Player Watch President - Jeff Kennett

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http://www.afl.com.au/News/NEWSARTIC...x?newsId=69706
Football to give hope in tough times: Kennett


By Luke Holmesby 10:06 AM Wed 12 November, 2008

Hawthorn president Jeff Kennett


HAWTHORN president Jeff Kennett says football will become a form of escape for people in these tough economic times.
In announcing a club profit of more than $4 million for season 2008, Kennett said football would play an important role in the wider community.
“I think for many people football is going to be a lifeline for them where they can forget their woes,” Kennett said.

 

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Kennett: Sydney team must go ahead

13/11/2008 12:04 AM
Ronny Lerner

Sportal



Hawthorn president Jeff Kennett believes that despite the current economic crisis gripping the world, the AFL must push ahead with its ambitious and expensive plan of setting up an 18th team in west Sydney by 2012.


With the league's timetable of introducing a 17th side based on the Gold Coast by 2011 seemingly on track, with that team set to join the TAC Cup next season before entering the VFL in 2010 and the AFL the following year, its proposed expansion into the untraditional market of west Sydney in a similarly short period of time has been met with scepticism in many quarters.


Worryingly, there has been little, if any, publicity of the AFL's progress in setting up a second side in the Harbour City which is poised to significantly eat into the league's vast reservoir of funds.

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However, Kennett insists the AFL's plan to have an 18-team competition within four years must press on unabated.


"The AFL have set a target in terms of developing the code and you've got to be very careful that you maintain that program," Kennett warned.
"If you indicate that you're going to push it back, then people will start losing confidence in where the code is trying to go."


Although Kennett admitted that the next year or two could yield tough times for sports in general as a result of the global credit crunch, he remained confident the AFL is well-equipped to deal with the situation.
"Through good management, their fundamental source of revenue is tied up in the (five-year $780-million TV rights) media agreement which will last until 2011," Kennett highlighted.


"If we're not coming through the current shake-out that we're enduring at the moment by 2011, no-one's safe."
"I think they're very well-positioned because of the timing of their contracts."
Despite his faith in the AFL's ability to weather the economic storm, the former Victorian premier advised league headquarters not to rest on its laurels.


Kennett suggested one way the league could use its funds was to boost the prizemoney for the premiership team which he said 'ain't that crash hot'.
"To be quite honest, the vast majority goes to the players they're the entertainers and that's understandable," he said of the Hawks' 2008 premiership bonus.


"I think it's $1.1 million, 500 (thousand dollars) goes to the players straight away, the club has then got to pay for the players' match payments (which takes another) couple of hundred thousand of it."
"Then as a grand finalist, to do things properly, you've got to have events at Glenferrie (Oval), et cetera. With all that staging, it costs you an extra 150,000 (dollars) ... don't think the AFL is being overly generous."

 

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http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/ne...-8212-this-time/2008/12/03/1228257139473.html
Kennett to leave on his own terms — this time

Jake Niall | December 4, 2008


JEFF KENNETT'S time as Hawthorn president will be short and sweet. He will be at the helm of the Hawks for a mere six years, a full year less than his turbulent reign as Victorian premier.
But whereas the Victorian voters decided Jeff's time was up in 1999 — sending his club, the Victorian Liberals, into a continuing spiral — Kennett has seen to it that he'll bow out of Hawthorn on his own terms, at the moment of his choosing: December, 2011.

 

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There's every chance that Kennett will step down from the presidency at the tailend of a golden age that will thereafter turn brown. The draft system that the Hawks have exploited so adroitly will probably bite in 2013-2014.

It will be interesting to see if this becomes reality.
Its hard to stay up for ever,salary cap,age and head hunting will take there toll.
If the prediction comes true as it probably will.
Timming has always been one of Jeffs greatest assetts.
Victoria was at its lowest ebb with only one direction to go
and Hawthorn ,while not on its knees, had done all the hard work and was also had only one way to go.
Jeff bows to the audience and the plebs hails the new hero.
Lost opportunities and bad decisions lurk in the shadows of history.

 

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Merry Christmas from the President

2:20 PM Tue 23 December, 2008

Hawthorn President Jeff Kennett


TO ALL members of the Hawthorn family may I wish you a very happy and safe Christmas and New Year. We leave 2008 justifiably proud of what the entire Hawthorn family has produced this season past.

Success is usually fleeting and comes but rarely. The challenge for us all now is to focus anew on the challenges of 2009.

None of our competitors will be impressed next year by our success in this season - and we have got to understand that from the first game on Friday 27 March, we all start as equals in pursuit of the 2009 premiership cup.

Again, can I wish you all well, and importantly may good health be your constant companion throughout 2009 and never forget it is the simplicity of the relationship that we have with our families that give us the values to come together as a club and hopefully be successful.

Merry Christmas to you all.

Jeff Kennett

 

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Victoria was at its lowest ebb with only one direction to go
and Hawthorn ,while not on its knees, had done all the hard work and was also had only one way to go.

Rewriting history there.

 

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http://www.hawthornfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/4742/newsid/74243/default.aspx


From the President: Commitment

Jeff Kennett 1:59 PM Thu 02 April, 2009

From the President: Commitment


Well the season has started and we were beaten in our first game against Geelong.

Clearly disappointing, as we attempt to win every game we play. Although the last quarter was very exciting, the reality is if we fail to goal in a quarter as was the case in the third quarter, you can hardly expect to win the game.

 

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Rewriting history there.

Wut?

 

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http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sport/afl/story/0,26576,25372219-19742,00.html

THE AFL'S television broadcasters say they will ignore this week's backlash and continue to run the miked-up comments of umpires. Hawthorn boss Jeff Kennett's outburst last weekend has put the spotlight on umpires and their constant chatter during games, which is broadcast by TV networks.

Channels 10, 7 and Foxtel say the feedback from umpires has become an important part of their coverage, and are determined to continue using it.

Kennett has been issued a please-explain from the AFL after saying umpires were "almost bigger than the game".

"I tell you what we have got to do, we have got to de-mike the umpires. We hear more from the umpires than the commentators," Kennett said.




Jeff was never a fan of of open and clear law making, nothing seems to have changed.

 

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I wish Jeff had the football nouse, to actually realise the problem("umpires are bigger than the game") is not the umpires but the rules comittee.Too many rules that have massive grey areas of interpretation,with massive consequences( 50metre penalty and a goal).Draws all the frustration and anger to them.Jeff just got sucked into that vortex and tried to play it to his advantage.
Use your mouth, for the good of the game Jeff, not post whoreing and political head kicking.

 

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From the President: Buddy



http://www.hawthornfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/4742/newsid/83669/default.aspx

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Dear Members,

I know like me, you will all be very disappointed at the suspension of Buddy Franklin for two matches.

The AFL introduced this Rule in reaction to an incident involving Nick Maxwell of Collingwood when he was involved in a similar incident during the NAB Cup played this year.

Subsequently, the AFL introduced a new Rule, on or about 27 February 2009, which in part said “any hit to the head, even accidently, was an infringement.”

Buddy Franklin’s bump on Ben Cousins was a solid bump in the finest traditions of the game, which on viewing looked to me as though both players collided firmly. I saw no hit to the head by Buddy Franklin to Ben Cousins, but certainly a movement of the head as a result of a severe bump. The umpire at the time said it was a fair bump and allowed play to continue.

 

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http://www.theage.com.au/news/rfnews/hawks-president-has-lost-the-plot/2009/08/31/1251570665815.html


Hawthorn president has lost the plot

Caroline Wilson | September 1, 2009

COMMENT
That is what they are there for. In a time of increasingly tight media protection at clubs they are almost always available and they provide great copy.
It would be fair to say that Jeff Kennett has overseen not only a premiership at Hawthorn but also an era of financial stability, which has not only put the Hawks firmly back on the map but at the top of it. Hawthorn is a club unrecognisable from a decade ago both geographically, financially and in terms of playing performance.

 

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http://www.theage.com.au/news/rfnew...ett-has-a-point/2009/09/05/1252001287425.html





Histrionics aside, Kennett has a point

Tim Lane | September 6, 2009


One of his moments of apoplexy last weekend came after Ben McGlynn, in trying to make the play, was buried deep enough by three Essendon defenders that MCG groundsmen are still digging for him. At least two of the tackles were so high as to almost pass over the nuggety Hawk's head, yet when the whistle blew, there was Scott McLaren delivering the cross-armed kiss of death: holding the ball. It seems that if you take a risk as the ball-carrier, the normal rules cease to apply. Tacklers are given carte blanche.

 

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From the President- Leadership(Article) http://www.hawthornfc.com.au/news/ne...3/default.aspx

Preparation for 2010 has started at Hawthorn on many fronts. Our hunt for our Chief Executive continues, and we have many football and commercial related people interested in leading our Club next year. We expect to make an appointment by the year’s end.

Many of our players are having their bodies repaired after a tough year that took its physical toll. But that work is now being done in September, as opposed to October and November last year, which had denied many of our players a full pre-season.

Clearly our football department is considering the shape and manning of the department with the appointment of Damien Hardwick to the senior coaching position at Richmond.

And importantly Chris Pelchen and his team, together with the coaches are finalising their thoughts for both the trade and drafting periods to be conducted before the end of this year.
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http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/85814/default.aspxKennett denies using Brown as bargaining Power

Could Campbell Brown have played his last game for the Hawks?




By Mic Cullen 12:40 PM Wed 07 October, 2009
HAWTHORN president Jeff Kennett has emphatically denied that the Hawks have offered up Campbell Brown as part of their attempt to lure Port Adelaide's Shaun Burgoyne to the club.

But the issue of whether Brown is actually a tradeable commodity -- regardless of whether he is being put up by Hawthorn or chased by Port Adelaide -- remains unclear.

 

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From the President: PCM and beyond

Jeff Kennett 11:30 AM Mon 05 October, 2009

From the President: PCM and beyond


When you are a staff or board member, a player or part of the coaching group, there is no real end to a season. The world of football today, is just one continuum of activity.

Planning for season 2010 started many months ago for the membership department, our recruiting team, your board and the sponsorship department.

http://www.hawthornfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/4742/newsid/85734/default.aspx

 

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http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/a...wn-for-world-cup/story-e6frf9jf-1225790667135





Jeff Kennett warns against AFL mid-season shutdown for World Cup

Australian players Luke Wilkshire, John Aloisi and Stan Lazaridis celebrate after the Socceroos qualified for the round of 16 at the 2006 World Cup. Other sporting codes, such as the AFL, would be forced into a two-month lockdown should Australia's bid to host the 2018 or 2022 World Cup be successful. Picture: AP Source: Herald Sun





HAWTHORN president Jeff Kennett has urged the AFL world to embrace Australia's bid to host the World Cup soccer finals but warned shutting down the football season for two months would be a recipe for disaster.



Soccer chiefs this week warned that if Australia hosted the 2018 or 2022 World Cups, FIFA would require competition venues to be exclusively available to it for eight weekshosted the 2018 or 2022 World Cups..
But Kennett said a two-month AFL hiatus was simply not an option.

 

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http://www.hawthornfc.com.au/news/ne...4/default.aspx


From the President: Club update

Jeff Kennett 12:59 PM Tue 17 November, 2009

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Hi there happy Hawkers,

Some time since we spoke, sorry about that as a lot as happened at your Club.


Financial report
Last night your Board met and signed off on our annual accounts for the football year 2009.

I am happy to report a profit for the Club of $2,724,245 for the year. While this is a pleasing result, given the difficult economic circumstances of the year, this profit only represents a return of approximately of 6.65% on the Club’s turnover. So there is not much room for error as costs keep rising with inflation.

Never the less, it is a profit, and I thank all members and sponsors for their support in 2009, as I do our administrative staff who worked so hard to generate this result.

Regardless of our needs, we are not altering our membership fees for season 2010, but your Board and administrators must remain vigilant about the financial position of the Club. That’s why our membership numbers are so important to our financial success. Unless our membership continues to grow, our receipts go backwards, and we cannot afford to support the football department as well as we wish to do. So please sign up, and find a supporter to join as well.


Stay well. Go Hawks!

Jeff Kennett
President
Hawthorn Football Club

Link above for full article!

 

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Jeff Kennett concerned by World Cup bid

Jeff Kennett with his new hair cut. Picture: George Salpigtidis Source: Herald Sun



HAWTHORN president Jeff Kennett says emotion is driving Australia’s World Cup soccer bid.

The former Victorian premier is worried the fallout from hosting the event has not been considered by the bid team.


Kennett, who was part of Melbourne’s 1996 Olympic and 2006 Commonwealth Games bids, said those behind the 2018 or 2022 World Cup push had not done enough research into the effects the Cup would have on Australia.


"I have yet to see any evidence, that anyone, be it the Federal Government, or Soccer Australia, have actually done
the detailed work as to both cost of staging the World Cup and then the ramifications of such," Kennett told SEN radio.
"No one’s offering compensation (to rival codes) – no one has done the work. I’m in favour of the concept, but before you build a house, before you build a company, you’ve got to actually have done the work to work out what it’s going to cost and how you’re going to deliver it and I haven’t seen evidence of that."



http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/af...-1225810220204

 

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http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/a...inst-free-agency/story-e6frf9jf-1225833629237Hawthorn president Jeff Kennett's tirade against free agency

Voice of dissent: Hawthorn president Jeff Kennett has spoken out against free agency. Picture: Andrew Tauber, Herald Sun Source: Herald Sun



HAWTHORN president Jeff Kennett yesterday emerged as a loud voice of dissent against free agency, standing up to AFL heavyweights at a meeting called to sell the historic reform.

Club officials were stunned when Kennett faced off against the AFL Commission, forcefully claiming there was no need to tinker with player movement rules.


Witnesses said last night the former state premier sparked into action as if it was question time soon after commission chief Mike Fitzpatrick stressed there was no room for debate and free agency was a done deal.
Kennett's assault, which came shortly before the AFL confirmed free agency would arrive in 2012, will continue today when he vents on the Hawthorn website.

 

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http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/a...ade-valid-points/story-e6frf9ix-1225834084214


Mike Sheahan thinks Jeff Kennett has made valid points

Mike Sheahan believes Jeff Kennett has made some valid points in his argument against free agency. Picture: Andrew Tauber. Source: Herald Sun



THERE'S a queue a mile long to whack Jeff Kennett, which is so often the case.

It's football's equivalent of clubbing baby seals.
The Hawthorn president is generally outspoken, often hypocritical and occasionally out of his depth in the nuances of the game.
Yet his passionate concerns about the AFL's free agency model shouldn't be dismissed out of hand. In this case, don't confuse the message with the messenger.

 

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Hawthorn president Jeff Kennett out of line with hoons remark'

Hawthorn president Jeff Kennett, pictured with Carl Peterson, has criticised the AFL for commenting on the Lara Bingle-Brendan Fevola photo scandal. Picture: George Salpigtidis Source: Herald Sun



JEFF Kennett owes an apology, and, if it doesn't come voluntarily, it should be demanded by the AFL.

In an era when presidents are increasingly vocal - and increasingly ill-informed - the Hawthorn chief has turned personal.
Kennett's faux pas came in a Sunday Herald Sun story headed "Kennett slams AFL over Fev", saying it was "totally inappropriate" for the AFL to have involved itself in the Lara Bingle-Brendan Fevola photo scandal.
Fair enough. That's an opinion, a person's right to free speech.


http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/af...-1225847189822

 

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http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/a...t-at-josh-gibson/story-e6frf9jf-1225847728993


Jeff Kennett fires shot at Josh Gibson

Out of favour: Josh Gibson upset Hawthorn president Jeff Kennett when he stayed out late partying. Source: HWT Image Library



HAWTHORN president Jeff Kennett did not receive a please explain from the AFL yesterday, but his club sought a "please explain" from recruit Josh Gibson over a boozy night that finished at 6.30am on Monday.

Gibson fronted the Hawks leadership group and has escaped suspension, but was hit with a fine.
He did not escape the wrath of the president, either.

 

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http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/93512/default.aspx

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Clarkson on notice: Kennett

Hawthorn president Jeff Kennett has apologised to Hawks' fans after five straight losses

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HAWTHORN president Jeff Kennett has turned up the heat on the Hawks' coaching staff while apologising to fans for the team's recent performances.

“The coach has put the players on notice, I have done the same with the coaches, and I expect you, the members, to do the same of me," Kennett wrote in his weekly column on hawthornfc.com.au.

Hawthorn dropped its fifth consecutive game in Saturday night's 43-point loss to Essendon, and Kennett said that as president of the club, "the buck stops with me".

 

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http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-ne...ision-on-captaincy-kennett-20100523-w3y5.html


Mitchell and Hodge made the decision on captaincy: Kennett

HAWTHORN president Jeff Kennett has moved to quell debate over the club's captaincy by revealing a private chat between Luke Hodge and Sam Mitchell decided who would lead the club.
Kennett said Mitchell and Hodge had been recommended to the club's board to share the captaincy after a vote between the playing list and coaches ahead of the 2008 season.


But Kennett wanted only a single figurehead, forcing Mitchell and Hodge to reach an agreement.
''I said while I am president of Hawthorn, there will not be joint captains,'' Kennett said.