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
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  • Votes for Barham: Andrew Muir, Dorothy Hisgrove, Melissa Green, Kate O’Sullivan, Kevin Sheedy
• 21/8: Senior Coach, 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
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    (Chair, GM-Footy), Robert Walls, 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

 

[bombreys]

i cant imagine 4 goes anywhere, and the only way F1 moves is to split it and give us more picks.But really we need to be cautious with that one.

Maybe there's some exits that help facilitate.

Sorry, should have been more specific - I don’t think we’ll get involved of the trading of players. I think we’ll go heavy in the draft and that’ll be it

 

[ghostdog]

No there is a review, they have to put together a sub-committee and that committee then sets terms of reference and hires the external people that then come and do the job. We should get terms of reference/sub-committee info this week.

And if the review finds that Barham should step down then he will.

Did he actually commit to that? The results of the external review would be reviewed themselves I would think, before the members are allowed to read what they are allowed to. Have they commited to publishing the findings in full?

 

[ghostdog]

Anybody in TV will talk him up because they all know him and he still has power.

I still have NFI how they can have this whole review and sack the coach before it.

But anyway

It's a faction replacing a faction.

 

[longdonkey]

If the last person who is left standing then sacks himself it will be fine because chances are they are the problem.

 

[ghostdog]

When the external review comes back in the coming days…

Am I hearing that right?

If so it fits with my assumption all along - there is no review.

Wouldn't mind seeing BJ involved in the club again in some capacity. I think there's enough distance from the old timers for him not to be dragged into old boys' crap, and he's a strong personality who you know will drive high expectations and standards.

 

[windyhill]

I hear the coaching sub committee is going to be made up of kevin sheedy, adrian dodoro, tania hird and spike McVeigh, slobbo , Corcoran and chartes . What could go wrong ?

 

[Lore]

Did he actually commit to that? The results of the external review would be reviewed themselves I would think, before the members are allowed to read what they are allowed to. Have they commited to publishing the findings in full?

Goddard said Barham would step down if the review recommended it, in the clip that we were discussing - sounded like Barham told him so, or that he heard on the grapevine or something.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

It's a faction replacing a faction.

It does seem that way.

 

[Don Won]

Did he actually commit to that? The results of the external review would be reviewed themselves I would think, before the members are allowed to read what they are allowed to. Have they commited to publishing the findings in full?

I'd imagine that some elements of a footy department review you wouldn't want the competition to have access to. So I'm sure that will be the reason they give us a highly edited version.

 

[ghostdog]

Goddard said Barham would step down if the review recommended it, in the clip that we were discussing - sounded like Barham told him so, or that he heard on the grapevine or something.

Good then. May its findings hold true.

 

[ghostdog]

I'd imagine that some elements of a footy department review you wouldn't want the competition to have access to. So I'm sure that will be the reason they give us a highly edited version.

Interested to know what you imagine might be highly guarded... The EFC wears no clothes.

 

[Mootsy]

 

[bomberlegend2007]

Do you have an example of a team that survived what we went through in 2015?

No, but it was largely his own doing. I love Hird, but it’s not like he came into the environment, it was under his watch.

 

[Old Campaigner]

So Campbell did a press conference at the club yesterday

https://www.essendonfc.com.au/video/1206932/media-conference-xavier-campbell?videoId=1206932&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1661305713001

He expects us to be active during the trade period which is interesting. I wonder if there were some in principle agreements before the s**t hit the fan…

He didn't specify whether it was trading players in or out so I'm going to assume it's an exodus

 

[Lore]

He didn't specify whether it was trading players in or out so I'm going to assume it's an exodus

It could be, but only if it can be spun as a positive for the club!

 

[Old Campaigner]

It could be, but only if it can be spun as a positive for the club!

Trade Period Special for members: 100% off selected player merch at the Bombershop!

 

[Lore]

 

[BrunoV]

No, but it was largely his own doing. I love Hird, but it’s not like he came into the environment, it was under his watch.

It wasn't his doing.

It's also not relevant to how he'd coach next year.

To the extent you're saying he should have stepped down earlier, it's still not relevant to how he will coach next year.

 

[citizen-erased]

drinks Asahi.
no thanks Jim.

next.

 

[eth-dog]

drinks Asahi.
no thanks Jim.

next.

Good beer

 

[ghostdog]

Essendon dinner update, pls. Thx.

 

[Lore]

Essendon dinner update, pls. Thx.

Don’t think we’ll get one, it’s just a run of the mill coterie dinner with a big price tag.

But it’s interesting who was there — Little for one.

Can be sure they’re all talking about it and there will be people trying to influence outcomes and using that as a networking opportunity too.

 

[Zach Package]

Do we reckon the media would look more favourably on us in the current circumstances or if we had won over Clarko and then just gave him a blank canvas to bring in whoever he wanted?

Process v no process
Turmoil v no turmoil
Status quo v all change

I actually prefer this timeline

 

[citizen-erased]

Essendon dinner update, pls. Thx.

serving Asahi
to quote Jake, "club's ****ed"

shakes head

 

[citizen-erased]

Do we reckon the media would look more favourably on us in the current circumstances or if we had won over Clarko and then just gave him a blank canvas to bring in whoever he wanted?

Process v no process
Turmoil v no turmoil
Status quo v all change

I actually prefer this timeline

other than not removing rutten first, im fine with where things are at

club is overdue a transformation.