrected the club when it misread it's own constitution, got them on the McKernan issue, questioned the game, asked them how one would actually spill the board etc etc - nothing groundbreaking, just mildly critical.

Not one response.

Zero.

I can confirm, categorically, that EFC 'listens' only when you are asking them when training is, or when Dustin Fletchers birthday is.

I don't want to overstate this, so I'll be as clear as I can with my words:

Our club is being run very, very poorly.

I've never once received a club reply but got replies from Mark Robinson and Rohan Connolly every time.
 

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Nope.

And just for shits and giggles I've sent multiple emails on various topics, from different email accounts (work and home), that are critical to various degrees.

That is, I corrected the club when it misread it's own constitution, got them on the McKernan issue, questioned the game, asked them how one would actually spill the board etc etc - nothing groundbreaking, just mildly critical.

Not one response.

Zero.

I can confirm, categorically, that EFC 'listens' only when you are asking them when training is, or when Dustin Fletchers birthday is.

I don't want to overstate this, so I'll be as clear as I can with my words:

Our club is being run very, very poorly.
Yeah, I've generally found that non-response within an organisation is a damning tell. Doesn't bode well for a recovery. This is the sort of 'unsexy' shit that needs to be nailed to lay a foundation for on field success. Very frustrating.
 
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Nope.

And just for shits and giggles I've sent multiple emails on various topics, from different email accounts (work and home), that are critical to various degrees.

That is, I corrected the club when it misread it's own constitution, got them on the McKernan issue, questioned the game, asked them how one would actually spill the board etc etc - nothing groundbreaking, just mildly critical.

Not one response.

Zero.

I can confirm, categorically, that EFC 'listens' only when you are asking them when training is, or when Dustin Fletchers birthday is.

I don't want to overstate this, so I'll be as clear as I can with my words:

Our club is being run very, very poorly.
But we're holding open training sessions now so clearly we're a more open, better run club.
 

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Yeah, I've generally found that non-response within an organisation is a damning tell. Doesn't bode well for a recovery. This is the sort of 'unsexy' shit that needs to be nailed to lay a foundation for on field success. Very frustrating.
I went for a job interview once with a company I might have been interested in working with.

Being a job interview, I of course suited up (as you do).

Upon arriving at the company, I was met not by a person, but a self sign in system. The system was missing the labels that would print out so that you could place them on your jacket to identify yourself. No big deal of course, but I noticed.

During the course of the interview I was given a basic tour of the facilities. Now this was a couple of years ago, but it wasn't 1996. Walking along I notice that the PCs that people work at had the old school CRT monitors. Odd.

Finally, as the interview drew to a close, my would be colleague says to me, 'here at nameless company, we wear a shirt and tie every day. It's the way the owner likes it, so we do'.

I thanked them for their time and left.

Two days later, I receive a phone call from said company who happily announced that they would like to offer me a position with them. I very politely informed the HR manager that I would not be interested in pursuing this role any further.

As you can imagine, HR manager is rather shocked. So she asks me the very obvious question - why?

Paraphrasing, I responded:

'After having met with the representatives of your business, and looking at your facilities, I believe that nameless company and I do not share similar views on policy and process. Thank you for your interest.'

This business genuinely thought that wearing a shirt and tie to work was important. So important that it was mentioned at a job interview. Don't get me wrong, I am a fan of the shirt and tie in certain industries. But I look around, and I see the evidence that you are failing to concentrate on things that DO matter.

Does the missing label in the sign in station really matter? Do CRT PCs? Not in isolation no, but they are the physical symptoms of a company that is concentrating on the wrong things.

Your processes are failing, you are not striving to continuously improve - but at least your shirt and tie is in place.

This is the problem at Essendon. It is failing, badly I would add, to actually identify and rationalise WHAT IT IS we actually do. We are directionless. We are reactionary. We lack vision, purpose and application.

So we look around, and we see the TVSC. We look at our members and proclaim that we are doing the right things.

But look again, look at the physical symptoms. It is a club under poor administration, and it needs to change.
 

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Nope.

And just for shits and giggles I've sent multiple emails on various topics, from different email accounts (work and home), that are critical to various degrees.

That is, I corrected the club when it misread it's own constitution, got them on the McKernan issue, questioned the game, asked them how one would actually spill the board etc etc - nothing groundbreaking, just mildly critical.

Not one response.

Zero.

I can confirm, categorically, that EFC 'listens' only when you are asking them when training is, or when Dustin Fletchers birthday is.

I don't want to overstate this, so I'll be as clear as I can with my words:

Our club is being run very, very poorly.
There's multiple posters on this board who could run the club better out of their own garage.
 
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This is the problem at Essendon. It is failing, badly I would add, to actually identify and rationalise WHAT IT IS we actually do. We are directionless. We are reactionary. We lack vision, purpose and application.

So we look around, and we see the TVSC. We look at our members and proclaim that we are doing the right things.

But look again, look at the physical symptoms. It is a club under poor administration, and it needs to change.
Some truth bombs being dropped right there.

We are falling behind in so many areas, you only need look at the social media engagement of other clubs to see that we are languishing in that regard. Constant ****ups like the Worsfold thing that never seem to happen at other clubs make me worry about the processes behind critically important decisions like coach selection that we really must nail.

Little is an able enough administrator and businessman but those things you mention; vision, purpose and application are not his strong points and I'm not seeing anyone at the club who has those characteristics.
 
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