Stephen Icke talking about football matters on SEN ! Shit,i thought that was Swann's job.
It was actually good to hear the man running the footy dept. speak publicly about whats going.I actually think Icke is a good operator and i believe we dont hear nearl enough of Stephen in public.Still,it must be tough trying to get a bit of the limelight from the self proclaimed footy messiah Swann.Hopefully this is the sign of things to come.Stay up the front office Swann where you belong.

Its funny you mention that about Swann as a few of the boys that I know that go to the club often believe that Swann is too involved with trying to be involved with running the footy departmnet, rather than the club's finances.

Having more of a say in the footy dept is one of the reasons he left Collingwood.

Apparently Swann was told to pull his head in by McGuire and Malthouse and he didnt like it, so when the Carlton gig came along he jumped at it especially with all the trimmings.

Correct again Bomba.Once again alerted you to this early................................and how ridiculously idiotic were we to take him on with his intentions.Can someone in the footy club explain why he was employed on the basis of being heavily involved in the footy department.Plain crazy and they need to get it sorted out pronto.

It's a sound strategy match your management to your clubs needs at a certain period of time. As organisations evolve very few are able to keep the same CEO's etc for extended periods of time, particularly if the club needs a huge shake-up.

I believe Swann started at the "pies when they were a basket case, just like at Carlton.

It may well be the case that Swann is a "change manager" i.e. someone bought in to shake things up, and lay a template for sucess in the future. I've known guy's who's entire career was being brought in to smash the internal workings of companies and remould them in a more effective design. After 1-3 years they move on and do it somewhere else.

After that different management maybe needed to take the club forward.

I don't know if Swann is the best person to be CEO for the next 5 years, but he was certainly an important part of our improvement in the last 4.

Mick

I have had limited dealings with Swann but think he is ok vis a vis other CEOs I have for instances dealt with Brendan Gale as well(in another life) and whilst he has got a football background not sure he is as astute in other ways as Swann .I have also tangentially dealt with Arroca from North and think Swann is indeed better than him

Havent personally dealt with Cook but from all reports (non football reports ) he is excellent

However I do think we should be on the outlook for the next CEO after Swann to ensure there is no void once he goes

We also need to be on the look out for fresh talent at Board level with Andy Penn leaving AXA after takeover he would be an excellent addition to the Board

I think you have summed up my way thinking fairly well


Swann - it aint personal, its business

What is it with TC? Always trying to get people sacked, and the season has not even started.