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

    Age

    51

    Ht

    193cm

    Wt

    90kg

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    Def

    Career

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    Last 5

    D

    14.1

    4star

    K

    9.7

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    4.5

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    4.5

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    1.0

    3star

    No current season stats available

    D

    8.0

    2star

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    4.4

    2star

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    3.6

    3star

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    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

  42

  Ht

  190cm

  Wt

  98kg

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  13.4

  3star

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  6.3

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  7.0

  4star

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  5.3

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  1.3

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  D

  10.6

  3star

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  6.2

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  4.4

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  3.6

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  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

    48

    Ht

    180cm

    Wt

    83kg

    Pos.

    Fwd

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    11.3

    3star

    K

    6.8

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    4.5

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    3.5

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    1.6

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    0.9

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    9.2

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    5.4

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    3.8

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    2.2

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    1.6

    4star

    G

    0.4

    3star

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

    Age

    39

    Ht

    186cm

    Wt

    86kg

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    D/M

    Career

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    Last 5

    D

    23.5

    5star

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    12.1

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    11.5

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    5.5

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    2.7

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    310.5

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    No current season stats available

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    15.0

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    6.8

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    8.2

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    4.8

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    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

 

[citizen-erased]

Okay

You're Dave Barham

It's 9:25am

The media pack outside are like a roiling ocean

You check your prepared notes, a quick shuffle and a small grin that's just for you. You know they've wanted an inside word, but you've been careful. You've kept this under wraps so well, only a select few people know what's about to happen.

You open the doors and a wall of white noise hits you, hundreds of cameras click and questions are all blended together as you sit down ...

This is a BFD ... This is going to change everything ...

"Thank you for coming. Today we are proud to announce that we are going to be increasing the Bombershop discount to 22% in honour of the number Michael Hurley wore in his first season. It's a big day for the club"

But I just loaded up at 18%
What a jib

 

[yodellinhank]

Damn was Cath Durkin and she deleted it. Said Barham will address the media via a doorstop whatever that means

He's giving Rutten his full support, then disappearing inside.

 

[JayJ20]

How you guys feeling this will go, I'm fairly confident he'll go to yourselves which is fine all the best to you but how do you see this playing out?
I personally think your board will hold Truck to his contract make him coach this week under the premise we'll see what Clarko says, behind the scenes he's committed and is waiting for Sunday to make a decision post game and truck being sacked. North will know vaguely this is going to happen some stage today and move onto plan B

I’ll be shocked if he doesn’t choose North given all the conversations North and Clarkson had. It makes more sense. I can’t see Clarkson choosing Essendon based on a last minute meeting.

Another part of me says it wouldn’t be necessary to drag it out if he already chose North, meaning he is considering Essendon. Might just be him doing his due diligence.

In short, no clue. Either way, I don’t think it’ll be devastating to miss Clarkson given he’s only been a realistic option in the last 48-72 hours.

 

[DERO]

So, if we don’t ge Clarko we are
getting Brad Scott yeah?

 

[jmoo wan]

How you guys feeling this will go...

dont be lazy - read the previous 95 pages for this information

 

[jmoo wan]

So, if we don’t ge Clarko we are
getting Brad Scott yeah?

is he the perpetually shocked one, or the one that is currently ruining the game with his new rules?

 

[DERO]

is he the perpetually shocked one, or the one that is currently ruining the game with his new rules?

Only their mother can tell the difference.

 

[thebigboy]

is he the perpetually shocked one, or the one that is currently ruining the game with his new rules?

 

[Lord Nicholson]

So, if we don’t ge Clarko we are
getting Brad Scott yeah?

Imagine the goodwill we could generate in the industry by putting him in the position where he can do the least possible damage: Coach of the EFC.

 

[Essendonia]

Okay

You're Dave Barham

It's 9:25am

The media pack outside are like a roiling ocean

You check your prepared notes, a quick shuffle and a small grin that's just for you. You know they've wanted an inside word, but you've been careful. You've kept this under wraps so well, only a select few people know what's about to happen.

You open the doors and a wall of white noise hits you, hundreds of cameras click and questions are all blended together as you sit down ...

This is a BFD ... This is going to change everything ...

"Thank you for coming. Today we are proud to announce that we are going to be increasing the Bombershop discount to 22% in honour of the number Michael Hurley wore in his first season. It's a big day for the club"

You had me in the first half, ain't gonna lie.

 

[eth-dog]

is he the perpetually shocked one, or the one that is currently ruining the game with his new rules?

I thought they were the same person

 

[Zach Package]

He's giving Rutten his full support, then disappearing inside.

Then Rutten will speak and give Barham his full support and disappear inside, and we will continue at half hourly intervals like one big cuckoo clock.

 

[Petrify]

Clarko confirmed to North. Fire the board.

 

[Tassieboy]

Clarko confirmed to North. Fire the board.

Good news.

 

[Mercurial89]

Alrighty let's see what this external review does

 

[DapperDon]

So Barham sacks Rutten at 9:30 presser

10:30 North announce they have got Clarko

11:15 we tell Truck we were just joking pls don't go

11:30 Truck tells us to go **** ourselves and drops mic and walks out

12pm we announce Dodoro 8yr 1.5m coaching contract

he then Drafts Jayden Davey at 4 with a fist pump

 

[mxett]

Clarko confirmed to North. Fire the board.

exactly as I predicted

 

[Bunk Moreland]

 

[eighties_bomber]

im done with this shit club

 

[eth-dog]

Wait, so we might have to run a proper process?

 

[ant555]

Maybe we now get the external review and a process to pick the coach.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Alrighty let's see what this external review does

lol, there is no external review.

The whole plan was get Clarkson. Who cares what they throw together now to try to look marginally less stupid.

 

[DonsRule]

I genuinely hope they are the same person. * that would rule

Probably just Clarko himself posting .

 

[Tassieboy]

The external review will be interesting. Who our next coach will be will also be interesting, assuming Rutten goes.

 

[DapperDon]

Now we clean house

See ya Xav