Not true in the slightest. They're huge fans of his work and so they should be, he's done an incredible job. Take one look at our list and what he's had to deal with in recent years (loss of picks, numerous senior players walking out). Hes done a phenomenal job.
I'll say it til I'm blue in the face, the "Dodoro is hard to deal with" is a complete myth. Sheedy used to take a much more active (interfering) hand in that stuff and we had problems. Since he left (which was 10 years ago FFS!!) he's done his job very well. Every time there's a deal to be done, he gets it done. He's no harder (or easier) to deal with than any others. Of course there's always tough, extended negotiations, they all want what's best for their own club.
The only club with a real "tough to deal with" label is Gold Coast, which is an approach they adopted deliberately as they knew they'd be faced with a ton of their kids wanting to return to Melbourne and plenty of clubs trying to pick over them. So they play real hardball.