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apparently he's the guy whos gonna be our next president and is the frontman of this new ticket. anyone heard anything else?
 
Man City Blues! said:
apparently he's the guy whos gonna be our next president and is the frontman of this new ticket. anyone heard anything else?
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Right, this makes sense as there are some around here heatley, jimthegreat, schlomo, etc, who have been hinting at this for a long time. All we have had to go on is the initials HM.

If the aforementioned are backing him, I can only surmise the negative, superfluous, skin deep analytics he will bring.
 

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There would certainly be a lot of positives in having the "big fella" involved in the club. Harold controls the media industry, and would bring a wealth of corporate backing to the table.

In a business sense, Eddie McGuire is small fry compared to Mitchell, and he still managed to attract significant corporate investment for Collingwood which IMO turned the club around.

This would be a good move for the club.
 
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Owns the biggest marketing company in Aus, would be good if we gte him but i dont think it would happen. His shareholder wouldn't allow it
 
Lindy said:
Owns the biggest marketing company in Aus, would be good if we gte him but i dont think it would happen. His shareholder wouldn't allow it
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His family IS the shareholders. Its his lock stock and barrels i thought
 
Reading up on him not only is he a great businessman but a great man too. This would be a great coup. Maybe i was wrong
 
Rest assured this would be a great appointment.

As I said earlier, Mitchell pulls the strings of the Australian media industry and is held in high regard by the wider business community.

Provided guarantees were made that no changes are made to the coaching panel (at least until the end of season 07), I would most definitely support a board with HM sitting at the helm.
 
Blue_4_Life said:
As I said earlier, Mitchell pulls the strings of the Australian media industry and is held in high regard by the wider business community.
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There's one benefit straight up - with the head of a huge advertising business, we'd start receiving better press from day one.
 

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SMOO said:
Reading up on him not only is he a great businessman but a great man too. This would be a great coup. Maybe i was wrong
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Exactly, he would be a great get onto the Carlton board, and president would just top it off nicely!!
 
Ad man declines bid
10 November 2006 Herald-Sun
Jim Wilson

ADVERTISING powerbroker and long-time Carlton supporter Harold Mitchell has ruled out running on a rival ticket to challenge the Blues board.

Mitchell was sounded out by prominent Blues supporters and considered an ideal director and potential club president.

The ticket that approached Mitchell is separate to a group headed up by premiership player Fraser Brown.

Mitchell's business clout is seen as being invaluable to help resuscitate the financially stricken club.

But Mitchell said last night he wouldn't become involved in any rival ticket.

"I love the Carlton Football Club and I've been a lifelong supporter, but I won't be part of any ticket to unseat the current board," he said.

"It's not my style and I will never be a director or president of Carlton. I'm happy to support the club and would be happy to help in some way, but not at board level."

Mitchell was being wooed by club supporters who saw him as a potential replacement for president Graham Smorgon.

With Mitchell off the radar, there is now a concerted push to attract other prominent Carlton identities.

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/common/story_page/0,8033,20731760%255E20322,00.html
 
The bitter divisions within Carlton Football Club are threatening once again to come to a head with embattled director Lauraine Diggins refusing to resign despite a vote of no-confidence being passed against her at the Blues' most recent board meeting.

Having sought and received the unofficial resignation of his vice-president John Valmorbida, Carlton president Graham Smorgon has asked Diggins to resign, accusing her of betraying the board process by privately contacting AFL-appointed reviewer Jim Watts.

Valmorbida was told to resign after he contacted former director Stephen Silvagni in a bid to gauge his interest in an assistant coaching position during the Denis Pagan debacle in September.

Diggins, a respected art dealer whose father Brighton captain-coached the Blues' 1938 premiership team, is Carlton's first woman director and was part of the Ian Collins ticket that overthrew John Elliott at the end of 2002. She is understood to have been one of the directors not to have supported the recent reappointment of chief executive Michael Malouf.

Board sources at Carlton have alleged that Diggins approached Watts and spoke to him regarding the chief executive's position.

Diggins denied this, claiming she requested to see a full copy of the Watts report, which was critical of some board and management practices. The board was not given the full Watts review; instead, Malouf reported highlights to the directors.

While Valmorbida has put his intention to resign in writing, his departure and that of gaming magnate Bruce Mathieson will not be ratified until the last board meeting of the year on December 19.

Five directors are up for re-election: Adrian Gleeson and Richard Newton — both invited onto the board during the 2006 season — Smorgon, Marcus Rose and a fifth director to be chosen out of Diggins and Simon Wilson.

While speculation continued regarding a challenge to Smorgon's board, Mathieson denied yesterday that he was part of any challenge to the present board. "I'm out of there," he said. "What they do now is up to them. I have no intention of challenging anyone."

Diggins refused to comment directly to The Age when contacted yesterday. Instead, she chose to communicate through her public relations spokesman, Michael Smith.

Smorgon, on behalf of the club, has also engaged public relations advice. Smorgon was not available for comment last night. Of Smorgon's accusations, Diggins' statement read: "In order to fulfil my duties, I have sometimes taken steps to fully inform myself about issues before the board. This is my duty as a director and I make no apologies for it. This is what members would expect of a diligent director.

"While I am acutely aware of the level of disenchantment and unhappiness members and supporters have with recent events and publicity involving the club, I do not believe the best interests of the club are served by breaching the confidentiality of board discussions."

Of the pressure placed on her to resign, her statement read: "I have been grateful for the comfort and support from other directors during my time on the board and particularly during the last two weeks."

Diggins was warned by Smorgon before the last board meeting two weeks ago that he would be seeking a no-confidence vote in her directorship and request her resignation.

Diggins was also accused of departing the board process last year when she directly contacted AFL talent manager Kevin Sheehan to seek recruiting advice.

That contact led to the board requesting — and receiving — an in-depth AFL assessment of the Blues' recruiting over the past decade, but Diggins was told at the most recent board meeting she had broken board rules by contacting Sheehan.

Two directors, Simon Wilson and Stephen Kernahan, spoke to the no-confidence motion in support of Smorgon, while Greg Lee expressed some discomfort with the process.

The no-confidence vote, a secret ballot taken on pieces of paper, was not unanimous and Diggins told the board she had been elected by the members and would not resign.

"At all times, I have worked hard to carry out my duties as a director fully, faithfully and responsibly," the statement read.
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http://www.realfooty.theage.com.au/realfooty/articles/2006/11/09/1162661833117.html

What sort of illusions of grandeur does this woman have, between this and the Kennedy jumper thing?
 
Mitchell was close but no cigar,.. he is older and feels someone younger should take the job..

and for the guy who says Diggins has illusions of grandeur..the problem isnt her.. the problem is the board as a whole is not upto it.

Imagine a guy like Matheison saying "Im out of here"....

Anyway just watch this space....
 
TheHeatleyStand said:
Mitchell was close but no cigar,.. he is older and feels someone younger should take the job..
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Age is no barrier to being a director, but president is another thing. It sure reads like he won't be part of any challenge.
TheHeatleyStand said:
and for the guy who says Diggins has illusions of grandeur..the problem isnt her.. the problem is the board as a whole is not upto it.
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In any case, it's up to the members. Whether she's an unappreciated genius or a self-inflated mug they'll decide.
TheHeatleyStand said:
Imagine a guy like Matheison saying "Im out of here"....
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He's been "out of there" for years - his business interests have taken him interstate AFAIK. Thanks for Dan Murphy Bruce.
 
I think the most important thing that the board needs to do is inject youth. (like the playing group). Suddenly Colin De Luca didn't look all that bad yrs ago. would rather him the our current board
 

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TheHeatleyStand said:
Mitchell was close but no cigar,.. he is older and feels someone younger should take the job..

and for the guy who says Diggins has illusions of grandeur..the problem isnt her.. the problem is the board as a whole is not upto it.

Imagine a guy like Matheison saying "Im out of here"....

Anyway just watch this space....
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We are, we are THS!!!!!
 
Lindy said:
I think the most important thing that the board needs to do is inject youth. (like the playing group). Suddenly Colin De Luca didn't look all that bad yrs ago. would rather him the our current board
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You mean Col Delutis...
 
HugeBluesFan said:
You mean Col Delutis...
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Yeah, poor guy. He put money into the club and then copped all the hostility generated by Elliott because he was the "anointed one". The 2002 EGM must have been an unwelcome introduction to football club politics for someone used to being treated with resepect in business.

While he wasn't president material, I thought the crowd treated him unfairly that night. After all, he probably put more money into the club than any of the members bagging him that night. That's worth some respect in my book.
 
TheHeatleyStand said:
Mitchell was close but no cigar,.. he is older and feels someone younger should take the job..

and for the guy who says Diggins has illusions of grandeur..the problem isnt her.. the problem is the board as a whole is not upto it.

Imagine a guy like Matheison saying "Im out of here"....
Anyway just watch this space....
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Mathieson is out of there because he is relocating to God's own country, aka Queensland, to further grow his business interests up here & enjoy the better climate. Nothing sinister in this. It was news in the business section of the paper a few months ago.

With respect to Lauraine Diggins, as Alec Duncan said, the members will decide her future & that is how it should be.
 
AlecDuncan said:
Yeah, poor guy. He put money into the club and then copped all the hostility generated by Elliott because he was the "anointed one". The 2002 EGM must have been an unwelcome introduction to football club politics for someone used to being treated with resepect in business.

While he wasn't president material, I thought the crowd treated him unfairly that night. After all, he probably put more money into the club than any of the members bagging him that night. That's worth some respect in my book.
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Poor guy who called all the members ferals. :rolleyes:
 
BlueWorld said:
Poor guy who called all the members ferals. :rolleyes:
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"All" is a stretch. And the crowd at Moonee Valley that night was definitely feral.

Not without reason of course. If Delutis was a better politician he would have known how to defuse that - and you need to be a top polly to lead a club. Instead he buried himself. That doesn't mean that he hasn't done some good work for the club. Being the wrong man for the job shouldn't make someone a bitter enemy. The club has room for anyone's support.

Even Elliott knew better. It wasn't often you'd see him being careful with what he said, but he was very sure not to antagonise anyone that night.
 

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