My family has had significant business dealings with MlG's family dating back to the 90's. He's a guy you want on your side, and no question he gets great things done behind the scenes. He just lacks polish as a presenter.

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Orandum est ut sit mens sana in corpore sano. Fortem posce animum mortis terrore carentem, qui spatium vitae extremum inter munera ponat naturae, qui ferre queat quoscumque labores.

Fair enough, but perception is reality in the AFL landscape. He needs PR advice and media training ASAP.

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It's never as good as it looks and it's never as bad as it seems.

If your organisation is serious about maximising its ability to attract members doesn't your leader need to be a polished presenter ?

Seems low membership is never the boards fault.

MLG was taken to the cleaners by Danny Frawley this morning on SEN. Danny @#$%&! Frawley!!

Hardly inspiring stuff. No use saying he needs to get better at it. Not going to happen.

The media manager has a lot to answer for as far as I'm concerned. The unnecessary waffling message regarding the yes vote. The waffling garbled message about the "resignation"of the CEO. It's been a disappointing couple of weeks for the club.

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Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son.

The reality is the clubs' finances are in a concerning state and haven't improved to the liking of the afl and board since Triggs arrival. The levers for this are membership, sponsorship, commercial operations (merchandise, coteries, fundraising etc) and debt management. Read between the lines, Virgin is an AFL sponsor, and rescued us as we couldn't attract a new sponsor, and Trigg oversaw the acquisition of CareerOne and whilst not responsible for their demise, ultimately couldn't find another major sponsor.

Trigg has done a great job in the areas of uniting the club, community engagement, diversity and inclusion, AFLW, and the public image of Carlton. I've liked what he has brought to our club, and thank him for his energy and dedication to our cause. He did oversee the extension of Hyundai as major sponsor, so big tick.

What I'm interested in is particularly the boards' responsibility and accountability in all this. 75% of the board are long term board members and have overseen poor governance and decision making in football decisions, Ratten, MM appointments and their sackings, poor list management and recruitment over 15 years and now this decision. All while they have retained their positions on the board.

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For some silly reason, you people want to assassinate him, and it's just rubbish. You people. All of you, ALL of you!

Of course ... I had forgotten about him !

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I am as mad as hell and I'm not going to take it any more!!!

Good post I would say.

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THEY LIKE TO SEND UP!!!!!!!!

Until each team plays each other the same number of times, the AFL, as a fair dinkum competition, cannot be taken seriously.

He (Mr Swann) said the honour and pride associated with the club's traditional navy blue jumper was priceless.

What Dawwg said ^^^....!


kindest regards tommi

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that'siti'mnotchangingthistagain......!

Absolutely. Perhaps MLG is a strong board performer but he's terrible representing the club in the media.
Danny Frawley is a brainless flog and he made MLG look like an amateur yesterday. And not for the first time.
It was embarrassing listening to it.
If we don't have a person on the board who can represent the club well, get one. If MLG can't accept that, @#$%&! him off.

Efforts like the past 72 hours have the capacity to deflate months worth of momentum.

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Looking forward to seeing our potential realised.

Both nailed it IMO.

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#GUILTY

Great post.

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It's never as good as it looks and it's never as bad as it seems.

Wasn't the constitution changed a few years back where the president selects who goes on and off the board through a special committee? If so, the Carlton Football club is MLG.

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It is not as bad as you are lead to believe.......it is %$#^& worse!!!

I honestly don’t care.

Apart from Eddie and Jeff, I don’t even know who the other presidents are.

Employ the right CEO and move on.

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"You are being watched. The government has a secret system. A machine that spies on you every hour of every day. I know because I built it." - Finch

The proof is in the reality - we're not one of the big 4 and we're lagging behind in the membership stakes.

We can't hide behind the "when we win they will come" strategy any longer.


Time for the Board to put up or get out.

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"Hence you will not say that Greeks fight like heroes but that heroes fight like Greeks"?

Winston Churchill

Completely agree with Wangers' post RE: Trigg, and the board.

In regards specifically to the functioning of the board, my view is that the Independent Nominations Committee as established by MlG as one of his first acts as Pres, is a double edged sword. I think it was conceived with good intentions, namely to *prevent* factions from forming. But of course, like any environment in which there isn't full transparency, does have the power to be abused. Only time will tell if it is, but I think so far so good. Worth keeping an eye on though.

MlG has never been one to communicate well as soon as the cameras are on... watch him introduce Bolton at his first presser... stumbles his words, seems to lack authority. He needs to be kept away from the media as much as possible, but also needs to be allowed to continue to bridge gaps between power brokers at the club and reach out to many of the club faithful that have been kept on the outer for the past few decades. It's a delicate balance, an unenviable position, and under the circumstances I think progress has been immense. Lots of work still to do.

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Orandum est ut sit mens sana in corpore sano. Fortem posce animum mortis terrore carentem, qui spatium vitae extremum inter munera ponat naturae, qui ferre queat quoscumque labores.

We will keep struggling along until we fix our home game arrangements and club culture. MCG and PP is were the financial future and growth of membership base lies. Loser/high draft picks mentality needs to be eradicated. Broken record but....

oops

The club has never ever been better and you want to call for a board spill. THIS IS THE OLD CARLTON

Sometimes i think supporters on here are so bored with their own lives that they just love drama to keep them going.

JUST BE PATIENT. OUR TIME WILL COME

https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/ ... t-52900010




As usual, terrible grammar but some interesting tidbits.

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WADA medical director Dr Alan Vernec describes Essendon* FC drug case as biggest scandal in team sport the world of sport has seen. #WC2WB

#GUILTY