Club Mgmt. Board of Directors as led by President Dave Barham

[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

    49

    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

  40

  Ht

  190cm

  Wt

  98kg

  Pos.

  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

    46

    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

    38

    Ht

    186cm

    Wt

    86kg

    Pos.

    D/M

    Career

    Season

    Last 5

    D

    23.5

    5star

    K

    12.1

    4star

    HB

    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

 

[JT_the_Man]

Tony Jones reporting we did in fact meet with Clarkson today.

 

[yodellinhank]

Caro believes Clarko will coach thee Essendon Footy Club. Gut feel not based on anything.

 

[Shanghaistu]

So we get to pay out 2 years of Xavier on the back of a bonus year of Dev Smith and a year of Truck and maybe re-sign Heppell for 2 years? How does one get a job running a football club cos it just looks like all you need to do is make appalling decisions and lose massive amounts of money.

That’s not such a bad business model…after all it seems to work pretty well for the Chinese Communist Party….

 

[Old Campaigner]

I don't mind the idea of keeping Rutten on for a year post-review. Hardwick was in a similar situation with his job potentially on the line but Richmond's review was able to help him improve his coaching and the rest is history.

So let me get this straight.

The prospect of a review is raised

We decide we don’t need one

We then wait until the end of the season, and actually, decide we do need one

So by the time it’s finished, if it does decide change is needed, any prospective new people (Clarkson, whoever else) are already committed elsewhere for 2023 and not available.

Leaving us with nobody or duds.

Oh Essendon, you keep doing you.

The best bit is that it sounds like the board was split on whether an external review was required or not, and they disagreed so vehemently that it cost Brasher his job.

And I ******* wonder why a bunch of senior people at a perennially under performing club were so deathly afraid of any kind of external investigation into club operations...

My biggest concern now is that the external review and it's findings may not be accepted by it's opponents on the board. Richmond from the sound of it had complete buy-in from the entire club when they went about theirs, but I worry that there's a critical mass of barnacles on the hull at Essendon which will stymie the uptake of any recommendations.

 

[bennyg12]

We will sack Rutten after North announce Clarko as coach

 

[Call Me Cake]

 

[ant555]

For what it is worth.
I hear that there is/ was a big push from members of various coterie groups. It was basically get out and talk to Clarkson before he signs with North which was generally accepted he would do this week. Obviously that seems to have happened today. There has been previous rumor's around that Clarkson would prefer to coach us. My gut feel is the same as Caro.

 

[FlyingV]

I'm hoping we win a final before my kids die.

Oh my god. This is getting depressing

 

[andleanback]

Caro believes Clarko will coach thee Essendon Footy Club. Gut feel not based on anything.

She does have good sources close to clarkson. One of the only things she actual has a good line of info on

 

[ant555]

Truck's position is pretty untenable now. After knowing the board were pursuing the sacking - and the fact that a push for an external review - of the same exact environment that chose Truck - is being pursued in question - then 2023 doesn't shape up as a year about the players or the club - it shapes up as a week-to-week judgement day on Rutten. And that's just not the sort of environment you want a side to be developing under. And then you can just imagine the fallout if it all goes pear-shaped as the signs would suggest. Oh boy.

You would have to say he will be sacked. You can not court someone for his job and then do a u turn if it is rejected. I would be saying someone else will be coaching us next year. Question will be who.

 

[Zach Package]

Llordo thinks he runs the joint

Lloyd is a ****ing idiot, let’s not forget that, you’d almost do the opposite of everything he says.

 

[FlyingV]

i’m pretty impressed with the tenure of prez Dave Barham so far to be honest - no cringy members videos and i’m fairly confident he’ll survive this winter’s flu season.

That’s the best thing I’ve read on here in ages

 

[andleanback]

You would have to say he will be sacked. You can not court someone for his job and then do a u turn if it is rejected. I would be saying someone else will be coaching us next year. Question will be who.

Yep as I said before I doubt he is still in his position in a weeks time.

 

[andleanback]

Lloyd is a ****ing idiot, let’s not forget that, you’d almost do the opposite of everything he says.

Hardly he has been bang on about essendon for the last 5 years.

 

[Call Me Cake]

Tony Jones reporting we did in fact meet with Clarkson today.

Big.

00:32

 

[Dave]

Oh my god. This is getting depressing

Pretty much. The fact that their mum follows a team that has won multiple flags in their lifetimes and they still love me means a lot.

 

[DERO]

Lloyd is a ****ing idiot, let’s not forget that, you’d almost do the opposite of everything he says.

He gets some slack because he used to play for us but he is nearing Kane Cornes levels.

 

[yodellinhank]

She does have good sources close to clarkson. One of the only things she actual has a good line of info on

Maybe, but she wasn't claiming it as news. Expressed it as opinion.

 

[ant555]

Lloyd is a ****ing idiot, let’s not forget that, you’d almost do the opposite of everything he says.

Probably not really for here but I did hear the reason the Saints do not want him doing goal kicking with King and the reason Daniher stopped using him was the fact he was not just offering goal kicking advice but also advice to the effect they should not follow the coaches game plan and follow his advice. He could certainly give some good advice but not being in the actual coaching group was an issue. Joe of course does not really take advice from anyone much , not even family so he could not be bothered with Lloyd in the end.

 

[Old Campaigner]

For what it is worth.
I hear that there is/ was a big push from members of various coterie groups. It was basically get out and talk to Clarkson before he signs with North which was generally accepted he would do this week. Obviously that seems to have happened today. There has been previous rumor's around that Clarkson would prefer to coach us. My gut feel is the same as Caro.

Clarkson might be the right guy for the job but the club doing the bidding of coterie groups chasing the latest shiny toy is the exact opposite of proper process.

 

[ant555]

Hardly he has been bang on about essendon for the last 5 years.

It has not been hard. What I do not like is he has been big on giving a well deserved roast but he has never offered any solutions.

 

[HirdyLannister]

I don't want Clarko, it's a knee jerk reaction I rather back Truck but his position is now untenable with the shitshow today.

Only reason I want Clarko is for the Norf melts.

 

[ant555]

Clarkson might be the right guy for the job but the club doing the bidding of coterie groups chasing the latest shiny toy is the exact opposite of proper process.

Yep. It is Hird and Bomber all over again. No process again.

 

[Ati Tude]

It's disgusting, isn't it?

Brasher held on long enough, at least in his mind, to put the kibosh on any overture to Clarkson.

There has been internal dissifaction about the internal review the whole time.

I wonder if part of Campbell's contract is conditional.

That even these idiots believe that much in Rutten is beyond belief.

Two weeks ago, we had won 5 of our past 7 matches and lost the other two by small margins (and were the width of the goal post from winning 1 of those)

 

[TheGrizz]

Lloyd himself is a chief contributor to the rot that has set in at the club.

Brilliant player, but like a lot of superstar forward he was at his best when he focused on himself and the me-first attitude that has plagued us for 15+years can be traced to the period of his captaincy under Knights.