Not before he gives your idol the ■■■■.
Hang on, did Thorburn have ‘controversial comments’ of his own and I’ve missed them, or is the Herald-Sun just being incompetent again? I thought the stuff he got in hot water over was said by some pastor at his church.
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All Sheedy has been doing is trying to undermine Barham from the very beginning.
Robbo says Sheedy is backing Scott to the hilt but with gritted teeth I reckon soon as an opening opens up he will try to back stab Scott and get Hird as coach.
Sheedy has to ■■■■■■■ go.
And Robbo says Hird will never speak to the club again if he thinks he was strung along? give me a ■■■■■■■ break Robbo,Hird has way more class than that.
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It’s no wonder Essendon gets a reputation for being run by power brokers. It’s actually true. It’s internal “processes” is borrowed from the Stone age. Whoever is strongest wins. I just hope that the strongest is also the smartest….
Only reason Sheedy crossed the floor to make Barham president is because he tought Barham will want Hird as coach
Well Sheedy thought wrong.
I’m strapping in for this
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These bits are interesting.
The first one yes. The second, not so sure.
So what it’s forced changed
Again fark the board for all of this, SICK of hearing about this shyte and Essendon. Do not ask members to fund your dumb arrrrse law suits.
Everything was smoothing sailing untill the bungled ceo appointment. once the new ceo is in all this crap will be in the rear view mirror.
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So what happened then
AFL intervened?
Story doesn’t align with Sheedy saying their was a split vote however ???
So Essendon would have by passed the coaching process and selected Hird if that happened.
Don’t care. The fools involved in running this club have again put us here. Thorburn was a known entity with his failing as a CEO Plain as day. Its par for the course. Every single one needs to go… we need a new way of doing things at Essendon. No big consultancies, no coteries… I don;t know how but the real clean out I fear has not actually begun.
Serioulsy, how the fark we took over from the clarkofuck is just pure get farked Essington shyte.
I can’t believe Scott is the right appointment and we won’t be back in here in two years fixing and restarting everything again.
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Personally i don’t care and have had enough of this crap they picked Brad who so far seems to been the right choice and that’s all that matters to me.
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Nowhere in the article is it stated that Hird would be given the job.
You have just added that bit in to suit your position, and now you will attempt to repeat it enough to make it received wisdom.
You will likely respond to this with something like, ‘I know more than you’ or something else that is impossible to challenge, though also likely completely made up.
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Wow, what a $hit read that was!
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And they wouldn’t do the same with Hird?
we should get the numbers to change the constitution or by laws or whatever that the club has to have one board member represented and picked by blitz. we can then nominate paul and give a big F you to the corporate wankers.
but as with anything you can’t fight city hall and win. there’s not enough people who are both knowledgeable and professional enough to work at the club for the sole benefit of the club.
the club is merely a pr and networking device used by those who have influence and power and want to keep it that way.
for a lil while i’d hoped barham was different, but the more that comes out about thornburns appointment, it’s just too much of the same.
people don’t love the club and want to do what’s best for it, well most (of those in a position to do so) they just want whats best for them by exploiting it.
which is kinda sad, cos ultimately I see no way out and no way of it changing.
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From the Herald Scum… press are having a farking field-day…
How many review one club have??
It’s farking amazing this ramshackle organisation is still afloat…
Essendon failed to formally present findings from NFL powerbroker Michael Lombardi
Essendon paid NFL powerbroker Michael Lombardi to assess its football department in 2019 — but failed to ever formally present his findings to the club’s board.
As the Bombers await the findings from their second formal review this season, it can be revealed Lombardi spoke to all key figures in the football department during his week-long visit to Tullamarine late in the 2019 season.
The 63-year-old attended match committee, opposition analysis, team meetings and reviews.
Lombardi sent a document filled with his observations to former chief executive Xavier Campbell, who drove the decision to engage Lombardi.
But some board members never received Lombardi’s observations while others claimed they were only given a summary.
It’s understood the Bombers covered the cost of Lombardi’s flights and paid him a small fee in exchange for his work. Lombardi also attended a luncheon with club sponsors.
The Bombers have privately conceded their old administration made a mistake by never formally canvassing the document.
It’s understood Lindsay Tanner, who was chairman at the time, did not meet Lombardi.
Tanner declined to comment on Friday.
Multiple staff members insisted that Lombardi was hands-on. They were told he would be reviewing the football program, but said they never saw any outcomes come from it.
It’s understood Lombardi spoke to staff at Essendon’s Reynolds Room and Coleman Room meeting rooms and also held less formal chats in the club’s cafe.
Lombardi has been an executive for San Francisco 49ers, Cleveland Browns, Philadelphia Eagles and Oakland Raiders and also worked under legendary coach Bill Belichick.
The Herald Sun put questions to Lombardi recently regarding his work for Essendon.
Lombardi, who lives in the US, asked for more information and arranged a time to speak.
However Lombardi suddenly changed his mind, saying: “My relationship with Essendon is confidential”.
The Bombers are adamant the Lombardi report is irrelevant now, given the club has undergone multiple leadership transformations since.
When Lombardi visited they had John Worsfold as coach, Ben Rutten as his assistant, Dan Richardson as football manager, Campbell as chief executive and Tanner as president.
They have all departed.
The Bombers have commissioned another three formal reviews since receiving Lombardi’s observations.
Former chairman Paul Brasher commissioned an internal review after the dismal 2020 season, which uncovered a more “ruthless” coaching mantra suited the players, and then another internal review after the 2-9 start to this season.
When new president David Barham ousted Brasher in August he demanded an external review because he was not happy with this year‘s internal review, which — like the 2020 version — was led by football directors Simon Madden and Sean Wellman.
Former player Andrew Welsh replaced Madden on the board last month.
Barham’s external review, which is being led by Ernst & Young and one-day chief executive Andrew Thorburn, is being finalised now.
Unlike Lombardi, the EY review will form a set of recommendations for the entire club — starting with the board and executive. The review will cover Essendon’s culture and processes and will also assess all of the administration and football department.
Thorburn said he hoped the EY review would lead to “great change”.
Bombers responds to outraged supporters
Essendon has responded to outraged supporters who threatened to tear up their memberships on the back of Andrew Thorburn’s appointment as chief executive.
Thorburn was appointed on Monday but resigned on Tuesday in the wake of the Herald Sun’s revelations that he was also chairman of a church which had likened abortion to the Holocaust.
“The person who holds a CEO position must reflect the values of the organisation that they lead and represent and throughout the course of (Tuesday) it became apparent that this was not the case for Andrew,” Essendon’s membership department wrote in an email to fans.
“There was a clear conflict in values from being a director of the church that do not align with being the leader of the Essendon Football Club. We understand and respect each individual’s decision to commit as a member … and will continue to move forward as a united club.
“In light of this, can you please confirm if you would still like me to complete the cancellation of your 2023 membership?”
The Bombers’ relationship with Ernst and Young, the consultancy firm which is also completing the club’s external review, became strained after it failed to uncover the red flag before Thorburn’s appointment.
President David Barham said the club first learnt of Thorburn’s connections to City on a Hill — and that offensive sermon from 2013 — after it was reported in the Herald Sun.
Forget it Nino. You are arguing with people who think the whole process was just a big conspiracy to stop Hird from becoming coach. That Robbo article is QAnon levels of bullshit