And Steven Trigg .

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Cook don't need a financial adviser Trav .

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With the new laws taxing high super balances he sure as hell does

He's is own financial adviser Trav . Very switched on . He's right on top of all that stuff don't worry about that .

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Would prefer he stay another 12 months and Wright take the football management role.

A succession plan is more needed for the Football Management role than the CEO role. Wright being involved in football matters only for the next 12 months is more important to us.

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Yes , the whole thing has got ballsup written all over it .

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No no no no no!

Cut the cord now!

Cook has flowered us up. Didn't think that was possible but his resistance to make the hard calls has made things worse.
Luckily, we have been able to get financially viable, otherwise the current fall would be much, much worse.
As I sit and type, I can't think of ONE thing he has implemented that has assisted us. I can for plenty of previous others but not Cook.

Since 2021
Increased membership by 20% or 20,000
Increased profit from 1.28 to 3.1.

In 2023 we played in a Prelim. Not bad.

In 2024 we made finals and won more games than we lost. So-so but not terrible

Cook didn’t draft players. He doesn’t take skills training. He did have to deal with the fallout from Fwit Sayers. He did help get Wright on Board to take over.

In 2025 and in Cooks last year the wheels have fallen off. Not sure you can point the bone at Cook as a reason for where the club is at.

Regards Cazzesman

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Don't buy the increased membership or profit on Cook. Sorry but that was well and truly on the way previously due to onfield and membership and revenue turnaround by LoG

So the fact Cook has carried on the upwards momentum and not stuffed it up, counts for nothing? I'm not sure how your argument is placed. LoGiudice did a good job because he got Carlton on track over a period of 8 years, so he gets a tick, but Cook does the same over 4 years and he gets a X. Makes no sense.

How does the scale look when you consider the club sacked two coaches, Mick Malthouse and Brendon Bolton, under his reign and did not play finals. He then appointed Teague.

Surrey, I get this is a time of mourning for Carlton Supporters. I have read people throwing mud at everything and anything
that isn't nailed down. I get it, I can almost understand it. But a lot isn't rational, and some is even made up and exaggerated for justification's sake. Anger can make people say things they probably shouldn't.

Regards Cazzesman

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One thing about Cook's tenure that I was thinking about earlier, timing just wasn't on his side with the Voss appointment.

I may be wrong but pretty sure he came into the position right at the tail end of the process, in time to just rubber stamp the Voss selection really.

I wonder if we may have gone a different direction if he'd been in the chair for the whole search.

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i think cook wasn't a success. not on the field anyway - which is all i care about. we are right where we were when he arrived.

... way out of the 8. finals not a chance, and in search of a new coach, while the nerds review everything and everyone looking for the cause.


cook always gave me the vibe he was here bcos the money was good, but he'd rather be on a beach somewhere warm. instead of getting these blokes at the tail end of their career, just before they retire; be lovely if we found one in his prime to build the mecca (like cook did at cats).

Spot on.

I am (cautiously) optimistic that Wright will leave us in a better position because he has pedigree AND is being challenged to step up into a new role for him.

He isn't yesterday's man, not as the CEO.

For the first time, we are being innovative by bringing in a highly credentialed individual who is still ultimately unproven as a CEO by default. It's a risk for sure but one I'm willing the club to take.

He's also not quite ready for retirement (57 years old) which is a plus. He can cap off a wonderful career by achieving the impossible and then sellout to whoever needs a messiah when he does get to retirement age.

If you swap CEO for coach that sounds like the Voss appointment.

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I think you mean Cook has bought in a highly credentialed individual.
You lot can't see past your own nose sometimes.
Stop for a minute and take a look at the whole picture.
Our club was a mess on and off the field.
Cook has brought us into the millennium as far as club operations go.
We had honeymoon success but the list was overrated, clubs do make this mistake.
We have been at a disadvantage with attracting players because we have been such a mess.
Finally we have stability and although we might not have the success we all want, blowing the club up again will only put us further back.
Then we will be the ones looking for messiahs again.
Time to pump the brakes folks.

Next year, when our profit is down due to gate receipts and membership falling, should we blame Wright?
IMO, Cook didn’t do his job within the main club department. Wright will need to be active in the football department.
Let’s hope Wright can make the right changes.

Ps. IMO, with a compromised 3 or 4 year drafts coming, we are in deep, if we try and get sassy with core player trades. Let’s see if I’m wrong or right.

The scuttlebutt floating around at the moment is out of control.
I was reading last night that Cook has failed to eradicate a drug culture that has crept into the club by trying to implement systems that were at Geelong and Westcoast but failed .
The rumors are circling that it is everywhere with in the club and some players were let go last year because of issues'with one serving a a 10 game ban and one player requested trade because he was fed up and the trade nearly didn't happen because he wanted assurance from the club he was going to had taken steps to move their player(s) on with the same issues which didnt happen until the last minute of trade.
The suggestion is two of our star players are on their 2nd strike and serving the unofficial suspension after already serving one earlier this year and questions were asked why they waiting two weeks for one to get a scan when they have the most up to date screening clinic located on the facilities. Suggestions are it was more a case of waiting for the B sample results.
Concerns are that all of Carltons injuries are always reported at first as 1-2 weeks ( waiting for results) then extend to longer periods of time and most injuries seem to be training mishaps at a far greater rate than in game injuries .
Players who have been put out for 5-6 week injuries have been seen jogging and running within a few days of the supposed surgery and some even on the training track.
Apparently there is a group of players who are fed up and have protested on field and their demeanor can be there for all to see. They are also saying that players who were previously considered untouchable are now being floated in the media for trade and this is coming from with in the club . The TDK meeting was whats going to change in regards to this issue.

It might be a case of 2 + 2 = 6 - but it gets you thinking

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That is the chatter SB.

Interesting if true.
It would definitely explain a lot.
Tail wagging the dog again.
At least some are fed up with it, I know we all are.