Official Club Stuff BREAKING: Luke Sayers steps down effective immediately (Jan 22nd)!

[teagueyubeauty]

I reckon there were forty eight of the average Carlton supporters at the AGM, embarrassing themselves….

Like, when can you click your fingers and demand the club win a GF…seriously


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[katmanblue]

"demanding to know when the club would finally deliver a flag"

Interesting, it's like they have placed an online order, waiting for stock to arrive

They left a card, without even trying to make delivery. I was home all day.

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[SurreyBlue]

I reckon there were forty eight of the average Carlton supporters at the AGM, embarrassing themselves….

Like, when can you click your fingers and demand the club win a GF…seriously


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Agree and sounds like it wasn’t raised correctly. IMO, they would have been asking why has it taken CFC 31 years to be successful, when other clubs have had multiple runs in these decades?

 

[SurreyBlue]

Why is a democracy necessarily a good thing when it comes to who leads the club? Have you met the average supporter?

What is stopping people nominating and the members voting for board members though?

Personally, I don’t believe board members should be onboarded without members voting.
I also think presidents should be voted by the board. That’s my personal opinion.
I do however disagree with potting ‘average supporters’. Very disrespectful.

 

[BigFrizz36]

IMO, the biggest and most important question that needs to be answered by the board is, why members no longer vote for board members/presidents. A very undemocratic process.

Any carlton member can run for the board if there is a vacancy and applications have been called for.

There is an independent committee that reviews all nominations- in theory to ensure that applicants have the "correct " skillset and to weed out the likes of Starchamber.

From memory the last board election was in 2020 when five candidates ran for the three positions. The retiring three board members (including Chris Judd) were re-elected.

Pretty sure that there were 2 board members who had finished their terms re-elected last night (Williams & Kinnersley) unopposed. This meant that nobody had done through the process to challenge them.

Clearly the board like to "cherry pick" candidates with skillsets that are advantageous to running a multi multi million dollar business and wherever they can they will try and ensure that the sitting incumbent remains.

However every year board members terms will expire. From memory all it takes is an application form from an eligible member co-signed by three other members to start the ball rolling.

 

[BlueTongue]

I reckon there were forty eight of the average Carlton supporters at the AGM, embarrassing themselves….

Like, when can you click your fingers and demand the club win a GF…seriously


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Yeah but 30 years is stretching the good will

 

[Michael Jezz]

I agree with this as a concept, but there's no reason to lock rank and file members out of the process entirely. You effectively have a board going unchecked at the moment.

The "professional" component of this statement is pretty critical to integrity of the process.This is true when you consider the previous president is an accused corporate criminal who has been replaced by another who turned on his co-conspirators in exchange for immunity in another white-collar crime.

If the process delivered the quality of candidates required, then it is warranted. It is very hard to argue that the expunging of democracy has been beneficial to Carlton. It is as if incumbent board would be threatened if the members through any of the following types into the mix Andy Maher, Terry Degani, Sam Pang, Paul Bastiani. It is somewhat hypocritical that a board which preaches diversity, denies the use of the process that best provides it- Democracy

 

[ESKIE]

https://archive.md/2025.04.10-07433...-sayers-splits-with-wife-20250410-p5lqup.html

 

[Gointocarlton]

https://archive.md/2025.04.10-07433...-sayers-splits-with-wife-20250410-p5lqup.html

The Hun reported that he was out dining in East Melb with a new squeeze, landed on his feet has young Luke. The lady in the pics looks familiar.

 

[Arr0w]

Good on Cate

 

[Beyond Blue]

Name one clubs that’s won a flag after its president was caught in a sex scandal at the start of the season…fish rots from the head!

 

[Gointocarlton]

Name one clubs that’s won a flag after its president was caught in a sex scandal at the start of the season…fish rots from the head!

I cant think of another club president that's ever been caught in a sex scandal.

 

[Broadside]

It wasn’t appropriate for him to remain President after the PwC tax scandal anyway.

 

[RPCB]

“Luke Sayers has stepped down as Carlton president.”, was the last of me caring.

“Married couple splits up”, is something I don’t care about. Luke and Cate Sayers may as well be like any other formerly married couple in the world.

 

[AndyLucimitis]

“Luke Sayers has stepped down as Carlton president.”, was the last of me caring.

“Married couple splits up”, is something I don’t care about. Luke and Cate Sayers may as well be like any other formerly married couple in the world.

Thoughts and prayers to Luke and Cate !!

 

[Blue_Fusion]

It wasn’t appropriate for him to remain President after the PwC tax scandal anyway.

Our current pres isn't exactly clean either...

 

[SurreyBlue]

Can we get him back now?

 

[Dominator_7]

One corporate crim after another. Need a board spill now more than ever.

 

[Ninja Worrier]

My pet hate are corporate execs behaving badly and abusing power... usually high functioning psychopaths and narcissists too...they can all get flowered.

 

[bigblueboy]

“No stone unturned”.

 

[lily of laguna]

“No stone unturned”.

Luke may now in hindsight wish a few stones were left alone!!!!!

 

[Irish BlueBagger]

Obviously he had to go after a misdemeanor of that nature, but it feels like the club has collapsed at the seams since Sayers left.

 

[Beyond Blue]

Obviously he had to go after a misdemeanor of that nature, but it feels like the club has collapsed at the seams since Sayers left.

I reckon he is a big part of the problem. Shocking leadership firstly to do what he did and then even worse the way he ran and hid from the scrutiny. What sort of example is that to the players? Then just to rub salt in the wounds the Board effectively recruits his replacement.

The board IMO may be our biggest problem. The Carlton board of the past were run by factions and self interest too but at least prior to last ten years it was with a view to winning. Now it’s a just a platform for self promotion.

This current crew are all about themselves. Sayers stepped up to garner public support during the PWC saga. Priestley is also engaging in some reputation washing. Kinnersley has done nothing more than use the privilege as a platform for her equality crusade.

 

[Blue and Silver]

I find it hard to believe that Luke Sayers was pivotal to on field success.

Now was it a massive unnecessary distraction which was dragged out way too long? Yes