I would hope the board says no to this.
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Watch our female staff section resign in droves
#exodus
For a club trying trying to rebuild its brand this would completely fly in the face of that.
Membership take up from women drop off likely etc
Surely wonât happen
I donât think heâs ever been head of the football department and donât know if his skill set would be good for that role.
Heâs welcome to apply for the role and enter the interview process. Hopefully there are better applicants available.
BOMBERS âOPENâ TO CHATTING WITH LETHLEAN
Essendon CEO Xavier Campbell has admitted the club is open to speaking to axed former AFL football operations manager Simon Lethlean about the Bombersâ vacant head of football role.
It was reported in the Herald Sun this morning that Lethleanâs âbest optionâ to return to the industry could be via a football department position. Last month, Rob Kerr departed the club as footy boss, and the Dons havenât ruled out discussing the role with Lethlean.
"Youâd be open to chatting to Simon,â Campbell told SEN Breakfast.
âNo [we havenât spoken to him yet.] He is someone who will be on the radar for sure. He is a pretty talented football person.
"He has got pretty significant football experience.â
However, Campbell stressed the decision making process has only just began, and the club wonât rush into a choice.
"We are literally just starting the formal piece of the process now,â he said.
"I would like to think thatâll ramp up over the next couple of weeks leading into Christmas and hopefully it gets us to a point where we can feel comfortable to make a decision just before Christmas.
âWe want to get a really good person to come in and run our football program.
âIt is a really important part of your business and we think we are in a really exciting stage of our football program over the next few years.
âWe have only just started the process, so we arenât in a major rush to get it moving.
âWe have got a really good foundation and John Worsfold is a really experienced football person and well supported by Matt OâHanlon and Ash Brown.
âWeâd hope to, by Christmas, look to add a really talented person to add value to our football program.â
Lethlean is still a candidate to become Collingwoodâs CEO, as the Magpies have yet to announce a replacement for Gary Pert.
It was reported Lethlean was a favourite for the Carlton CEO job after Steven Triggâs shock departure, but Cain Liddle filled that vacancy.
Lethlean was forced to resign from his position at the AFL earlier this year after it was revealed he had an affair with a younger female staff member.
Idea: This idiot gets a job outside the football industry. Why canât these people just go away?
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No no no. Donât you know if youâre a football administrator you can only administer football related things forever? No other form of administration job is possible. There has to be a Sherrin involved somewhere or it just doesnât work
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Sadly the football industry is full of disgusting people
Itâs an onion, the more layers, the more it stinks
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Fixed.
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Okay so its not like we actively targeting Lethlean.
A question was posed to X on SEN, and he gave a diplomatic answer, and kept Gil onside.
When in reality there is no way weâd genuinely consider him regardless of allowing him through interview process.
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I think it went way further than a simple diplomatic answer
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meh, is he good at his job? if so, hire.
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The Stringer Approach
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Give Hird the role.
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ENEMIES BECOME FRIENDS
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Really�
Mate - you need to change your veggie supplierâŚ
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The moral horse is high today.
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Why does this bloke need to come back to football? These AFL fatcats should stay the f*ck away, especially from our club.
There is so many jobs these buissness manager types could get, why do we have to keep them in football? Especially proven sh*t blokes.
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Oh please no, just no
No
No
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