Mickstar wrote:
Anyhow boys,just changing the subject,can any of you guys tell me why the hell did Marco LG bump Trigg.Still to this day have no idea.
My take has always been that Trigg was hired because he came AFL recommended. The absolution from HQ was all our board needed to hear to hire him. In reality - he was a glorified communications manager whose track record at Adelaide in the previous few years there was abysmal.
*Adelaide's sponsorship program lost 2 million between 2011 and 2012, and was at the same level it was at in 2009.
*Adelaide went from being a financial powerhouse to requiring a a million a year in grants from the SANFL just to make it profitable. Without the grant, Adelaide would have been loss makers in five of Triggs' last six years.
*Adelaide's revenue increases over Trigg's last five years were almost solely due to increases in TV rights funding.
99prelim wrote:
No that doesn't count cause that wasn't the club finding the loopholes; those loopholes were provided by the AFL. SB spoke about club based engineering, not AFL engineering
AFL enginerring works both ways...clubs have to make a case why they deserve a decent part of the pie. Prior to the 2012 season, the club CEO's, Presidents and AFL exec members worked for over a year on the
Club Future Fund which set out AFL payments for clubs between 2012-2016.
Club's Total allocation (2012-16)Bulldogs $10.2 million
North $10.2 million
Melbourne $9.2 million
Saints $8.1 million
Richmond $8.1 million
Port $7.2 million
Sydney $7.2 million
Brisbane $7.2 million
Essendon* $4.75 m
Collingwood $4.25 m
West Coast $4.25 m
Fremantle $4.25 m
Carlton $4.25mGeelong $3.25m
Hawthorn $3.25m
Adelaide $3.25m
GC $3.25m
GWS $3.25m
So you can make the argument that Greg Swann and Stephen Kernahan didn't do a great job or that we were shafted by the AFL...or BOTH! Clubs were provided with a formal funding package letter outlining the conditions of funding. Clubs that received between $10.2million and $7.2million then worked with the AFL to set 2012-2014 budgets and agree on hiring strategies and KPIs for new roles.
This certainly assisted the Tigers and Dogs who used it to great effect. Melbourne, North and the Saints not quite as astute. The Blues spent their monies on facilities and debt reduction. While Trigg was CEO, the AFL assisted with marketing and sponsorship.
Rexy wrote:
emtwenty wrote:
Maclure was taking the piss out of Robinson & Wheatley about there being “rumblings”.
He let it slip then tried to backtrack and joke it away.
I'd be shocked if there was a board challenge. Zac Fried and Marcus Clarke will both have served 12 years by the beginning of 2019 and cannot stay on. Board can go down to 6 if it chooses or bring 2 more on through the independent nominations committee...i don't think members will get a vote. Another example of club engineering...