How about the good old days of Roy Horsborough. He fronted up to the media with aplomb.
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The chairwoman of AMP got the chop for what happened below her. A cabinet minister is under the pump is some public servant stuffs up. As I said in another post you can’t delegate responsibility. It would nice to hear more from Tanner. Like him or not at least Eddie fronts up and speaks for the club with passion. Tanner might be prominent within for all we know but I would like to see him a bit out in the public being pro-active
ermm that’s not what I was remarking on la
When a Cabinet Minister stuffs up, it is often the public servant who gets the chop.
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Spoken like a Public Servant Big A !!
I have seen and worked with more than one Minister who has had to fall on his (or her) sword because of a public servant mistake.
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Well McGuire does it due to media profile, Kennett through ego, Little did it out of necessity, that thing from Footscray does it because there are only so many ambulances you can chase and he has to let people know he still matters. And that weird dude from Gold Coast is about the only other president that sticks their head out of the boardroom. You’ll find it’s the CEO who is the mouthpiece for most organisations.
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When public servants advice does not get taken
( sometimes because a staffer thinks he knows better) Minister stuffs up, public servants sit through Senate Committees having abuse hurled at them because of the stuff up, careers go down the drain.
Or when you have to defend a Minister’s actions at the domestic and international level when he careered off on a course of action you advised against.
As Menzies said, look after your public servants, they will keep you out of trouble.
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Koche
Good point. I could say media profile, but I will go with egotistical douche instead.
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Tanner to lead the Bombers until 2021
2 August 2018 — 12:25pm (from something called The Age)
Essendon chairman Lindsay Tanner has committed to serving another three years at the helm of the club before stepping down.
Tanner, the former Finance Minister and ex-leading figure in government and Labor politics, will stand for election for another three-year term in December, with the intention of remaining as chairman of the Bombers until the end of 2021, when he will finish his time leading the club.
Lindsay Tanner is set to serve one last three-year term at the helm of Essendon.
Tanner, who took over as chairman of the Bombers just before the club’s crisis peaked with the suspension of players by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, confirmed to The Age that he intended to remain as chairman – subject to the members’ and board’s support – for another three-year term.
“It would be my intention to continue on as chairman if I’m re-elected,’’ said Tanner, who said he wished to serve for only one further three-year term. “It would be my last term, so I’ve got three more years, from December … should I get elected.’’
Tanner emphasised that he had to be endorsed by the members and the board to continue in the role. He will stand alongside fellow board member David Barham, who heads up the cricket coverage for Channel Seven.
Tanner viewed the re-development of Essendon’s Tullamarine base – a project that would cost “around the $20 million mark’’ and involved seeking government funding – as the most important item on the club’s agenda during his chairmanship.
“That’s obviously the crucial one,’’ he said.
Tanner said the Bombers had already raised a significant portion of the funds, but would be seeking involvement from the state and federal government for the community aspects of the facility, such as the Paralympic Committee (based there), Indigenous participation and women’s football.
“At the moment, probably the most critical is discussions with both state and federal governments about connecting with particular aspects of the project.’’
The chairman said the club had reduced its debt – which is understood to have peaked at about $11 million following the downturn of 2016 post-suspensions – faster than expected to only “a few million’’ and a very manageable amount.
While Tanner said the club had moved away from specifying a ladder position objective, the board had set a goal of reaching the top four regularly, to give themselves the best chance of winning a premiership. The club has not been in the top four, post-finals, since 2001.
He said the goal for this season had been to win a final – an objective that was still possible, despite the poor start in the first eight rounds.
“In our strategic plan, we moved away from … seeking to specify a precise objective for ladder position this year, next year, the year after, and established a broad frame that applies to on-field results and off-field figures, to be consistently in both categories.
“So broadly our strategic objective in the on-field sense is to get ourselves into that top four … which history tells us is necessary in order to be a serious threat to win a premiership.’’
Tanner said that the Saints had been consistently top four over a long period (2004-2010), but were “very unlucky not to win a flag’’.
“The objective is to get that top four level. Essendon hasn’t been in that top four cohort for about 15 years, so that’s our immediate objective.
“I think you re-evaluate things at the end of each year, as to how things are looking. So I wouldn’t set any kind of specific objective for next year at this point. Ultimately the senior coach and football department are pretty crucial to that.
“At the start of this year, we set ourselves the objective of winning a final. So by definition that means improvement on last year. We made things rather difficult for ourselves earlier in the year. We’ve got ourselves back in with a chance of achieving that objective, but you know, statistically it’s not a high chance, it’s a reasonable chance.
“A lot will depend on how things unfold between now and the end of the season, as to what extent we specify what our objective is for next year.
“The broad strategic frame from the board is we want to be in that top four zone and we want to be there as quickly as we can.’’
Tanner also took a small swipe at the commentary that was critical of the club’s decision earlier this year to extend John Worsfold’s contract by two years.
“We did cop flak, it tended to be from the same people who were calling for Nathan Buckley sacked last year and Damien Hardwick the year before.’’
Tanner said he had not received any criticism from Essendon supporters. “I have not had a single Essendon supporter put that to me. Numerous journalists, no Essendon supporters.’’
Said the football department deserved credit for “staying the course’’ this year after the struggles early in the season.
“Yes, there were one or two adjustments made, but retaining faith in the playing group, in themselves, the approach that had been taken and the end result was that things did turn," he said.
“The thing that gives me a lot of optimism for the future, the next few years, is that we’ve got better depth now in our list than we’ve had for a very long time, as well as a core group of very well-established top-tier talent … I think we’ve now got some very good depth.
“That gives me a lot of hope for the next few years.’’
Tanner noted that the players remaining on the list who had been suspended by the CAS in 2016 had excelled this year.
“If you look at the six players on our list who were suspended, most of them having been having really good years. The one exception is Trav Colyer, who’s missed the vast bulk of the year with injury. But Tommy Bellchambers has probably had his best season … Dyson Heppell’s been fantastic, so has Michael Hurley and Cale Hooker. David Myers has had a good trot without injury, was fantastic on the weekend.’’
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Who?
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We’re still wedging sorry saga references in in 2018 huh
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2022 year of the guaci
I am not unhappy with Lindsay per se but would you call me cynical if I said, that in common with Canberra “3 - 3” politicians, you only hear from them every 3 years in the 3 months lead up to the next election, when the electorate bus tyres are pumped up, the botox jabs are done, the hair is coiffed, and they appear on the railway stations saying " I am your man",
Only to be greeted by many who say " Who?"
They’re on first.
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I reckon Ol Linds has done ok. Another 3 years is fine by me.
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Think that’s a bit unfair. I think he’s spoken when he’s needed to and otherwise let other club officials represent the club publicly which is good. I don’t want a loudmouth braggart style chairman like Kennett or to a lesser extent Eddie.
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Now correct me if I’m wrong, and it’s quite possible because yesterday I didn’t know what day of the week it was, but as Chairman, he’s the leader of our club. He’s at the top of the tree as our public figure apart from X on the business side.
If that’s correct, I haven’t really seen much of what he’s done. Apart from the membership email and I assume the Chairman’s lunch (which I’ve never had the pleasure of attending) I don’t really know what else he does and I guess my expectation of him is to be a bit more prominent than what he is.
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Down in the outer, where most supporters enjoy their footy, its rare to see anyone who mixes in stratospheric levels at the club like Linds, or Xav, but where I stand, in the grog squad, Sheeds appeared one day, and stood amongst us for a time, soaking up the atmosphere, he has mingled at the Blitz BBQ. But then again, I always knew Sheeds would be at home at any level, and doesn’t even run for the board. Having said that I have met most of the board and coaches at club functions. You just have to pay $$$ to gain access to them.
Xavier is the leader of the club.
The board are supposed to ensure good governance and keep the CEO focussed on the long term strategic items.
I don’t want some fkn idiot chairman acting like a buffoon.
A quiet, effective and professional Chairman with a modest ego is quite fine by me.
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