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

    Ht

    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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    4.4

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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

    Age

    48

    Ht

    180cm

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    83kg

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    Fwd

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    11.3

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    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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    5.4

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    3.8

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    2.2

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    1.6

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    0.4

    3star

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

    Age

    39

    Ht

    186cm

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    86kg

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    23.5

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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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    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

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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

 

[yodellinhank]

You don’t just run a multi million $$ company / get into that position and grow a business while have no idea what you’re doing

Also welsh is in the board not ceo

Clive Palmer must be a goddamn genius.

 

[andleanback]

Clive Palmer must be a goddamn genius.

Well he is worth 23 billion…

 

[yodellinhank]

Well he is worth 23 billion…

That's a lot of brains

 

[Old Campaigner]

You don’t just run a multi million $$ company / get into that position and grow a business while have no idea what you’re doing

Also welsh is in the board not ceo

He made is money in property development which over the last 20 years has more or less been a cheat code for instant riches (assuming you have a decent sum to begin with - something most footballers with a longish career would have no issue stumping up). I know through personal experience dealing with these types of people that you absolutely do not need any kind of business or commercial acumen to print money through property development.

He supposedly got his big break by getting into the Armstrong Creek area early before any of the rezoning took place, and I've heard rumours he got a bit of a tip off that it'd be a good spot to buy up tons of cheap farmland - Bomber and Dodo were involved in the same area.

 

[yodellinhank]

He made is money in property development which over the last 20 years has more or less been a cheat code for instant riches (assuming you have a decent sum to begin with - something most footballers with a longish career would have no issue stumping up). I know through personal experience dealing with these types of people that you absolutely do not need any kind of business or commercial acumen to print money through property development.

He supposedly got his big break by getting into the Armstrong Creek area early before any of the rezoning took place, and I've heard rumours he got a bit of a tip off that it'd be a good spot to buy up tons of cheap farmland - Bomber and Dodo were involved in the same area.

I think he sets up those horrible shopping centres on the only through road of those horrible dead end housing estates. So you have a place designed as the only accessible option for people to shop and set up trade.

Would take mates in the right places, inside knowledge and a complete lack of scruples. So he probably has the tools we need.

 

[Maxabillions]

Essendon icon and AFL Legend Kevin Sheedy steps down from the club’s board — The Age

A four-time premiership coach, and one of Essendon’s most influential figures, Sheedy will step down from the board at the end of this season.

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Sheeds stepping down. Hopefully taking his mate dodo with him. Timing is interesting with dodo on leave.

 

[Phone]

should have been forced to go when he opened up his stupid mouth ahead of the 150th anniversary game against carlton, let alone the james hird nonsense. good riddance

 

[Donakebab]

I love the bloke for the memories he's given us, but he has become the biggest handbrake on us moving forward as a club.

Still much more to be done. I don't think he'll be able to help himself and will still want to pull strings. Next step is to keep pushing the broom through the club to get rid of anyone else under his influence.

 

[joey_jo_jo]

I love the bloke for the memories he's given us, but he has become the biggest handbrake on us moving forward as a club.

Still much more to be done. I don't think he'll be able to help himself and will still want to pull strings. Next step is to keep pushing the broom through the club to get rid of anyone else under his influence.

Hopefully his mate Adrian doesn't come back from leave and their media mouthpiece retires from the Sun.

 

[Mercurial89]

Curious if he's actually stepping down or has been slowly pushed out.
If it's the latter and he has an axe to grind, could see him lurking in the shadows and gaining support with the coteries and if there is a failure on field then he and his mates swoop in and try something.

 

[The Dustbin]

Thank you Lord.

 

[MarkJohnson#1]

See ya never, Kevin.

 

[BratPack]

Hopefully he takes Dudoro with him.

 

[DapperDon]

Laters Sheeds, if it was 2006 i'd probably be upset

 

[Old Campaigner]

 

[windyhill]

He’s doing a dodoro, going, not going. What the **** is wrong with this ****ing club ?

 

[jmoo wan]

did anyone read the article? it’s not all good news…

Sheedy will maintain a role at Essendon, however, as a paid ambassador dealing with coteries, past players, and influential sponsors, a position he occupied prior to his appointment to the board in October 2020.

 

[thepokey]

****ing yes! Dodoro losing some of his safety net now too

 

[The Prosecutor]

did anyone read the article? it’s not all good news…

 

[windyhill]

EFC can not cut the cord.

 

[HirdsTheWord]

did anyone read the article? it’s not all good news…

explain

 

[Pweter]

did anyone read the article? it’s not all good news…

So official schmoozer of the EFC.

While he's not on the board he can still do a **** ton of politicians with the contacts the role gives him direct access too.

 

[windyhill]

dodoro going, not going.
sheedy going,not going
Barham =

 

[silk]

Just don't mention any of this to Barham. he brand us as obsessed..

 

[jmoo wan]

explain

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