I agree totally with this. I was in Melbourne a few weeks ago to see the GWS game and went to the VFL game the day before. M Lo was there walking around and at half time had about twenty Blues fans around him (all older blokes) and he was having a great two way conversation with them. Not just the formal speel, but actually listening and engaging. He got my vote there and then.
Wrong thread to talk about it but the Gooch has been phenomenal, you know you have a good president when you hardly hear from them, the club is humming at all levels and they determine that every key decision goes through a thorough process to determine the right decision.
I knew we were onto something when we went looking for a CEO and a coach to replace MH, the process was one this club has never done in over 150 years.
Reducing board numbers significantly, thereby reducing the impact of factions and bringing in a governance measure to ensure the board is not a mates club was very good policy. We brought in an expert on the board who was very important in our push to be more inclusive of women and therefore have a better chance at getting an inaugural AFLW license.
Then, when only early into his constituency took the absolute ballsy decision to tell the members we were rebuilding....BB talks about reset adnauseum but it's a rebuild.
He's not only changed the mindset of the board and admin but he's the first in history to attempt to change the mindset of the diehard faithful.