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

    Pos.

    Def

    Career

    Season

    Last 5

    D

    14.1

    4star

    K

    9.7

    4star

    HB

    4.5

    3star

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    4.5

    4star

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    1.0

    3star

    No current season stats available

    D

    8.0

    2star

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    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

  42

  Ht

  190cm

  Wt

  98kg

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  Def

  Career

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  Last 5

  D

  13.4

  3star

  K

  6.3

  2star

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  7.0

  4star

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  5.3

  5star

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  1.3

  3star

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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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  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

    48

    Ht

    180cm

    Wt

    83kg

    Pos.

    Fwd

    Career

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    Last 5

    D

    11.3

    3star

    K

    6.8

    3star

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    4.5

    3star

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    3.5

    4star

    T

    1.6

    4star

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    0.9

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    D

    9.2

    3star

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    5.4

    2star

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    3.8

    3star

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    2.2

    3star

    T

    1.6

    4star

    G

    0.4

    3star

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

    Age

    39

    Ht

    186cm

    Wt

    86kg

    Pos.

    D/M

    Career

    Season

    Last 5

    D

    23.5

    5star

    K

    12.1

    4star

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    11.5

    5star

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    5.5

    5star

    T

    2.7

    4star

    MG

    310.5

    4star

    No current season stats available

    D

    15.0

    4star

    K

    6.8

    3star

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    8.2

    5star

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    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

 

[Beerfish]

I don’t think selling coffee beans at the local market is particularly useful in learning to not only cope with but flourish in a high pressure and very public role in the AFL fishbowl.

But there was chocolate as well.

 

[Dave]

Jumped before they were pushed

For sure.

 

[Lore]

But there was chocolate as well.

Theobromine instead of caffeine, same same

 

[jag001]

That last sentence is telling. When will we stop looking in the past and start focusing on the future? Half our problem as a club is that we expect to be successful because of who we are without putting the work in.

I see it differently - yes we absolutely need to do the work - but when are we going to bring in someone who knows what that means and won't stand for less? We need to be ruthless again - I'm sick of everyone pumping up a guy like Ross Lyon as the answer when he couldn't put away a premiership no matter how hard he tried. We won't solve this by copying Richmond and trying to be a better Richmond. I don't improve myself by wanting to be someone else - I do the hard work on myself and improve myself - not by copying someone else. Its not about looking back - its about looking at what made us a great club and ensuring we lift our eyes to be a great Essendon again - not a Richmond (or Melbourne or whoever) 2.0

 

[Doss]

That last sentence is telling. When will we stop looking in the past and start focusing on the future? Half our problem as a club is that we expect to be successful because of who we are without putting the work in.

I’d say it’s a fair bit more than just half the problem, personally.

 

[joey_jo_jo]

I see it differently - yes we absolutely need to do the work - but when are we going to bring in someone who knows what that means and won't stand for less? We need to be ruthless again - I'm sick of everyone pumping up a guy like Ross Lyon as the answer when he couldn't put away a premiership no matter how hard he tried. We won't solve this by copying Richmond and trying to be a better Richmond. I don't improve myself by wanting to be someone else - I do the hard work on myself and improve myself - not by copying someone else. Its not about looking back - its about looking at what made us a great club and ensuring we lift our eyes to be a great Essendon again - not a Richmond (or Melbourne or whoever) 2.0

thanks for your input Sheeds.

 

[Beerfish]

Its not about looking back - its about looking at what made us a great club and ensuring we lift our eyes to be a great Essendon again

You've literally contradicted yourself here?

 

[dank420_]

All the greatest memories I have of watching this club are because we defied systems

You talking about all that salary cap cheating we did around 93 and 2000?

I also prefer when it works when we cheat.

 

[Lore]

Whateley reckons Brasher has resigned Wellman will follow and all eyes internally are now on Dodoro and whether he will go too.

 

[brownezaka]

Reports are brasher has quit as well

 

[Mootsy]

James Hird or James Joyce?

 

[Here_we_come]

I feel like in the joy of Campbell's departure lots are forgetting that the coup involved two factions.

Sheedy (and therefore Dodoro) are on Barham's side. Madden and Campbell going does not in any way make it more likely that Sheedy and Dodoro will be going anywhere.. and to me only makes it more likely that Hird returns.

These are very good points. I'm now quite depressed.

 

[Zach Package]

Whateley reckons Brasher has resigned Wellman will follow and all eyes internally are now on Dodoro and whether he will go too.

Knock knock, Adrian, hello, are you in there?

Adrian:

 

[brownezaka]

Why do I get the feeling that after all is said and done, there will still be one coackroach in the mix attending draft night high fiving the boys when we bid match Anthony munkara at 44

 

[Bjchan13]

Whateley reckons Brasher has resigned Wellman will follow and all eyes internally are now on Dodoro and whether he will go too.

We need some casualties from the Barham side. Sheedy and Dodoro would be nice

 

[Lore]

We need some casualties from the Barham side. Sheedy and Dodoro would be nice

If Sheedy and Dodoro go then it’s probably safe to say they’re not on Barham’s side. What’s that saying? The enemy of my enemy is my friend?

 

[Bjchan13]

If Sheedy and Dodoro go then it’s probably safe to say they’re not on Barham’s side. What’s that saying? The enemy of my enemy is my friend?

Id be truly impressed if Sheedy and Dodoro left and then Barham walked himself at the end of it.

 

[Milanista28]

 

[BrunoV]

And plenty of supporters aren't keen for Hird but then again plenty are... if Hird comes back my whole family is getting signed up as members that day. Everyone deserves second chances - we'd all be stuffed if that wasn't the case.

Good people.

 

[Schnitzengruben]

RoCo last seen running around The Hangar enthusiastically doing cartwheels and punching the air

 

[Lore]

Id be truly impressed if Sheedy and Dodoro left and then Barham walked himself at the end of it.

 

[boncer34]

Good people.

Have you fallen back in love with Hird?

 

[andleanback]

Whateley reckons Brasher has resigned Wellman will follow and all eyes internally are now on Dodoro and whether he will go too.

First club ever to have executive and player exit meetings on the same day
Revolutionary

 

[The Prosecutor]

First club ever to have executive and player exit meetings on the same day
Revolutionary

This is the purposeful innovation we have been waiting for!

 

[Lore]

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