Club Mgmt. Board of Directors as led by President Dave Barham

[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

    49

    Ht

    193cm

    Wt

    90kg

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    Def

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    14.1

    4star

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    9.7

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    4.5

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    4.5

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    1.0

    3star

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    8.0

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    4.4

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    3.6

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    2.6

    3star

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    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

  40

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  190cm

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  98kg

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  Def

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  13.4

  3star

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  6.3

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  5.3

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  1.3

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  10.6

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  3.6

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  1.0

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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

    46

    Ht

    180cm

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    83kg

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    Fwd

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    11.3

    3star

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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

    4star

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    0.4

    3star

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

    Age

    37

    Ht

    186cm

    Wt

    86kg

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    Last 5

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    23.5

    5star

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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

    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

 

[Squeaky]

She wasn't confidently saying "this will be the outcome" though. She was adamant that he hadn't said no (as opposed to Lyon and Cameron who had said no, and Pyke who had said sort of no), but kept saying he wasn't sure and wanted to wait until the finals were done to make a decision about whether to go for it.

From what Barham said in the press conference there was someone else involved in the grand final who would've been part of the process after that depending on how the day went as well... presumably that's Pyke, but maybe there are others as well.

I also assumed that he was talking about Pyke.

 

[mike14]

Yeah that would be fair, he shouldn't be airing dirty laundry.

But i'm not sure how Sheedy has changed since the day he joined the board. He was always going to be outspoken.

He's also old enough to know that you don't generally get to be outspoken on the board. The whole point of a board is to set the direction. That's impossible if the board isn't in agreement on the direction.
So you argue your case behind closed doors but when it's time to front up you're either on board with the direction chosen (pun intended) or you show your displeasure through standing aside.
If he wants to be the outspoken agitator and showman for 'what could be' he can do it from an outside position

 

[Squeaky]

We underachieved under Sheeds I think. I can't remember the 80's that well but we should have beaten Collingwood in 90 and we should have won in 99 as we were clearly the best side all year those years. I went into the 2001 GF thinking Brisbane might beat us.

Yep. 99 was the stinger!!
Sure, we played with a chip on our shoulders in 2000, and that was great. but the reality is that Essendon dominated the comp for three years for one premiership...
Not a dynasty...

 

[Squeaky]

he’s acting like a child who totally wants his BFF Stacie to know, that, like he totally voted for her, not the other bitch, who’s a total cow by the way, and also Brad cheated on his wife with Bethany, who’s a total ****, and used to give handjobs behind the bike shed at AFL house.

Totally separate issue; What's Bethany's number again?

 

[Squeaky]

We did under achieve for sure. Should have made the GF in 86 as well but lost the Elimination final.

Eliminitis was a thing for us back then...
Still is now...

 

[ghostdog]

Had a thought, The Red Sash going and white knighting Sheedy, saying he is out of the country, all while we have been pleased that over the last month there hasn’t been any leaks out of the football club, sorta confirms that he is Littlefinger, doesn’t it?

Was thinking about that very comparison yesterday. Gee that was well played.

 

[ghostdog]

I respect everyone's interest in dissecting the Sheeds issue, but it's so boring. Yes he was out of line. Yes he needs to go. Finished.

 

[Kong]

I don't need a pretty face to tell me pretty lies. Better that we all know what's really going on, and members of the club can elect the board members they see fit with an understanding of who they're voting for.

?

 

[Kong]

I disagree with Sheeds behaviour and think he should go. But drawing a link to bigotry is far fetched and a slur. You can make any statement sound any way you like if you change the wording.

It’s not a slur, it’s an observation of how insular and afraid of outside forces he is; a trait that bigots also share.

I’m not stating that he’s racist.

He just has, in my opinion and based on his recent behaviour, a shitty attitude towards inclusion.

 

[MarkJohnson#1]

It was widely reported the board was split on Rutten. They didn't come out and say "we voted unanimously to go a different direction". So I'm not sure why it'd be such an issue to say the board picked Scott with one dissenting vote?

I don't need a pretty face to tell me pretty lies. Better that we all know what's really going on, and members of the club can elect the board members they see fit with an understanding of who they're voting for.

What a load of garbage. It’s not always what you say either, it’s how you go about it. Kevin was childish and pathetic and took the gloss off a fantastic signing and the ink hadn’t even dried on the paper. Why did he have to make it so public so quickly?

Can’t wait to vote him off the board (if he isn’t removed or stepped down already)…

 

[yodellinhank]

What a load of garbage. It’s not always what you say either, it’s how you go about it. Kevin was childish and pathetic and took the gloss off a fantastic signing and the ink hadn’t even dried on the paper. Why did he have to make it so public so quickly?

Can’t wait to vote him off the board (if he isn’t removed or stepped down already)…

I daresay he never had your vote in the first place?

 

[doug85]

It’s not a slur, it’s an observation of how insular and afraid of outside forces he is; a trait that bigots also share.

I’m not stating that he’s racist.

He just has, in my opinion and based on his recent behaviour, a shitty attitude towards inclusion.

I inferred that you were implying he was a bigot. I’m happy to be wrong.

As for his attitude towards inclusion, I think wanting people who’ve played for your footy team is a lot different to the concept of inclusivity I’m used to. I.e. it pertains to the inclusion of marginalised people.

 

[The Donners]

I daresay he never had your vote in the first place?

No member did…

 

[P Money]

It was widely reported the board was split on Rutten. They didn't come out and say "we voted unanimously to go a different direction". So I'm not sure why it'd be such an issue to say the board picked Scott with one dissenting vote?

I don't need a pretty face to tell me pretty lies. Better that we all know what's really going on, and members of the club can elect the board members they see fit with an understanding of who they're voting for.

All I want is someone to beliiiiieeeeeevvve


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[Lore]

yodellinhank I can certainly see your point about transparency in voting — do you think there should be a publicly available minutes for all board meetings with votes tallied? Or at least available to members?

I don’t think it’s up to Sheedy to make a unilateral decision that the specifics of how he voted are more important than the principle of board solidarity, but it would be good policy if he were to argue it on behalf of members in the board meeting or in a pitch for re-election.

 

[P Money]

yodellinhank I can certainly see your point about transparency in voting — do you think there should be a publicly available minutes for all board meetings with votes tallied? Or at least available to members?

I don’t think it’s up to Sheedy to make a unilateral decision that the specifics of how he voted are more important than the principle of board solidarity, but it would be good policy if he were to argue it on behalf of members in the board meeting or in a pitch for re-election.

Increased transparency is one thing, but I don’t think anybody would like to apply for a job/promotion and be successful, only for one of the senior leadership group of the organisation to come out and tell everyone that they didn’t want you to get the job and they wanted to give it to some other applicant but got outvoted.

I hope I’m wrong but it looks to me like Sheeds has begun white anting Scott from the moment he was appointed, still working to get his favourite son into the role he wants him in.


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[Beerfish]

He's clearly only representing the Hird nuffy contingent of the supporter base. I don't think it's as big as he thinks it is..

 

[Lore]

Increased transparency is one thing, but I don’t think anybody would like to apply for a job/promotion and be successful, only for one of the senior leadership group of the organisation to come out and tell everyone that they didn’t want you to get the job and they wanted to give it to some other applicant but got outvoted.

I hope I’m wrong but it looks to me like Sheeds has begun white anting Scott from the moment he was appointed, still working to get his favourite son into the role he wants him in.


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Or just no respect for due process, which I don’t think he ever had anyway.

The thing that excused it in the past was that he was effectively a dictator, so due process was built around “do as Kevin tells you”.

Now he has to be part of a team and not the leader of it, and it’s obviously not what he’s suited to.

 

[Lore]

He's clearly only representing the Hird nuffy contingent of the supporter base. I don't think it's as big as he thinks it is..

I think it’s still significant among people who watch a few games here and there but don’t ride every bump, aren’t members, and last paid real attention in 2000. People like my family who are still indignant about the saga.

But whereas most of Twitter seemed to be pro-Hird nuffies, the same people are anti-Sheedy opening his mouth. So that’s interesting.

Blitz and here isn’t really pro-Hird by comparison, but we pay much closer attention than your average fan.

 

[Beerfish]

but we pay much closer attention than your average fan.

We sure do!

 

[yodellinhank]

yodellinhank I can certainly see your point about transparency in voting — do you think there should be a publicly available minutes for all board meetings with votes tallied? Or at least available to members?

I don’t think it’s up to Sheedy to make a unilateral decision that the specifics of how he voted are more important than the principle of board solidarity, but it would be good policy if he were to argue it on behalf of members in the board meeting or in a pitch for re-election.

I think it'd pay to know more about who is on the board and who is doing what for the club. Perhaps the low voting numbers suggest people really aren't all that interested, but then we all love to complain about how things are a mess. Best way to fix that is know why it's a mess.

He's clearly only representing the Hird nuffy contingent of the supporter base. I don't think it's as big as he thinks it is..

From memory a little over 3k or so votes was enough to get elected when Catie Lio Blized her way onto the board? A small hardcore nuffie contingent might still be enough to make an impact on the make up of the board.

 

[Lore]

I think it'd pay to know more about who is on the board and who is doing what for the club. Perhaps the low voting numbers suggest people really aren't all that interested, but then we all love to complain about how things are a mess. Best way to fix that is know why it's a mess.

From memory a little over 3k or so votes was enough to get elected when Catie Lio Blized her way onto the board? A small hardcore nuffie contingent might still be enough to make an impact on the make up of the board.

Was a couple of hundred votes the difference iirc, 3k might've been her total

 

[NAB777]

We underachieved under Sheeds I think. I can't remember the 80's that well but we should have beaten Collingwood in 90 and we should have won in 99 as we were clearly the best side all year those years. I went into the 2001 GF thinking Brisbane might beat us.

A group of players thought we missed out on a flag between 81 & 83 due to over training.
We definitely cost ourselves a shot at 1990 by being over trained. We had the week off, and when West Coast & Collingwood drew, there was a re-match which meant we missed another week. Sheedy's answer was to train them into the ground. Tim Watson called the team in during the Thursday night training session before the GF because they were so flat.
We underperformed in '86, but severe injuries meant we were a long shot to win the flag that year. We beat a combined team before the season, so everyone thought we were a chance to go for three in a row.
Not to mention getting rid of Bradbury & Carey for Raines & Richardson...

 

[Cold Sober]

He's clearly only representing the Hird nuffy contingent of the supporter base. I don't think it's as big as he thinks it is..

Us nuffies are only expressing our opinions, but like anyone who expresses an opinion that doesn't fit with the PC brigade, we are labelled Nuffies.

 

[eth-dog]

Us nuffies are only expressing our opinions, but like anyone who expresses an opinion that doesn't fit with the PC brigade, we are labelled Nuffies.

Wanting what was an average coach because "it shows balls" is the epitome of being a nuffy.