Well, Dean Rioli just brought tears to my eyes:Dean Rioli @DeanoRio 3m3 minutes ago
I still got your back Hirdy @EssendonFC
Current Board -Daryl Jackson since 2004 -Paul Litte since 2011 -Paul Brasher since 2011 -Chris Heffernan since 2011 -Simon Madden since 2013 -Paul Cousin since 2014 -Catherine Lio since 2014 -Andrew Muir since 2015 -Lindsay Tanner since 2015I'll renew my membership and vote the board out.Didn’t you just vote them in?
2 spots opened up - 2 new members voted in.
2 others co-opted on (ie nobody voted for them - bit sus IMHO).
5 left - although Simon only came on in 2013.So only 4 survivors from start of the saga
I think the four that have been there since 2013 should be gone.Simon Madden, Cousins, Lio, Muir and Tanner get a pass for now.
Jackson must hold the record for the most mediocre time as an Essendon board member in the clubs history.
There is another resigination coming soon from what is being bandied around right now.....Paul Little is next apparently. When? I'm not sure, but word is he is also on his way out too. That is one resignation I won't be upset about.It says in his statement that he'll step aside once the WADA appeal is done.
Well done detective, you’ve busted the case wide open.
Well, Dean Rioli just brought tears to my eyes:Dean Rioli @DeanoRio 3m3 minutes ago
I still got your back Hirdy @EssendonFC
Legend
I believe Hird when he says he’s resigned, to try and improve the coverage of the club.
So Hird's gone.Whats changed? Nothing.
Still got WADA to deal with.
well done everyone.
fkn lolThe appeal will 100% without doubt absolutely certainly get dropped now.
Really believe that?ASADA I could believe - even though they’d taken the deal off the table. WADA couldn’t give a shizen, they’ve got ASADA’s money, they’re gunna spend it.
I’m cynical enough to believe it.
Also, remember that I’m wrong pretty much all of the time…
talk about not supporting the players, anyone who folds on their membership can ■■■■ off as far as im concerned.There are lot of supporters throughout this country and posters on here that are not members. Unfortunately there is going to be a lot more.
I believe Hird when he says he's resigned, to try and improve the coverage of the club.yep. Me too.
I believe Hird when he says he's resigned, to try and improve the coverage of the club.
Makes two of us.
That was the most amicable parting of a club & coach you will ever see.
Wouldn’t have happened, not Hird’s fantastic video afterwards, if he was truly sacked.
There is another resigination coming soon from what is being bandied around right now.....Paul Little is next apparently. When? I'm not sure, but word is he is also on his way out too. That is one resignation I won't be upset about.It says in his statement that he'll step aside once the WADA appeal is done.Well done detective, you’ve busted the case wide open.
So he will be around for another few years
Before cancelling your membership, perhaps listen to Hird
Very class & dignified exit by Hird. Will enhance his status as a club legend in my view.From his own words, Hird felt that the players couldn’t be given the space they needed to just play… a point he reiterated many times in answering questions.
He posed the question to the CEO that, if he was gone, the players would be better off? The CEO to it that question to the Chairman and the Chairman took it to the Board. It was a unanimous decision. Tells me Hird himself felt he had the diminishing point of returns if he stayed as coach and did the right thing by sounding his management if they felt the same. In the end, it was mutual consent. The club handled this far, far better than the Sheedy & knights situations.
Will the “AFL Industry” now finally give the players the space they deserve & need to just play football?
Let’s wait and see.
For Hird to approach the situation as he did and conduct himself the way that he did speaks volumes to the integrity of he as a person. It is of the highest order.
This.
Could not have put it better. It’s also clear Hird will have his say but at a time and setting of his own choosing. Doubt that’s going to be in the short term, though. We’ll all need to have a bit of patience (not a strong point in these parts, I know).
Before cancelling your membership, perhaps listen to Hirdhttp://www.essendonfc.com.au/video/2015-08-18/btv-hirds-message-to-members
I don’t need to be reminded what a great man is to decide on whether the club he laid down for is worth supporting.
It’s not.
Hird as next Chairman. MAKE IT HAPPEN.Meant to be listening to a lecture now. That’s out the window.
Now wouldn’t that be something! I like your thought process. Doubt Fitzpr**k would have the cahunas to phone James and use his gutter talk!!
Reepicheep objects to that comparison.Even a lion can be taken down by enough rats.Very apt.
Hird may have kept his mane at this sacrifice, but the comparison is apt.
Sadly, in this world there is no Deeper Magic, and Evil wins.
(shut up, only after writing all that did I distinguish between mice and rats)
Interesting to see Hird's announcement prior to the afl new media rights announcement. Tell me the afl didnt have anything to do with it.Where is the like button when you need it.
So can you benfti.No chance mate, I will clean the players boots if it means they know they have my support.
What a sanctimonious spineless turd you are -
I’m sad but relived, the message to the members was very raw - you can feel he has genuine resentment for what has occurred. It was naive to think that this was going to last forever, the AFL got their man, and its over. I just hope he gets some rest now, he deserves it, it’s been a long road - but I hope everyone can get back to living their life with some normalcy.
Just think, under the Infinite Universe Theorem - Somewhere, In some parallel universe, James Hird at the exact same press conference stood up, called Barrett a ‘cockwomble’, rubbed Paul Little’s head and said that he’s pulling the boots back on.
http://www.essendonfc.com.au/video/2015-08-18/btv-hirds-message-to-membersFantastic video from Hird - clearly loves the club with all his heart, still. Clearly, always will.
All of you wanting to give up your memberships should see this video…and hand on to those memberships.
The fact that the club has spectacularly failed to hang tough and support this man is the reason I’m calling it a day. This video only serves to confirm what a great person he is and how disgraceful it is that the board have pulled out the rug from under him.
Before cancelling your membership, perhaps listen to Hirdhttp://www.essendonfc.com.au/video/2015-08-18/btv-hirds-message-to-members
I don’t need to be reminded what a great man is to decide on whether the club he laid down for is worth supporting.
It’s not.
Perhaps you’ll listen to that same great man make a recommendation that it’s worth supporting?