The Hydra ~ Caro rears her head again

[MatthewBoydFanClub]

[Rd10.1998_11.1#36]

Right, and that happened because the perception was if you didn't have Eddie's support, you had no hope of getting on the board and no chance of changing anything if you did

[Ronnie McKeowns boots]

A frown for Browne, his plans go down, as Korda sorta gets the Board in order

[robevpau1]

Jeff Browne takes aim at ‘botched’ Collingwood board in scathing open letter

'Prospective Collingwood president Jeff Browne has released a searing public letter taking aim at current president Mark Korda and the club’s board, insisting he still intends to make a run for the presidency.'

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/teams/collingwood-magpies/afl-news-2021-collingwood-board-spill-jeff-browne-egm-open-letter-mark-korda-eddie-mcguire/news-story/415ccdd1df6900031a1f3ef945f46046

[K]

[Jezza]

[Jezza]

So Browne has highlighted 7 issues in his open letter.

1. A botched miscalculation of the salary cap, overseen by the current President as Chairman of the Finance Committee

[*] Agree that the salary cap was badly mismanaged. Is Korda solely responsible for that though?

2. An undignified ejection of four very good players, forced out because of the salary cap blunders

[*] Cannot deny that the salary cap issues led to a fire sale of players.
[*] Phillips' exit was dignified. Left on good terms with the club.
[*] Treloar and Stephenson's exits were not handled well, particularly Treloar. Having the senior coach tell him he wasn't wanted by the players was unacceptable.

3. The botched appointment of a so-called Director, with no past passion for, or engagement with Collingwood

[*] I'm not impressed with the appointment of O'Donnell either.
[*] This is one of the points I agree with Browne 100%.

4. The inherent instability that surrounds replacing a coach mid-season, an episode only saved significantly by the class and dignity of the coach himself;

[*] Coaches leave mid-season. It's not unprecedented.
[*] I supported Buckley being moved on, whether it was now or at seasons end.

5. Apparent meetings with some supporters pledging long overdue improvement to Members benefits and facilities, offered amidst a plea not to give the Members their right to elect a new Board to represent them;

[*] When did Browne start caring about democracy? All he's achieved is demonstrating his hypocrisy.
[*] A few weeks ago, he was trying to push his way into the board and circumvent democracy at the club.
[*] Why did he not say a thing for 23 years when his best mate was ruling the club with an iron first and using the casual vacancy provision in the constitution to appoint new board members.

6. Unprecedented low attendances at Collingwood home games at the MCG

[*] We're in the middle of a pandemic and the team is performing poorly = low attendances.
[*] Attendances have been down across the board in Victoria.
[*] Collingwood has the second highest "home" attendances this year, behind only West Coast.
[*] Why only include the MCG where 2 of the 5 games were against GWS and Gold Coast, and round 1 against the Dogs had a 50% capacity limit?
[*] Browne would have been better off identifying the stagnant membership numbers in the last decade.

7. A devaluation of the Collingwood brand that has seen the broadcast of non-feature matches, relegated to graveyard television broadcasting slots.

[*] The perils of a floating fixture.
[*] If we're performing well on-field, we'll get better timeslots.
[*] We've been on free to air 7 out of 13 games.
[*] We've featured in a prime time periods 8 times (2 on Thursday night, 2 on Friday night, 2 on Saturday night, 2 on Sunday afternoon).

[Magpies035]

Lets sort this out quickly.
I see nothing wrong in letting the members vote for once in a very long time and deciding who or which board members they support

It hasn't happened for a long time

[Mr Miyagi]

Love to see you on the board, Rudeboy

[slangman]

It would be folly for Browne to announce anything before an EGM is called.
He has outlined the concerns that he has with the board and the current state of the club.
I will vote for Browne as more a vote of no confidence in the current board than for Browne’s ticket.
Murphy is really the person that I would like as president but he is currently tied to the clowns that I want to get voted out

Bring on the EGM!!!

[Jezza]

I think what Browne didn't say is more telling.

Nothing about the club's finances, nothing about the "Do Better" report and nothing about Graham Wright and the football department.

Most of his issues are directed at the board specifically, the salary cap which is predictable and obvious, and something about low crowd numbers and poor timeslots.

I should note I'm prepared to give Browne a chance, but I just haven't seen anything substantive from him that gets my vote at this stage. That could change in time.

[inxs88]

So let's have a guess who "may" be considered to run on his ticket:

* John Bertrand: tick

* Anybody surnamed Galbally: likely

* Peter Moore: no, conflict of interest

* Tony Shaw: no, probably wants to be "Switzerland"

* Craig Kelly, no as conflict of interest

* Peter Daicos, no conflict of interest

* John Brumby, yes

* Leigh Matthews, interesting one. Hates what happened to Eddie

* Paul Tuddenham, likely

* Michael Christian, conflict of interest

* Andrew Ireland, would be an astute selection

Share your thoughts.

[K]

[The Boy Who Cried Wolf]

I know he's on Fremantles board and is a long shot but an obvious candidate is James Clement.

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