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Laura Kane will succeed Andrew Dillon, take it to the bank.

She is so impressive.

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    40 minutes ago, Redleg said:

    Laura Kane will succeed Andrew Dillon, take it to the bank.

    She is so impressive.

    You're not posting a rumor, Red?

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    Had a lunch once with Dillon, Gill and others senior people in the AFL (as part of a partnership agreement).
     

    I was seated next to Dillon and the late Ray Gunston - both lovely blokes and very friendly.

    Gil, on the other hand, was arrogant and rude.

    Hope Dillon gets a decent crack at it, a significantly better human than the last two blokes in the chair.

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    She fits the bill - Melbourne uni law grad while being heavily involved with the uni blacks who never practised but worked for kpmg (or equivalent) as a consultant to a club / the afl

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    She did a great job handling the Brayshaw situation when it arose last year... 

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    10 hours ago, Stiff Arm said:

    You're not posting a rumor, Red?

    No, just an observation.

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    2 minutes ago, Lord Travis said:

    She did a great job handling the Brayshaw situation when it arose last year... 

    Would you have preferred she overruled the Tribunal?

    She said at the time the AFL were unhappy about it and has since made that action illegal.

     

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    Didn't do much of a job managing the Maynard prosecution.

    So far as the next ceo is concerned, I don't know what her name will be.

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    5 hours ago, Redleg said:

    Would you have preferred she overruled the Tribunal?

    She said at the time the AFL were unhappy about it and has since made that action illegal.

     

    Yep. She had an opportunity to show the AFL has a backbone and would take  players health more seriously etc. She failed. Maynard now has a premiership medal and a long career ahead of him while Angus is retired. The way she handled that incident was a poor start to her tenure. Anyone can say they're not happy, but actions speak louder than words. She took no action and didn't challenge the tribunal result either. Rules been changed since, but justice was not served. 

    Not to say she won't redeem herself and do valuable things in her GM role, but I don't see anything overly impressive yet.

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    15 minutes ago, Lord Travis said:

    She took no action and didn't challenge the tribunal result either. Rules been changed since, but justice was not served. 

    Not to say she won't redeem herself and do valuable things in her GM role, but I don't see anything overly impressive yet.

    She actually did take action, she overruled the MRO and forced it to the Tribunal.

    If Christian had his way, there would have been no Tribunal hearing, as he saw "nothing in it".

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    43 minutes ago, Lord Travis said:

    Yep. She had an opportunity to show the AFL has a backbone and would take  players health more seriously etc. She failed. Maynard now has a premiership medal and a long career ahead of him while Angus is retired. The way she handled that incident was a poor start to her tenure. Anyone can say they're not happy, but actions speak louder than words. She took no action and didn't challenge the tribunal result either. Rules been changed since, but justice was not served. 

    Not to say she won't redeem herself and do valuable things in her GM role, but I don't see anything overly impressive yet.

    100% agreed. I was appalled that the tribunal decision was not strongly appealed 

    Absolutely nothing happened. 
    Maynard got NOTHING, was free to continue playing. 
    The AFL are interested in only making $$$

    Corruption at a very high level 

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    1 hour ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    100% agreed. I was appalled that the tribunal decision was not strongly appealed 

    Absolutely nothing happened. 
    Maynard got NOTHING, was free to continue playing. 
    The AFL are interested in only making $$$

    Corruption at a very high level 

    But also she "managed" the debacle of the Crows loss to the swans. Lacked a backbone but so did the Crows. Cost a finals place . 

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    11 hours ago, Lord Travis said:

    She did a great job handling the Brayshaw situation when it arose last year... 

    Really you jest Lord T I presume.

    Was gutless in not taking the case to the Appeals Tribunal if she did not look like making a soft statement just to look good. 

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    23 hours ago, Redleg said:

    Laura Kane will succeed Andrew Dillon, take it to the bank.

    She is so impressive.

    That’s an early call, hard to not see Dillon in the job for the next decade. 

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    16 minutes ago, ANG13 said:

    That’s an early call, hard to not see Dillon in the job for the next decade. 

    She is only 33. Dillon is 52.

    If he stays 10 years, she will be 43, perfect age for CEO.

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    From the moment that Christian said he  would take no action against Maynard it was all over and from then it just became a show trial .He didn't refer it to the tribunal neither did Keane they did it jointly (when did that ever happen ?)Christian did not change his stance even after the referral .It was akin to a prosecutor stating to the jury  that it could decide the matter but as far as the prosecutor was concerned the accused was innocent . Did they even call a human movements expert to contest the evidence of Maynards expert ? .Some involved had allegiance to Collingwood and were not remotely independent . Im no fan of Keane .She sold us down the drain .

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    1 minute ago, kallangurdemon said:

    From the moment that Christian said he  would take no action against Maynard it was all over and from then it just became a show trial .He didn't refer it to the tribunal neither did Keane they did it jointly (when did that ever happen ?)Christian did not change his stance even after the referral .It was akin to a prosecutor stating to the jury  that it could decide the matter but as far as the prosecutor was concerned the accused was innocent . Did they even call a human movements expert to contest the evidence of Maynards expert ? .Some involved had allegiance to Collingwood and were not remotely independent . Im no fan of Keane .She sold us down the drain .

    This is why Caro and Jake Niall and other journos say the afl ‘played dead’ at the tribunal

    Kangaroo court

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    1 hour ago, whatwhat say what said:

    This is why Caro and Jake Niall and other journos say the afl ‘played dead’ at the tribunal

    Kangaroo court

    They got the result they wanted.

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    8 hours ago, kallangurdemon said:

    From the moment that Christian said he  would take no action against Maynard it was all over and from then it just became a show trial .He didn't refer it to the tribunal neither did Keane they did it jointly (when did that ever happen ?)Christian did not change his stance even after the referral .It was akin to a prosecutor stating to the jury  that it could decide the matter but as far as the prosecutor was concerned the accused was innocent . Did they even call a human movements expert to contest the evidence of Maynards expert ? .Some involved had allegiance to Collingwood and were not remotely independent . Im no fan of Keane .She sold us down the drain .

    Beautifully summed up Kall. Weak as p..s was Kane. All for show and what a charade. About all it would have done was win a game of Charades. Some people are easily fooled. Watch the interview from OTC and see how she dodged and weaved some questions. Very poor I thought. 

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