Don McLardy

[Dee Fan 3,247]

I would like to offer thanks to Don for taking on the role of President at a most difficult time and doing a great job of continuing Jimmy's work; it must be hard for him to follow in the footsteps of such a legend.

Don was mainly responsible for Jimmy putting himself for President in the first place and I'm sure he would never have envisaged a time when he would have to step in and take over, none the less he has and I hope he is given time to put his own stamp on the job. I don't know if he will put himself up for re-election or not but I certainly hope he does because we need someone at the helm who will give us stability and I reckon Don can.

I guess he's not all that high profile and some will want to get someone that is, just remember that he loves the club and is in it for the club's sake not his own.

Just my thoughts on the job as we go in to the next season and beyond.

[Harcourt 146]

Completely agree with you RobbieF.

He said the other day that the irony of him now fronting both Reach and the MFC wouldn't be lost on Jimmy.

Thanks Don.

[jayceebee31 759]

A very difficult role Don faces during the next period. In knowing Don, he will rise to the occasion and handle it with distinction.He needs to be very tough also and will need to make some very importent decisions in the next few months, in particular, whether to renew C S's contract which will need to be decided in July.

He has a very able and capable team behind him.Note, we haven't had confirmation from the club in any way that Greg Healy has officially been inducted as a Board member,re football Director and he is not shown on the MFC website list of Board Directors.

Edited March 28, 2012 by jayceebee31

[old dee 23,782]

A very difficult role Don faces during the next period. In knowing Don, he will rise to the occasion and handle it with distinction.He needs to be very tough also and will need to make some very importent decisions in the next few months, in particular, whether to renew C S's contract which will need to be decided in July.

He has a very able and capable team behind him.Note, we haven't had confirmation from the club in any way that Greg Healy has officially been inducted as a Board member,re football Director and he is not shown on the MFC website list of Board Directors.

That is a very good point, I was at the AGM and it was put up then as a fait accompli but I have seen nothing yet.

So do we still not have a "Football Director" ?

Wonder what is happening there?

[andrewlamprill37 24]

As bad as we've been onfield I think that the way the off field brigade have handled themself recently has been something to take pride in. For a club that has recently struggled for money to sack their multi million dollar sponsor and back themselves into sign new major sponsors and do it (within 3 weeks) is fantastic. As bad as we are travelling I think Dons board and their football department deserve or trust and at the moment I'm backing them in. Its not easy being patient but I feel it's necessary at the moment and i trust this club will get us to where we all want to be.

[beelzebub 23,313]

As bad as we are on the ground its comforting , indeed bordering on the happy to know that the Club as an entity is no longer lurching from one near miss to another..

Im sure Don would rather point elsewhere but he himself can take some of the applause.

Those of us whove been around a little while will remember the days when we had a modicum of game success but was always on shakey ground ( as histry now shows ) Eventually this would permeate and unsettle the players and footy dept and wed go down the gurgler (again ). It was a game of snakes and ladders. It was a slippery time.

Success, permanent and ongoing, really only comes from building upon a solid foundation and being guided by peoplel with ability and vision, tosay nothing of purpose. This is how I read the club presently. Anyone who has every watched how a skyscraper is built will note that for quite a while there seems little happening. Yet behind the hoardings manyare busy diging a humungous hole and firmiing the foundations and then, and only then do they start lifting upwards. Gradually arfter some considerable effort they get construction back to ground level and at this point many could be mistaken for thinking that not much has really happened, that very little has been accomplished but the reality is in many ways the hard word is done for now you can speed ahead and very quickly as is by magic floor upon floor rise tothe clouds..

What one sees in a building is the edifice, but you wont necessarily know the planning and preparation that went into it because what youre presented with is of a different ilk.

The construction that is Melbourne id suggest has only just broken to ground level and theres still much work to be done but I too would like to thank Don and the rest at Melbourne , especialy Jim, for the fact that anything is actually there at all.

Well done

[Guest Dr Who]

I would like to offer thanks to Don for taking on the role of President at a most difficult time and doing a great job of continuing Jimmy's work; it must be hard for him to follow in the footsteps of such a legend.

Don was mainly responsible for Jimmy putting himself for President in the first place and I'm sure he would never have envisaged a time when he would have to step in and take over, none the less he has and I hope he is given time to put his own stamp on the job. I don't know if he will put himself up for re-election or not but I certainly hope he does because we need someone at the helm who will give us stability and I reckon Don can.

I guess he's not all that high profile and some will want to get someone that is, just remember that he loves the club and is in it for the club's sake not his own.

Just my thoughts on the job as we go in to the next season and beyond.

Well said

[Pates 9,660]

I was gobsmacked that after one of our early beltings in the ins and outs thread people were suggesting the board be sacked. They have been brilliant this year, and CS was stoic in his resolve to get what our club was entitled to when it came to sponsors. Off-field we're secure, hopefully the players can start to step up.