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

 

[Bunk Moreland]

This entire thing is a crisis of media management and PR.

Not saying it's easy - in fact in some cases it's literally impossible - but this entire week has been brought on by trying and failing miserably to manage the media and perception.

 

[yodellinhank]

This entire thing is a crisis of media management and PR.

Not saying it's easy - in fact in some cases it's literally impossible - but this entire week has been brought on by trying and failing miserably to manage the media and perception.

Need Steven Seagal.

 

[citizen-erased]

This entire thing is a crisis of media management and PR.

Not saying it's easy - in fact in some cases it's literally impossible - but this entire week has been brought on by trying and failing miserably to manage the media and perception.

the 10m video wasn't structured well.

All we needed was the explanation around Campbell, and a simple "we continuously review our program and performance" etc etc.and will use the break to refresh and come out in the second half of the year with better performance and results, buoyed by the return of Jones, Snelling, Langford, Stringer and some new additions from the MSD. etc etc etc etc etc.

And a bit of a thanks to Tippa for the bits of sunshine he brought during this recent period.

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

there’s so much wrong with Brasher’s comment here, in the context of our ladder position.

lauding the “hidden gems” means he’s ducked up the bread and butter picks.

saying he’s recruited well and citing the first rounders who are injured or haven’t progressed lands our medical and development teams in the shit.

The hidden gems should be lauded. They're so well hidden I still can't find them.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

the 10m video wasn't structured well.

All we needed was the explanation around Campbell, and a simple "we continuously review our program and performance" etc etc.and will use the break to refresh and come out in the second half of the year with better performance and results, buoyed by the return of Jones, Snelling, Langford, Stringer and some new additions from the MSD. etc etc etc etc etc.

And a bit of a thanks to Tippa for the bits of sunshine he brought during this recent period.

We'd still be in a media storm with that simply because we're going shit... but it wouldn't be worse like it is now.

The state of the media means football clubs spend so much of their time simply trying to manage it. You can't. But you can make it worse.

 

[Lore]

the 10m video wasn't structured well.

All we needed was the explanation around Campbell, and a simple "we continuously review our program and performance" etc etc.and will use the break to refresh and come out in the second half of the year with better performance and results, buoyed by the return of Jones, Snelling, Langford, Stringer and some new additions from the MSD. etc etc etc etc etc.

And a bit of a thanks to Tippa for the bits of sunshine he brought during this recent period.

And yay AFLW team!

 

[citizen-erased]

And yay AFLW team!

Maybe we should have paused 150 until next year

 

[NAB777]

For sure and its no chance anyway but - but one thing about Sheeds is whilst he always had favourites he was prepared to have the tough conversations when required and let people go.

Actually, he usually gave that job to someone else.

 

[Lore]

haha there’s a petition. The blurb isn’t quite right though and it only has 25 signatures in the last day or so.

 

[Vander18]

haha there’s a petition. The blurb isn’t quite right though and it only has 25 signatures in the last day or so.

Who cares….where do I sign????

 

[Lore]

Who cares….where do I sign????

Sign the Petition

Call for an Independent External Review at Essendon FC

www.change.org

 

[CBombers17]

haha there’s a petition. The blurb isn’t quite right though and it only has 25 signatures in the last day or so.

Its great they are doing something but it's the opposite of what the blurb needs to be. Typical nuffie supporter letter personified.

It does make a very strong point about our paper development though.

 

[Vander18]

Yeah nah….if it was even remotely well constructed I’d be on board.

As CBombers says….more then a hint of nuffie about it.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Sign the Petition

Call for an Independent External Review at Essendon FC

www.change.org

If I’m reading this right, the solution is to sack the president, the CEO, the coach, the fitness manager and every player on the list.

 

[Lore]

Its great they are doing something but it's the opposite of what the blurb needs to be. Typical nuffie supporter letter personified.

It does make a very strong point about our paper development though.

Exactly haha. Maybe RoCo could start one, he knows how to write words and has enough influence to round up plenty of support

 

[carloss]

Not a fan of Damo, but a good summary of this week.

 

[Jade]

Who cares….where do I sign????

Just wait.

I’m writing one.

 

[citizen-erased]

Sign the Petition

Call for an Independent External Review at Essendon FC

www.change.org

fine-tooth is one word
May be is two.

not signing

lack of Neil Balme doesn't help their cause either.

 

[Shanghaistu]

Not a fan of Damo, but a good summary of this week.

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Not that we needed any help in that regard, but this really makes the whole club look like ‘amateur hour’

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Not a fan of Damo, but a good summary of this week.

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Perhaps so, but it takes a special kind of ****wit to be the very cause of the problem (a rabid, bottom-feeding media) and also to laugh at how poorly others are dealing with the problem.

Damo is, of course, a special kind of ****wit.

 

[Vander18]

Just wait.

I’m writing one.

In

 

[Dangerousfield]

I come in peace - The footy world laughed at the Richmond "Focus on Footy" group and their attempted challenge to their board BUT, it really kicked Richmond into gear, three flags in four years straight after the FOF debacle.

We've got our own problems here at the Crows, but this week has been shocking for you guys. Good luck to your attempts to challenge your board, I know how you feel.

 

[WindyHillWarrior]

Never mind the fact that even the shittest list manager in the league can pluck "hidden gems".

To be fair, that’s exactly what Brasher said

 

[citizen-erased]

I come in peace - The footy world laughed at the Richmond "Focus on Footy" group and their attempted challenge to their board BUT, it really kicked Richmond into gear, three flags in four years straight after the FOF debacle.

We've got our own problems here at the Crows, but this week has been shocking for you guys. Good luck to your attempts to challenge your board, I know how you feel.

I think our problem is our version of the Focus on Footy folk are already on our board.

Good luck indeed

 

[yodellinhank]

If I’m reading this right, the solution is to sack the president, the CEO, the coach, the fitness manager and every player on the list.

Signed