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

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

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  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

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

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    , 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

 

[The Prosecutor]

When do exit interviews start? They obviously have conversations with the guys that might be retiring in the last few weeks of the season, but I wouldn't be surprised if there are delistings that already know they're gone? The ones that are staying or inconclusive would happen after the season is done right?

Monday

 

[JayJ20]

I reckon all supporters want him and already talking themselves down just in case he does not choose their club.
an extraordinary situation.

I categorically didn’t want anything to do with Clarkson before Monday. I just didn’t realise Essendon would proceed to self destruct over the following 72 hours that would make Clarkson the least worst option.

So I don’t want Clarkson, but he is the least worst option now that they’ve gone ahead and made Rutten’s position untenable through foolishness.

 

[lmaohelp]

AC could be the next Leigh Matthews

 

[Albertross]

I don't quite know what that means but I bet Blitz doesn't have Enigmal and Filthy to keep them company

They do have a Nino though. Their very own B4L and oddly enough, both have never been seen in the same room together!

 

[bomberlegend2007]

Just got off the phone with Clarko. He told me Essendon STINKS

Sorry fellas, had to let you know

Yes Engimal, everything stinks.

 

[JayJ20]

AC could be the next Leigh Matthews

Or the next Malthouse at Carlton.

 

[andleanback]

Or it's the last chance to speak before the weekend (having left it as late as possible to hear from Clarkson hoepefully), and knowing that they had to say something before the game this week and before Trucks scheduled press conference on Fridays.

It's the Rutten press conference still going ahead that stumps me.

Yeh you surely pull the rutten press conference
The journos will be like seagulls

 

[andleanback]

Or the next Malthouse at Carlton.

Well Carlton was micks 4th club…
Clarko is still so invested, he wants more flags
Malthouse went there to spite Eddie

 

[andleanback]

When do exit interviews start? They obviously have conversations with the guys that might be retiring in the last few weeks of the season, but I wouldn't be surprised if there are delistings that already know they're gone? The ones that are staying or inconclusive would happen after the season is done right?

Usually next Tuesday - Thursday

 

[Albertross]

Monday

Surely Tuesday, won't they all be passed on Monday?

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

Surely Tuesday, won't they all be passed on Monday?

Holy shit, I know we need to cull our list but that is a bit extreme!

 

[Albertross]

Holy s**t, I know we need to cull our list but that is a bit extreme!

Farken auto correct!!!

 

[JayJ20]

Well Carlton was micks 4th club…
Clarko is still so invested, he wants more flags
Malthouse went there to spite Eddie

I mean Clarkson could choose Essendon to spite Kennett given that Mitchell, like Buckley with Malthouse, took over from Clarkson. Clarkson didn’t even want to proceed with the succession plan.

You know the parallels are there. Don’t fight it. Embrace it.

 

[andleanback]

I mean Clarkson could choose Essendon to spite Kennett given that Mitchell, like Buckley with Malthouse, took over from Clarkson. Clarkson didn’t even want to proceed with the succession plan.

You know the parallels are there. Don’t fight it. Embrace it.

Clarko is a totally different type of person though
Spite for him would be coming to essendon and beating hawthorn in a grand final and turning their rivals into a powerhouse again.
He wouldn’t come to essendon/ any club and not put in any effort and just receive a retirement check.

 

[mxett]

Clarko is going to Nth. There is no way he'd be holding a presser if his termination was announced 2 hrs earlier. His presser will be to discuss the game against the tigs and Hurley's last game

 

[Lord Nicholson]

Or the next Malthouse at Carlton.

I'm seeing this invoked a lot and it seems odd to pick one of the, what, 9 or so V/AFL coaches to have coached flags at two clubs as a point of negative comparison.

 

[Lore]

Clarko is going to Nth. There is no way he'd be holding a presser if his termination was announced 2 hrs earlier. His presser will be to discuss the game against the tigs and Hurley's last game

If they announced he wasn't holding a presser tomorrow there wouldn't be a need for either of them to have press conferences.

 

[Lads2023]

Clarko is going to Nth. There is no way he'd be holding a presser if his termination was announced 2 hrs earlier. His presser will be to discuss the game against the tigs and Hurley's last game

I will throw up a crazy scenario - Truck agrees to coach the last game of the season, despite knowing he is being sacked/we are heavily chasing Clarko?

Coaching the last game of the season could be trucks choice

 

[JayJ20]

Clarko is a totally different type of person though
Spite for him would be coming to essendon and beating hawthorn in a grand final and turning their rivals into a powerhouse again.
He wouldn’t come to essendon/ any club and not put in any effort and just receive a retirement check.

You don’t know that until he coaches Essendon. He may be having flash backs of Lloyd’s hit on Sewell every night waking up in a sweat and remembering how much Monfries disgraced his proud and designated “tough guy” Brown by taking his slap with ease.

After Kennett’s antics, what if he takes a year break after realising that the Essendon coaching position is not open, brushing aside other big clubs like Collingwood and Carlton with ease. He only has one club in mind. Then GWS and North come knocking, but he sees that Essendon started poorly so holds off. He seduces the Essendon board by letting his manager contact them to register his interest and causes absolute chaos.

At last, the opportunity to destroy Essendon from within arises. There is his opportunity to finally get back at Lloyd by destabilising his favourite club and setting it back at least another 10 years.

 

[Call Me Cake]

I do just want to say, regardless of whatever happens, I think it's been quite disgraceful of the media (and the Kangaroos) to keep hounding Clarko and pushing for answers and putting him in a state of feeling like he's negatively impacting others because of him wanting to decide his own path in life. From North constantly asking him if they're still a chance like a nervous guy 10 minutes into a date, or the media following him at every corner in public - it's just been sad to see. But I can only half-assert myself into that view because I'm guilty of watching said impromptu interviews.

 

[JayJ20]

I'm seeing this invoked a lot and it seems odd to pick one of the, what, 9 or so V/AFL coaches to have coached flags at two clubs as a point of negative comparison.

You never know what a club like Hawthorn is capable of.

 

[Call Me Cake]

You don’t know that until he coaches Essendon. He may be having flash backs of Lloyd’s hit on Sewell every night waking up in a sweat and remembering how much Monfries disgraced his proud and designated “tough guy” Brown by taking his slap with ease.

After Kennett’s antics, what if he takes a year break after realising that the Essendon coaching position is not open, brushing aside other big clubs like Collingwood and Carlton with ease. He only has one club in mind. Then GWS and North come knocking, but he sees that Essendon started poorly so holds off. He seduces the Essendon board by letting his manager contact them to register his interest and causes absolute chaos.

At last, the opportunity to destroy Essendon from within arises. There is his opportunity to finally get back at Lloyd by destabilising his favourite club and setting it back at least another 10 years.

Yeah, nah.

Occam's razor.

 

[yodellinhank]

I do just want to say, regardless of whatever happens, I think it's been quite disgraceful of the media (and the Kangaroos) to keep hounding Clarko and pushing for answers and putting him in a state of feeling like he's negatively impacting others because of him wanting to decide his own path in life. From North constantly asking him if they're still a chance like a nervous guy 10 minutes into a date, or the media following him at every corner in public - it's just been sad to see. But I can only half-assert myself into that view because I'm guilty of watching said impromptu interviews.

Yep. God damned media nothing but scavenging vultures they don't care whose lives they ruin
Refreshes for latest updates

 

[BratPack]

I mean at this point, if Clarko doesn't choose us, who in their right mind would actually WANT to coach us given this past week? I mean, yes there's some talent on our list but when you see the chaos around the team and there surely many of the quote "experienced" coaches who don't just want a retirement check ala Malthouse at Carlton would just think it's not worth the effort and a new coach literally puts us back in the same place we have been for 20 years.

And don't even get me started if Hird comes back. I swear if that happens I'll start barracking for Fremantle, at least they suck in general and not just because they don't have a clue.

 

[JayJ20]

Yeah, nah.

Occam's razor.

The North board would have appreciated my efforts.