Management skills are transferable to a certain extent. But the idea that the CEO of a bank with 35,000 employees was a suitable person to run a football club with maybe a couple of hundred was always simply insane. It’s an utterly different type of business and requires an utterly different set of skills.
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It’s like appointing Kym Peake to head up the Dept of Education and then Dept of Health
So well qualified because of her qualifications in public administration.
Years ago, when CSR was primarily in the sugar industry, the graduate intake were required to work in all areas of the industry, including with the cane growers and the millers, so they would know the sugar industry from the ground up.
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That’s ridiculous logic.
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Dorothy Mantooth is a saint!
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Sheedy is the only sane one out of the whole lot of the egomaniacs
Why ? If EY is such rubbish as some claim, why would people continue to use them ?
Many on here, just like you, whinge about everything. We will get a new CEO and win a game or two and then the same whingers will be telling us how good EFC is.
The board has messed up. It would be great if they all resigned. They could renominate if they were game and the members could vote. Perhaps then members could follow Longs93goal and do some research into those standing for election. The same people may end up being elected but then we’d know who to blame, instead of the mates getting the gig.
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What about those managers who get a bonus when they have nearly brought a company to its knees?
They know how to fireproof contracts against shareholders.
Just because we disagree with you doesn’t mean we’re whinging.
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I welcome a robust discussion and I am not often correct, and I am not precious.
But you and others, whine on about the Board, Campbell, Sheedy etc I reckon we are actually in a better place now than we have been since before the saga. New coach, good young players, great facilities and hope for the future.
Make your judgement after round 6 next year when we play the Pies on Anzac Day.
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Hird to the board
take over as president in a year or so
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this comment deserves more likes
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That’s a pretty good pragmatic view.
Clearly Barhams move last month was lacking detailed planning and as a consequence it has been a far from perfect execution. It was hastily executed. However, change was in the end inevitable and comes almost always with a public perception of chaos and perceived mismanagement. Indeed there have been big mistakes, the appointment of the new CEO and handling of Trucks departure (Clarko tilt) the obvious ones however there isn’t usually a nice way to handle a coach sacking, especially when contracts are in place.
The messy coach and CEO issues aside for a moment, Barham has achieved much to date in what I think most members were calling for. Among the changes, a clean out of the Board, a change in senior executive leadership, a new senior coach and an overarching refocus of the Club back to football and members. This alongside an external review. That’s a pretty good 6 weeks since late August (noted errors aside)!
By December, whether we agree or disagree, we will have a new Board, a President driving a football focussed direction, a new football director, senior coach and likely a new list manager. We will have a new CEO and be implementing key changes required from an external review. The above achieved in a messy way with collarrral damage.
Overall I think that’s a refocused Club that appears back on track. Yes Barham and the Board haven’t been anywhere near perfect.
From there it’s all about providing Brad Scott and his team all the necessary support to ensure we develop our young list. With renewed focus and a functioning Club, hopefully the next 12 months EFC regains the respect of the football world and trust from its members and stakeholders enabling it to hit the trade and FA market in 12 months time to accelerate our ascent back to finals success.
I hope!!!
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I have all teared up; that is the nicest thing anyone has said to me on BBlitz.
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I can accept some bumbling along as long as it gets us to a good decision. Scott’s appointment is a very good decision given everything we know today. My guess is that that process was not as open & diligent as reported because there are some inconsistencies in the story lines provided as to how, when and why Scott became a bomber.
But I don’t care because it’s a good decision. However the bumbling along in the parallel process to find the CEO was laid bare for all to see, except for the role (if any?) of the AFL CEO in endorsing and then removing his self-confessed mate and 1st class person.
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If he stood he would be elected. But I doubt he wants to.
Tinfoil time: boards use experts like EY to distance themselves from the negative outcomes of decisions. If it works, the board takes the kudos; if it doesn’t, then the board can shift the blame over to the consultants when they get backlash from members/stakeholders.
The reputations of the big firms are pretty set in stone and aren’t gonna be damaged by any individual failings
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I was relieved he wasn’t selected as Coach.
Every closet Hird hater would have joined forces with the open anti Hird nuffies. The pile on could have been too much.
IDK whether it would be as intense as standing for the Board, but it would be there in force
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His thecheapseats.com.au articles during the Saga were some of the most clear eyed pieces of writing I encountered on the topic as well. It’s a shame that he had to take them down when he got onto the board, though I completely understand why he felt it was necessary (hoping I haven’t misremembered that they were his…pretty sure they were).
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A bit like our Board letting it be known that it accepted the recommendations of the Coach Panel?
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