I listened to two interviews and watched two others today - all featuring PJ.

I have discovered that: the MFC's staff are inexperienced and underdeveloped: the CEO ran football; the football structures are not up to industry standards; people's jobs are unclear;there are demarcation problems; too many FD people report to the CEO etc, etc.

So the club is a complete shambles on and off the field.

So how did our former CEO spend his days at work? Designing private school jackets? Designing historical logos? Desk shopping? Arranging personal loans? Wanking over the club's history?

HOW?

Edited May 13, 201312 yr by Whispering_Jack

What's Greg Healy doing?

I listened to two interviews and watched two others today - all featuring PJ.

I have discovered that: the MFC's staff are inexperienced and underdeveloped: the CEO ran football; the football structures are not up to industry standards; people's jobs are unclear;there are demarcation problems; too many FD people report to the CEO etc, etc.

So the club is a complete shambles on and off the field.

So how did our former CEO spend his days at work? Designing private school jackets? Designing historical logos? Desk shopping? Arranging personal loans? Wanking over the club's history?

HOW?

Fair go, he also conceived the faux collar on the guernsey didn't he.

had to do something useful with that desk.

the real question is - why the hell was he bought back to the MFC after he was one of those responsible for the salary cap affair?

Absolute disgrace he was bought back

He wrote the Red & Blue Print. The Tanking document that has ripped the guts out of the club.

Oh and he was completely stooged by Ben Polis & Energy Watch

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If pj is saying the structures are stuffed then what is Neil Craig doing. Would love to get his thoughts on it. We are paying him probably the most money but he couldn't see that?

I listened to two interviews and watched two others today - all featuring PJ.

I have discovered that: the MFC's staff are inexperienced and underdeveloped: the CEO ran football; the football structures are not up to industry standards; people's jobs are unclear;there are demarcation problems; too many FD people report to the CEO etc, etc.

So the club is a complete shambles on and off the field.

So how did our former CEO spend his days at work? Designing private school jackets? Designing historical logos? Desk shopping? Arranging personal loans? Wanking over the club's history?

HOW?

I would have though it was obvious. Micromanagement is quite time consuming.

the real question is - why the hell was he bought back to the MFC after he was one of those responsible for the salary cap affair?

Absolute disgrace he was bought back

Spot on.

Peter Jackson told us everything we already know:

The club is led by the "establishment": a single representative of the Ivory Tower that instills some sort of self-proclaimed moral superiority over others.

It's not secret. It's been like this for decades.

And we've heard it all before. Lyon spoke of "elites" controlling the club when Bailey started.

Schwab mentioned it before hiring Neeld.

We hear a lot about what CAN be changed, but it never happens.

who are the elities? are they those arrogant tossers who hang out in the presidents club?

Peter Jackson told us everything we already know:

The club is led by the "establishment": a single representative of the Ivory Tower that instills some sort of self-proclaimed moral superiority over others.

It's not secret. It's been like this for decades.

And we've heard it all before. Lyon spoke of "elites" controlling the club when Bailey started.

Schwab mentioned it before hiring Neeld.

We hear a lot about what CAN be changed, but it never happens.

Yep, but there have been some who don't want to hear and then accuse others of not being true supporters.

He probably had a wall of TV screens in his office and secret cameras all over the Admin and FD offices so he could watch and listen to what everyone was doing. That would take time to keep full track of.

Edited May 13, 201312 yr by Clintosaurus

Yep, but there have been some who don't want to hear and then accuse others of not being true supporters.

They don't get it.

Fair go, he also conceived the faux collar on the guernsey didn't he.

If Jackson decided to ditch the blazers, the bugler, the collar, and the seven design concepts in one logo, that alone would make him my hero.

All of them represent an era I want to forget, and alcohol alone isn't working.

I would have though it was obvious. Micromanagement is quite time consuming.

Maybe the Board was so bad and so many poor decisions made he was forced to micromanage

Maybe the Board was so bad and so many poor decisions made he was forced to micromanage

He made the decisions and they were so bad. Another thing I've said before on this forum "Do you think Melbourne Storm would even consider let alone re appoint Brian Waldren to the position of CEO at their club"....how could we be so stupid.

the real question is - why the hell was he bought back to the MFC after he was one of those responsible for the salary cap affair?

Absolute disgrace he was bought back

Sad part is we begged him to come back after he wasn't interested at first

Sad part is we begged him to come back after he wasn't interested at first

Not me.

If Jackson decided to ditch the blazers, the bugler, the collar, and the seven design concepts in one logo, that alone would make him my hero.

All of them represent an era I want to forget, and alcohol alone isn't working.

Sums things up very nicely. I'd not be at all surprised if there was quite some little doodling done daily.

I would have though it was obvious. Micromanagement is quite time consuming.

Exactly. Having everyone report to you means having copious meetings per week.

Sad part is we begged him to come back after he wasn't interested at first

with encouragement from the afl if i remember correctly

If Jackson decided to ditch the blazers, the bugler, the collar, and the seven design concepts in one logo, that alone would make him my hero.

All of them represent an era I want to forget, and alcohol alone isn't working.

Agree absolutely.

Made me cringe when Schwab spent so much effort on that nostalgic rubbish without looking at what made other clubs successful NOW. And as for Whiteboard Wednesday........blarghhhhharghhhhhh! Sorry, just vomited on my keyboard.

And on a side note, has he paid back the god damned loan we gave him to buy a house or whatever it was? If the banks turned him down, what the hell were we doing in loaning it to him? We are a dysfunctional football club, and more so if we are loaning money to senior employees. Dumb move MFC.