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

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Howard Moon

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not to get sucked into the earlier troll comments about him but i think hes been great - id happily have him as a +plus one at the stoppage if not the ruckman.
 

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I'm no list manager but, Can you even give a rookie a new contract if you intend on upgrading them?

Maybe you have to upgrade them.with their new contract at list lodgement?
You can sign him immediately.

Where he sits on the list is an entirely different question.

Absolutely no doubt will be upgraded IF we don't **** up the re-signing part first.
 

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You can sign him immediately.

Where he sits on the list is an entirely different question.

Absolutely no doubt will be upgraded IF we don't **** up the re-signing part first.
they probably running with stray dog theory...

we saved him from the pound and he now will show us undying loyalty and love.
 
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I'm no list manager but, Can you even give a rookie a new contract if you intend on upgrading them?

Maybe you have to upgrade them.with their new contract at list lodgement?
Sam Gray was a rookie this year, being upgraded at the draft.

http://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/2015-09-09/power-rookies-agree-to-new-deals

That form has seen the Power put a two-year contract extension on the table, which includes an upgrade to its senior list from 2016.
 

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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.
Isnt there/wasnt there a part of you that thought, i can make a difference here?

Thats why i take new jobs, and thats why i assume employers recruit new staff. To freshen up, get new persepctives and new ideas.
Imagine you going through there fixing up their label system, getting all new monitors - king of (insert employer) fat raise.

....and its exactley what Essendon needs, the outside view, the fresh ideas. the guy to walk in and say... what the hell is this like this for?

Not have the person run away cause it looks too hard, want the guy that says i can fix this.
 

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Isnt there/wasnt there a part of you that thought, i can make a difference here?
Sure, but the first requirement for change is a desire to change.

This particular place smacked of self importance, of we know better.

I've learned to recognise it, and it is a giant deal breaker for me. Will not ever work for those kind of organisations if I can avoid it.
 

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Sure, but the first requirement for change is a desire to change.

This particular place smacked of self importance, of we know better.

I've learned to recognise it, and it is a giant deal breaker for me. Will not ever work for those kind of organisations if I can avoid it.
....and its paining me, but to continue the analogy, the EFC smacks of the same self importance, dont we :/
 

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For a ruckman averaging 18 disposals and just short of 23 hitouts and 4 marks a game?
Yep, he's been ok in a few games. Nothing earth shattering. Good honest trier who lacks a bit of polish at AFL level. Sometimes gets lost and makes a few mistakes. Could become a handy second ruck if he can hit the scoreboard more at AFL level. Too small to compete with a lot of rucks at AFL level.

A bit to work with. Not the saviour.
 

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Who's claiming he's the saviour?

He's been solid to decent and given what Bellchambers was serving up that's all that was wanted. Now that Carlisle is leaving he has an opportunity to show his wares as a forward.
 

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Who's claiming he's the saviour?

He's been solid to decent and given what Bellchambers was serving up that's all that was wanted. Now that Carlisle is leaving he has an opportunity to show his wares as a forward.
Honestly I think he's been better than solid.

I'm not talking Goldstein levels of good, but he's been bloody useful. For a bloke to be delisted, picked up as a rookie and come play like that in a team that's been getting its ass kicked more often than not - very impressive.
 
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