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
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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
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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

 

[citizen-erased]

Not sure where the info about Hocking getting 3 years keeps coming from either (HS story). He wanted 2. He got 1and then delisted.

Wasn't it hooker that got 3
Hocking was first to sign on

 

[ant555]

Wasn't it hooker that got 3
Hocking was first to sign on

Sounds right

 

[yodellinhank]

Very snakey of Barham if true but also very well played

Until Hird gets on the board.

 

[Lore]

I don't think you can be on the board and employed by the club.

You can if you’re a contractor

 

[citizen-erased]

Until Hird gets on the board.

I think im done at that point.

Im glad we extended the olive branch. Was a great player and captain of the club.
It'd be nice if he showed some appreciation for said olive branch and didnt seek the club out for his own ambitions. And quashed these ramblings from robbo and sheeds.

We're still reeling from fallout of his coaching tenure, and he's no more qualified now than he was in 2011.

 

[branedotorg]

Hi all, sorry for the intrusion, apart from the 10 year anniversary stuff is there a reason Sheedy and the herald sun crew are going so hard against Essendon right now? Surely they'd be better hold some of this info for when they (sheedy, hird etc) want something from the club?

seems like an odd time to go for it, preseason so all the fans are up and about, no agm, coaches on new contracts etc.

 

[DapperDon]

Hi all, sorry for the intrusion, apart from the 10 year anniversary stuff is there a reason Sheedy and the herald sun crew are going so hard against Essendon right now? Surely they'd be better hold some of this info for when they (sheedy, hird etc) want something from the club?

seems like an odd time to go for it, preseason so all the fans are up and about, no agm, coaches on new contracts etc.

Mostly because Sheedy thinks he's bigger than Essendon and upset he didn't get his way with Hird coaching, and HUN boys are his cucks.

 

[faible]

Hi all, sorry for the intrusion, apart from the 10 year anniversary stuff is there a reason Sheedy and the herald sun crew are going so hard against Essendon right now? Surely they'd be better hold some of this info for when they (sheedy, hird etc) want something from the club?

seems like an odd time to go for it, preseason so all the fans are up and about, no agm, coaches on new contracts etc.

Suspect it's the last attempt for relevance before Sheedy gets the ass. The sooner he's gone the better IMO.

 

[citizen-erased]

If sheedy up and quits the board, expect a challenge from the hird crowd

 

[branedotorg]

Suspect it's the last attempt for relevance before Sheedy gets the ass. The sooner he's gone the better IMO.

from the outside getting rid of anyone affiliated with sheedy and the good old days looks to be the only way forward, even if it brings a bit of pain in the short term.

as much as i can't stand essendon i know some good eggs who support the dons so i hope i hope it happens too.

 

[Lore]

If sheedy up and quits the board, expect a challenge from the hird crowd

And therein lies the problem.

 

[TheGrizz]

Hi all, sorry for the intrusion, apart from the 10 year anniversary stuff is there a reason Sheedy and the herald sun crew are going so hard against Essendon right now? Surely they'd be better hold some of this info for when they (sheedy, hird etc) want something from the club?

seems like an odd time to go for it, preseason so all the fans are up and about, no agm, coaches on new contracts etc.

• 10 year anniversary
• anything Essendon related with a mention of the 'Saga' is bound to get clicks anyway.
• Cricket season is over, Pre season matches are still weeks away and the footy news cycle needs some juice (I wouldn't be surprised if the HUN had all this Sheedy/Hird info last year and was just waiting for a slow news cycle to bring it up)

Perfect storm

 

[faible]

from the outside getting rid of anyone affiliated with sheedy and the good old days looks to be the only way forward, even if it brings a bit of pain in the short term.

as much as i can't stand essendon i know some good eggs who support the dons so i hope i hope it happens too.

I think Sheedy (and to a lesser extent Dodoro) are the only ones left.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Hi all, sorry for the intrusion, apart from the 10 year anniversary stuff is there a reason Sheedy and the herald sun crew are going so hard against Essendon right now? Surely they'd be better hold some of this info for when they (sheedy, hird etc) want something from the club?

seems like an odd time to go for it, preseason so all the fans are up and about, no agm, coaches on new contracts etc.

It's clickbait, nothing else. That's how media organisations work.

The entire saga was their wet dream. They'll use it again and again, this won't be the last time.

 

[ant555]

• 10 year anniversary
• anything Essendon related with a mention of the 'Saga' is bound to get clicks anyway.
• Cricket season is over, Pre season matches are still weeks away and the footy news cycle needs some juice (I wouldn't be surprised if the HUN had all this Sheedy/Hird info last year and was just waiting for a slow news cycle to bring it up)

Perfect storm

Robbo taking another opportunity to kick Essendon as we try to move on from it all.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Just so I've got this straight....

HIRD was thinking about challenging for the board and presidency!?

Barham also wanted the presidency, but needed Sheedy to have the numbers

To head Hird off, Barham told him to apply for the coaching job instead and assured both he and Sheedy he'd get the job

Barham therefore got the presidency... and never considers Hird for the job?

This is amazing stuff

 

[ant555]

Just so I've got this straight....

HIRD was thinking about challenging for the board and presidency!?

Barham also wanted the presidency, but needed Sheedy to have the numbers

To head Hird off, Barham told him to apply for the coaching job instead and assured both he and Sheedy he'd get the job

Barham therefore got the presidency... and never considers Hird for the job?

This is amazing stuff

But not totally surprising.

 

[yodellinhank]

And therein lies the problem.

What problem?

 

[fairbump_playon]

Just so I've got this straight....

HIRD was thinking about challenging for the board and presidency!?

Barham also wanted the presidency, but needed Sheedy to have the numbers

To head Hird off, Barham told him to apply for the coaching job instead and assured both he and Sheedy he'd get the job

Barham therefore got the presidency... and never considers Hird for the job?

This is amazing stuff

If our list played with this attitude we'd be... unsociable

 

[citizen-erased]

If our list played with this attitude we'd be... unsociable

#standbybarham

 

[yodellinhank]

In fairness to Barham, he probably just stuffed it all up but got the result everyone wanted, like everything else he seems to have his hand in.

 

[Lore]

In fairness to Barham, he probably just stuffed it all up but got the result everyone wanted, like everything else he seems to have his hand in.

Seems like the opposite of Essendon over the last 20 years, where we [eventually] did everything the way everyone else wanted and got the results no one wanted.

 

[yodellinhank]

Seems like the opposite of Essendon over the last 20 years, where we [eventually] did everything the way everyone else wanted and got the results no one wanted.

Our luck may be starting to turn...

 

[faible]

In fairness to Barham, he probably just stuffed it all up but got the result everyone wanted, like everything else he seems to have his hand in.

To his credit, he seems willing to make the call when the decision is wrong and change tact, instead of doubling down like we've done in the past.

 

[boncer34]

Don’t blame north. Essendon have turned this into a mess.


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