David Barham - Our new Board Overlord

[Scorpio]

I worked with a guy once whose mantra was “lets not move too fast,” at every meeting, at every opportunity.
Consequently he never moved at all, never achieved anything other than another review and another meeting.
I fear EFC might have been struck with the same intertia over the years.

[Clone_Hirdy]

@Humble_Minion

I think the main issue with the internal review was the people and issues that it didn’t cover, rather than what it did.

IMO the internal review was floored, but so was the external review. What would EY know about running a football club? They should have put together an external team (like the coaching panel) with experienced and successful football administrators and players to conduct the review.

[Scorpio]

Or got one smart football person.

[Clone_Hirdy]

Yep, EY will just regurgitate what people in the club want them to say.

[Clone_Hirdy]

@Scorpio

I worked with a guy once whose mantra was “lets not move too fast,” at every meeting, at every opportunity.
Consequently he never moved at all, never achieved anything other than another review and another meeting.
I fear EFC might have been struck with the same intertia over the years.

I don’t remember working with you?

[longs93GFgoal]

I posted an article when an external review was first announced, and I don’t have the chance to go find it now, but EY did the Richmond review - the changes from which were widely credited with their turnaround.

Obviously though it’s about working alongside someone who has football experience and then, more importantly, how the club actually implements the recommendations.

[Go_Team_2.0]

If it were me, I’d support an internal review, rubbish the findings, spill the board and then pay EY to let me present the same findings as new and go from there.

[mosarto]

Good to see that Welshy is making all the right noises - but proof=pudding

[Sameolds2010]

@longs93GFgoal

I posted an article when an external review was first announced, and I don’t have the chance to go find it now, but EY did the Richmond review - the changes from which were widely credited with their turnaround.

Obviously though it’s about working alongside someone who has football experience and then, more importantly, how the club actually implements the recommendations.

Was Thorburn part of that one?

[bigallan]

How did Thorburn get involved in the first place?
Was he part of the EY team, or did Essendon engage him?

[RedSashOnBlack]

Thats what I want to know… how did he even qualify to be on the external review panel?

[Zimmer]

Think it’s just a taster to show they are doing something. The important stuff will come in the full report.

[evs]

@Finding_Nino

He said too heavy a focus was placed on attracting and retaining talent, which the club had done well, and too little on ensuring they developed that talent into long-term, consistent Essendon players with the development programs stretched beyond capacity because they were under-resourced.

“Players were getting Rising Star nominations, which was supposed to be a tick, but that wasn’t development. That [nomination] was based on talent and those players would go back to the VFL or get injured and not play the rest of the year,” Welsh said.

“We have to make sure that area is fully supported and those in that area are not stretched in the way that they have been for a long time.”

“We want to build a world-class development program,” Welsh said. “Our VFL has got to be treated as a university for our AFL and not have part-time bits and pieces. We need full-time people in those programs because that has been a massive deficiency for us.

[Finding_Nino]

I was skeptical at first thinking “here we go again another job for the boys” but after reading that article I’m happy he’s on board.

[Zimmer]

@longs93GFgoal

Obviously though it’s about working alongside someone who has football experience and then, more importantly, how the club actually implements the recommendations.

Reckon Brendan Gale was the Tillerman there. Hasn’t received enough credit. Or maybe he has and I wasn’t watching.

[Humble_NSW_Fan]

In Dave we trust.

[Speedy_Gonzales]

I know I know …

but seems he’s on the money, for once.

[James98]

■■■■ off Damian Barrett you shitstain

[bigallan]

In regard to the list of CEO candidates that Barham referred to, was Thorburn involved in a panel doing the selection?

[Tyler]

Barham could have spent the last 7 years on the board fighting every bad decision they have made but unable to put a stop to it until now. If Barrett has more info on this then he should make it public, but he wont, because he doesnt and hes just taking pot shots for clicks.