THE BOARD. PAFC DIRECTORS. Why? Just why? 😢

[Portology]

She probably has a good understanding of a narrow age band which would probably be true of all the board members. Just because she swallowed a buzz word generator doesn't necessarily make her input more valuable than say Amanda Vanstone.

Amanda is the sort of person I can imagine chewing up and spitting out a buzz word generator, and also making people laugh at it. Valuable input indeed.


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[OneGreatClub]

She probably has a good understanding of a narrow age band which would probably be true of all the board members. Just because she swallowed a buzz word generator doesn't necessarily make her input more valuable than say Amanda Vanstone.

Or any less

 

[Lockhart Road]

Holly has been on the board for long enough now, what benefits has she brought to the PAFC? Are her skills and expertise still relevant for what is needed at board level? This isn't just something to consider for Holly, but for the entire board.

Concur.

Today is May Day. I don’t mean that our ship is going down ... not just yet. It’s a public holiday in Hong Kong which is now a socialist enclave with Chinese characteristics and a few leftover British ones, too, and I thus have the clear air and provocation to write something provocative.

May Day. 1st of May 2018.
In 30 months to the day it will be 1st November 2020 - the first day of the first financial year following the 150th Anniversary of Port Adelaide Football Club.
Thirty short months.
Not long, eh?

On 1st November 2020, a lot may happen. An era may end, a new one begin.

David Koch may step down as Chairman, replaced by ... Amanda Vanstone?

Keith Thomas may step down as CEO, replaced by ... Chris Davies?

Two seats on the board may be occupied by persons with genuine China qualifications and ability, one of them ethnic Chinese ... or, as it is now, no seats will be thus occupied as the 2018 board and CEO still won’t have woken up to such a crucial survival requirement ... or because the comprehensive PAFC China Strategy will have been abandoned due to an incapability to deflect, qi gong style, the self-serving pressure from Gillon (AFLX and AFLX Only With or Without Port Adelaide) McLachlan?

Gillon may step down as AFL CEO, replaced by ... Andrew Fagan?

And Ken Hinkley may step down as senior coach, having failed to meet his 2020 KPIs, replaced by ... Stuart Dew?

Note the question marks. These are not predictions. They are digs aimed at making a BF thread interesting.

 

[El Zorro]

Do you think CD is the CEO heir apparent? What about Richo?

Concur.

Today is May Day. I don’t mean that our ship is going down ... not just yet. It’s a public holiday in Hong Kong which is now a socialist enclave with Chinese characteristics and a few leftover British ones, too, and I thus have the clear air and provocation to write something provocative.

May Day. 1st of May 2018.
In 30 months to the day it will be 1st November 2020 - the first day of the first financial year following the 150th Anniversary of Port Adelaide Football Club.
Thirty short months.
Not long, eh?

On 1st November 2020, a lot may happen. An era may end, a new one begin.

David Koch may step down as Chairman, replaced by ... Amanda Vanstone?

Keith Thomas may step down as CEO, replaced by ... Chris Davies?

Two seats on the board may be occupied by persons with genuine China qualifications and ability, one of them ethnic Chinese ... or, as it is now, no seats will be thus occupied as the 2018 board and CEO still won’t have woken up to such a crucial survival requirement ... or because the comprehensive PAFC China Strategy will have been abandoned due to an incapability to deflect, xi kung style, the self-serving pressure from Gillon (AFLX and AFLX Only With or Without Port Adelaide) McLachlan?

Gillon may step down as AFL CEO, replaced by ... Andrew Fagan?

And Ken Hinkley may step down as senior coach, having failed to meet his 2020 KPIs, replaced by ... Stewart Dew?

Note the question marks. These are not predictions. They are digs aimed at making a BF thread interesting.

 

[tribey]

Do you think CD is the CEO heir apparent? What about Richo?

 

[70sDinosaur]

Amanda is the sort of person I can imagine chewing up and spitting out a buzz word generator, and also making people laugh at it. Valuable input indeed.


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Amanda looks like she's done plenty of chewing up in her time, but not much spitting out...

 

[edgie]

Ay oh!

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[tribey]

"Miss Ransom, disrupt. this. board."

 

[Capital Power]

"Miss Ransom, disrupt. this. board."

As a WCE supporter, she's overseen quite enough disruption in the past two weeks.

 

[Dylan8]

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"Miss Ransom, disrupt. this. board."

holly will save us

 

[Doctor Feel]

Lol we have a bunch of old fogies and a random chick fresh out of uni. Amazing.

 

[JUSTWORK]

Lol we have a bunch of old fogies and a random chick fresh out of uni. Amazing.

and we wonder why all the ridiculous management decisions, Hinkley extension, Voss extension.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Lol we have a bunch of old fogies and a random chick fresh out of uni. Amazing.

We need Amanda Vanstone to eyeball Hinkley about his selections and gameplan and Davies, Cripps and Parker about their recruitment and list strategies. She might be the only one with the guts to confront them and tell them to stop speaking and doing so much bullshit.

 

[afl2004]

We need Amanda Vanstone to eyeball Hinkley about his selections and gameplan and Davies, Cripps and Parker about their recruitment and list strategies. She might be the only one with the guts to confront them and tell them to stop speaking and doing so much bullshit.

That's the only reason I was happy about her being on the board but clearly she has been brain washed or being out voted by the rest of the board.

Our club is way too comfortable

 

[rogerjames]

Concur.

Today is May Day. I don’t mean that our ship is going down ... not just yet. It’s a public holiday in Hong Kong which is now a socialist enclave with Chinese characteristics and a few leftover British ones, too, and I thus have the clear air and provocation to write something provocative.

May Day. 1st of May 2018.
In 30 months to the day it will be 1st November 2020 - the first day of the first financial year following the 150th Anniversary of Port Adelaide Football Club.
Thirty short months.
Not long, eh?

On 1st November 2020, a lot may happen. An era may end, a new one begin.

David Koch may step down as Chairman, replaced by ... Amanda Vanstone?

Keith Thomas may step down as CEO, replaced by ... Chris Davies?

Two seats on the board may be occupied by persons with genuine China qualifications and ability, one of them ethnic Chinese ... or, as it is now, no seats will be thus occupied as the 2018 board and CEO still won’t have woken up to such a crucial survival requirement ... or because the comprehensive PAFC China Strategy will have been abandoned due to an incapability to deflect, qi gong style, the self-serving pressure from Gillon (AFLX and AFLX Only With or Without Port Adelaide) McLachlan?

Gillon may step down as AFL CEO, replaced by ... Andrew Fagan?

And Ken Hinkley may step down as senior coach, having failed to meet his 2020 KPIs, replaced by ... Stuart Dew?

Note the question marks. These are not predictions. They are digs aimed at making a BF thread interesting.

That is downright depressing

 

[finbarr]

Lol the prevailing view here that Amanda Vanstone is a smart, tough operator. It really didn’t take too much hard work to come in over the top and tear down the education system in that Howard government, or tell the most vulnerable people in society they can basically all go and get ****ed.. She’s an idiot.

 

[Nemisis]

That's the only reason I was happy about her being on the board but clearly she has been brain washed or being out voted by the rest of the board.

Our club is way too comfortable

Absolutely 100% - lets not upset anyone at this cosy 'little' "community club". K Thomas is one of life's truly nice guys but he needs to take back control and start asking Hinkley the hard questions. Hinkley seems to have taking the reins at the club. I want an appointment of a person above Hinkley in the footy dept. Reporting directly to KT and the board.

 

[Magus]

Has anyone worked out what Holly brings to the table yet? I mean apart from being disruptive.

Is it her job to do the opposite? I thought that was Chris Davies job? Does CD know she's taken over his role?

 

[PatientMental]

Koch needs to go.

 

[MrMeaner]

Lol the prevailing view here that Amanda Vanstone is a smart, tough operator. It really didn’t take too much hard work to come in over the top and tear down the education system in that Howard government, or tell the most vulnerable people in society they can basically all go and get ******.. She’s an idiot.

I've met her. I agree.

 

[Coobk001]

I am so thankful for the turn around that has happened with our club, but the board must be held accountable for the Hinkley extension.

We gave the guy (I think it was) a 4 year extension, after 4 and a half years, an extension that effectively meant he had longer left here than he had already been here.

THAT WAS A MASSIVE DEAL! The type of deal that is great for stability and a harmonious club, and in reality an extremely smart move...... when you KNOW you have the right coach.

It's the sort of contract that Clarkson should get, the type that Hardwick post GF win should get, but Hinkley? Let's give a guy that has not taken us to top 4 in now 6 years, has missed the finals in half of his years, and failed given some of the best recruiting this club could've ever hoped for, with a list that was touted by many as premiership contending.

We need to hold the board accountable for this horrendous decision, and at the same time we need a new spark, we need someone to switch it up. We play like machines, we have had maybe 2-3 players actually develop well in Hinkley's time, and the rest have just ambled along. We are not getting results, and a culture of failure and setting records for failure has developed.

So many memorable failures it isn't funny. We've lost 2 SANFL GF's by under a goal, 2 AFL Finals by under a goal, crumbled from 11-4 to missing finals, our record in close games in abysmal and the only memorable ones we did win were through pure moments of insane brilliance. This all just reeks of a club that needs a change to hopefully trigger some new belief and maybe a change in the trend of these results.

 

[FishingRick04]

Will be interesting people ask for change but will they be weillkng to hold George F to account as part of it.

 

[Dylan8]

Do any business-knowing-guys what a good board turnover is? Aside from Ransom everyone on our board has been around since 2011 or 2012. That seems a bit slow. I would have thought an increased turnover would bring a broader perspective and challenging ideas to the board.

 

[OneGreatClub]

Will be interesting people ask for change but will they be weillkng to hold George F to account as part of it.

I hope so

 

[Capital Power]

Do any business-knowing-guys what a good board turnover is? Aside from Ransom everyone on our board has been around since 2011 or 2012. That seems a bit slow. I would have thought an increased turnover would bring a broader perspective and challenging ideas to the board.

On elected boards I think a certain percentage stand for re-election every year, for much the reason you outline. Isn't our board though largely controlled by the SANFL and AFL? They wouldn't welcome footy types coming in with their ignorance and obsession with kicking goals.