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

    Pos.

    Def

    Career

    Season

    Last 5

    D

    14.1

    4star

    K

    9.7

    4star

    HB

    4.5

    3star

    M

    4.5

    4star

    T

    1.0

    3star

    No current season stats available

    D

    8.0

    2star

    K

    4.4

    2star

    HB

    3.6

    3star

    M

    2.6

    3star

    T

    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

  Ht

  190cm

  Wt

  98kg

  Pos.

  Def

  Career

  Season

  Last 5

  D

  13.4

  3star

  K

  6.3

  2star

  HB

  7.0

  4star

  M

  5.3

  5star

  T

  1.3

  3star

  No current season stats available

  D

  10.6

  3star

  K

  6.2

  3star

  HB

  4.4

  4star

  M

  3.6

  4star

  T

  1.0

  3star

  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

    Wt

    83kg

    Pos.

    Fwd

    Career

    Season

    Last 5

    D

    11.3

    3star

    K

    6.8

    3star

    HB

    4.5

    3star

    M

    3.5

    4star

    T

    1.6

    4star

    G

    0.9

    4star

    No current season stats available

    D

    9.2

    3star

    K

    5.4

    2star

    HB

    3.8

    3star

    M

    2.2

    3star

    T

    1.6

    4star

    G

    0.4

    3star

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

    Age

    37

    Ht

    186cm

    Wt

    86kg

    Pos.

    D/M

    Career

    Season

    Last 5

    D

    23.5

    5star

    K

    12.1

    4star

    HB

    11.5

    5star

    M

    5.5

    5star

    T

    2.7

    4star

    MG

    310.5

    4star

    No current season stats available

    D

    15.0

    4star

    K

    6.8

    3star

    HB

    8.2

    5star

    M

    4.8

    5star

    T

    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

 

[Lore]

Yeh, not sure you can teach someone empathy, you either have it or you don't!

Empathy training sounds like a court ordered demand for being a selfish prick

So basically, "how not to be a dick training".

 

[Howard Moon]

So basically, "how not to be a dick training".

No dickheads policy... No finals wins in 17 years. Correlation?

 

[Lore]

No dickheads policy... No finals wins in 17 years. Correlation?

I'm not sure adding yobbos to this playing group would improve the culture much lol.

Also not sure dickheads would attain Nirvana that easily either.

 

[windyhill]

Carlton great slams Essendon's Sheedy announcement

Not a bad take by maclure the elder

Roll out sheeds like a performing seal any time we need a good news story .....

Spot on Sellers.

 

[CBombers17]

Theres a fair bit on empathy in a paper on the building of the Richmond 2017 Premiership team - "We don't want to be fake" - Nicholas Pollock. Rutten is mentioned in it.apparently but i couldn't find where.scrolling through on the phone.

 

[ghostdog]

I would very much doubt Sheedy has his wires crossed. He just won't hide it as well as the others. Brasher said on SEN that he 'thinks Rutten will be taking up Sheedy's offer'- this is despite them apparently barely knowing each other. What does that tell you about how optional the 'mentorship' is?

They aren't bringing Sheedy onto the board to conflict with anything they want to do. He's a safe seat and a great pitch to supporters. They will all be on the same page here - Pro Dodoro (they have both defended Dodoro in the last few days) and and Campbell....everyone's actually doing a great job just wait for next year etc. This looks far more like a batton change than a revolution and that should suprise nobody. .

Maybe I'm not that cynical. I'll take it on face value for now.

 

[Lore]

Theres a fair bit on empathy in a paper on the building of the Richmond 2017 Premiership team - "We don't want to be fake" - Nicholas Pollock. Rutten is mentioned in it.apparently but i couldn't find where.scrolling through on the phone.

 

[Fridge16]

This seemed the best thread to post this.

Sitting down with a beer about to watch Geelong Vs Port Adelaide and thinking how sick I am of watching other teams in finals. So jealous.

Hope a new president can contribute to changing this.

 

[DERO]

This seemed the best thread to post this.

Sitting down with a beer about to watch Geelong Vs Port Adelaide and thinking how sick I am of watching other teams in finals. So jealous.

Hope a new president can contribute to changing this.

I WILL HOLD HIM RESPONSIBLE REGARDLESS

 

[Fridge16]

I WILL HOLD HIM RESPONSIBLE REGARDLESS

haha, stop yelling! He only just started

 

[JayJ20]

covid 19. You'd think that most other clubs would have a drop...?

Nah we were by far the biggest to drop in pure numbers. Some clubs gained, some clubs had moderate drops. We dropped about 18K in members.
The AFL in total lost about 65K and we were almost 20K of that.

For reference (and as posted in the previous page):

Hawthorn dropped only 5K
Collingwood dropped about 9K which is half of what we dropped
West Coast gained 10K
Richmond lost 3K
Carlton gained 3K
St Kilda gained 5K
Geelong dropped about 3K
North dropped 4K

Sydney were the next biggest with a drop of 13K. Melbourne also dropped 12K.

It's likely that we'll post a significant loss this year and the club probably senses that we can't afford to have another significant drop next year.

Tigers dethroned as Victorian giants plummet: 2020 AFL membership ladder

Tigers dethroned as Victorian giants plummet: 2020 AFL membership ladder

www.foxsports.com.au

 

[DERO]

Nah we were by far the biggest to drop in pure numbers. Some clubs gained, some clubs had moderate drops. We dropped about 18K in members.
The AFL in total lost about 65K and we were almost 20K of that.

For reference:

Hawthorn dropped only 5K
Collingwood dropped about 9K which is half of what we dropped
West Coast gained 10K
Richmond lost 3K
Carlton gained 3K
St Kilda gained 5K
Geelong dropped about 3K
North dropped 4K

Sydney were the next biggest with a drop of 13K. Melbourne also dropped 12K.

It's likely that we'll post a significant loss this year and the club probably senses that we can't afford to have another significant drop next year.

Tigers dethroned as Victorian giants plummet: 2020 AFL membership ladder

Tigers dethroned as Victorian giants plummet: 2020 AFL membership ladder

www.foxsports.com.au

Actually, yes. Many other clubs have had a drop in members which could probably be put down to covid. You've even quoted some of them with your incomplete list that excludes Sydney and Melbourne who had a larger percentage drop than we did!

 

[JayJ20]

Actually, yes. Many other clubs have had a drop in members which could probably be put down to covid. You've even quoted some of them with your incomplete list that excludes Sydney and Melbourne who had a larger percentage drop than we did!

Yeah but I'm more focused on the magnitude of drop rather than just a drop.

I did mention Sydney (13K) and Melbourne (12K). I'm not having a go at the club or anything. It's natural to drop members if you have a bad year. I'm just stating what happened.

Also, Sydney and Melbourne aren't really comparable to our situation because both would have lost a lot of members before the COVID stuff went down. They finished bottom 4 last year after playing finals the year before. Naturally that'll cause some people to abandon the ship. Sydney because it's the end of an era and Melbourne because they've persistently disappointed their fans. Remember, Melbourne dropped from a Prelim to 17th and Sydney from 6th to 15th. It's sort of like us if we start next year badly.

We played finals last year so it's strange how most other teams dropped about 3K-5K. The two that had disappointing years last year can be explained. Collingwood (9K) is also above the generally drop in members, but we're literally double their drop.

I think Hawthorn is probably a better comparison considering we were both around the mark last year and dropped this year. For them to lose 5K and us to lose 18K is a little concerning.

 

[DERO]

Yeah but I'm more focused on the magnitude of drop rather than just a drop.

I did mention Sydney (13K) and Melbourne (12K). I'm not having a go at the club or anything. It's natural to drop members if you have a bad year. I'm just stating what happened.

Also, Sydney and Melbourne aren't really comparable to our situation because both would have lost a lot of members before the COVID stuff went down. They finished bottom 4 last year after playing finals the year before. Naturally that'll cause some people to abandon the ship. Sydney because it's the end of an era and Melbourne because they've persistently disappointed their fans. Remember, Melbourne dropped from a Prelim to 17th and Sydney from 6th to 15th. It's sort of like us if we start next year badly.

We played finals last year so it's strange how most other teams dropped about 3K-5K. The two that had disappointing years last year can be explained. Collingwood (9K) is also above the generally drop in members, but we're literally double their drop.

I think Hawthorn is probably a better comparison considering we were both around the mark last year and dropped this year. For them to lose 5K and us to lose 18K is a little concerning.

Sorry dude. The figures in the thread are wrong anyway (percentages and membership figures) but I thought you were pulling me up because I questioned whether Covid has led to reductions in memberships.

 

[JayJ20]

Sorry dude. The figures in the thread are wrong anyway (percentages and membership figures) but I thought you were pulling me up because I questioned whether Covid has led to reductions in memberships.

Oh no not at all. Of course COVID had an impact on every club. For some it means they lost more than usual. For others, they gained less than usual.

 

[foj1]

clock is surely ticking on Campbell.

Football is not looking good
players leaving
And membership takes a massive hit.

If it’s not clicking on dodoro why should it on Campbell?
wInning games provides hope and hope boosts memberships
we are In trouble

 

[EnolaGay]

I’m very comfortable with Sheeds joining the Board - I’m sure he won’t interfere at all in operations.....

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[boncer34]

No dickheads policy... No finals wins in 17 years. Correlation?

I'm waiting for us to implement the no dickheads policy before commenting on its success.

 

[Howard Moon]

I'm waiting for us to implement the no dickheads policy before commenting on its success.

Absolutely no dickheads!.....unless they are going cheap or have slid down the draft order, or can win you trade week. Other than that no dickheads

 

[CBombers17]

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Absolutely no dickheads!.....unless they are going cheap or have slid down the draft order, or can win you trade week. Other than that no dickheads

*Or father/son

 

[Howard Moon]

*Or father/son

He will be a dickhead in about *looks at watch... Three weeks

 

[Beerfish]

Sitting down with a beer about to watch Geelong Vs Port Adelaide and thinking how sick I am of watching other teams in finals. So jealous

Do what I do.

Something else.

 

[Fridge16]

Do what I do.

Something else.

Yeah i did that most of the season. Got lured in by finals, sucker for punishment...

 

[Mootsy]

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Can’t believe some people think a new president would go negative in the media on any employee, let alone someone who’s been there over 20 years like Dodoro.

It’s a bloody media interview. I mean ffs, it’s pretty basic bloody stuff.