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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    51

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    193cm

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    90kg

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    14.1

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    9.7

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    8.0

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    3.6

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    2.6

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    0.8

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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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  42

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  190cm

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  98kg

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  13.4

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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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    48

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    180cm

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    6.8

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    0.4

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

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    39

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    186cm

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    86kg

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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

 

[boncer34]

Hello Heppellfreak

Oh shock.

 

[DapperDon]

Nowhere to hide now. No shiny big new coach to paper the chasms this joint has been covering for close to two decades.

Clean house, multiple heads need to roll for the way this has been handled.

 

[YEMOC NAYR]

I guess the only positive now is we can conduct a proper external review. Club has royally ****ed up now

 

[DeezNuts]

Just keep the faith guys! Just another 20 years and we'll get there

 

[Exambolor]

Sorry to intrude, but I would not blame Truck whatsoever if he decided to quit at his presser today. To be thrown under the bus for no reason is just crap. He should force them to pay out every single cent left on his deal

 

[Nuts4Bolts]

Let the bodies pile up at Essendon now.

 

[JayJ20]

I’m glad he chose North. I’d like for Rutten to continue as coach if he is willing to continue, but I’d be very understanding if he decided not to.

 

[TheFrenchCut]

This is actually thoroughly deserved and very funny. 10/10 Bombers

 

[citizen-erased]

Can we get some standbytruck signs

 

[DERO]

I NEVER WANTED CLARKO ANYWAY

 

[HirdsTheWord]

Sorry to intrude, but I Would not blame Truck whatsoever if he decided to quit at his presser today. To be thrown under the bus for no reason is just crap

id agree tbh

rutten has been treated woefully.

 

[citizen-erased]

This is actually thoroughly deserved and very funny. 10/10 Bombers

Is it matches and jerrycans time?

 

[jmoo wan]

Sorry to intrude, but I Would not blame Truck whatsoever if he decided to quit at his presser today. To be thrown under the bus for no reason is just crap

he’ll get a contract extension.

 

[TheGrizz]

Stop tagging Heppellfreak, seriously

They obviously aren't going to show up and embarass themselves.

 

[Tassieboy]

This is actually thoroughly deserved and very funny. 10/10 Bombers

Best troll yet.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

I guess the only positive now is we can conduct a proper external review. Club has royally *ed up now

It’s not happening, never was

 

[DERO]

jmoo wan at least we did not have to Swiss cheese this thread!

 

[Mercurial89]

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.

We have created such a shit storm there just has to be change.

Clarko of course would have been great but it wouldn't have solved anything in the club. Though I have no doubt he would have been successful on field he would have probably been at war his entire time here.

We just need the media to continue to apply pressure and hopefully keep fanning the flames.

The club just got told no, that's a good thing.
And if those I'm charge don't wanna do anything? Maybe this leads to someone coming in and rolling the board entirely.

 

[kelvin_sheedy]

What an absolute shemozzle the joint is.

If any of these campaigners still has a job after next week we are going nowhere.. which is keeping the status quo.

 

[DERO]

Stop tagging Heppellfreak, seriously

They obviously aren't going to show up and embarass themselves.

No more than EFC it would seem

 

[Tassieboy]

Sorry to intrude, but I would not blame Truck whatsoever if he decided to quit at his presser today. To be thrown under the bus for no reason is just crap. He should force them to pay out every single cent left on his deal

But if he quits, can he? Because publicly Essendon haven’t officially said anything about not wanting him as coach.

 

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[TheGrizz]

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.

Was that not the reason Barham threw the board?

 

[MightyDon]

Hello Heppellfreak

DonAnon

 

[mxett]

If Clarko was going to come in an introduce that horrendous game plan the Hawks used in the last few years Im glad he's off the north