Pert and Roffey - The Review Thread

[Hawk the Demon 1,005]

12 minutes ago, Neil Crompton said:

as i believe it very much should be. Why would we want Whateley or any other media person publicly interviewing candidates for our club? Its none of their [censored] business.

I recall Whateley interviewing both Nankivell and Gowers when the Hawthorn election was on. The world didn't come to an end. I reckon members would welcome it.

[Neil Crompton 5,560]

1 minute ago, Hawk the Demon said:

 

 

1 minute ago, Hawk the Demon said:

I recall Whateley interviewing both Nankivell and Gowers when the Hawthorn election was on. The world didn't come to an end. I reckon members would welcome it.

Well i have a very different view of our members. Why don't you set up a Demonland Poll to test your theory?

[Sir Why You Little 37,039]

14 minutes ago, Hawk the Demon said:

I recall Whateley interviewing both Nankivell and Gowers when the Hawthorn election was on. The world didn't come to an end. I reckon members would welcome it.

FFS Give it a Rest….

[Ollie fan 3,408]

36 minutes ago, Neil Crompton said:

as i believe it very much should be. Why would we want Whateley or any other media person publicly interviewing candidates for our club? Its none of their [censored] business.

Exactly

[Skuit 10,031]

3 hours ago, Hawk the Demon said:

It certainly is worth that debate. But where the Club has landed on the campaigning point is that candidates for the MFC Board election later in the year would not be able to be interviewed by Gerard Whateley about their platform for a better Club. A public interview like that would be against the rules.

I do not want massive media organisations well-trained in swaying public opinion while potentially running their own shadow campaigns to be involved in the selection of who runs out football club. We've seen just a taste of it over past two weeks. 

[Dr. Gonzo 24,219]

2 hours ago, Neil Crompton said:

as i believe it very much should be. Why would we want Whateley or any other media person publicly interviewing candidates for our club? Its none of their [censored] business.

How do the members know what they're voting for if candidates can't publicly discuss their platform?

[Ollie fan 3,408]

25 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

How do the members know what they're voting for if candidates can't publicly discuss their platform?

By their written material, as happens now.

[Adam The God 30,259]

Some ridiculous arguments on this thread.

As if having term limits aren't a good thing, which we wouldn't have without Peter Lawrence.

The board could have accepted a number of positions without dragging it through the courts, which they eventually accepted anyway.

Posters saying they don't want to hear from other candidates and therefore want a closed shop are truly staggering. 

This current board puts their mates in positions prior to elections when board vacancies come about and then lobby for them through official channels come election time. They've done it repeatedly. It's electioneering and is not only not best practice, it's not done by any other club in the league.

[Hawk the Demon 1,005]

FFD, none of the other Victorian AFL clubs prohibit public discourse during a Board election in the manner we do. As mentioned elsewhere on DL the judge said Lawrence's position on this campaigning point was "not unreasonable" but it wasn't the judge's prerogative to overrule the Board on that point.

You need not worry about disparagement as this was not a material point of disagreement.

When we do finally see the Club's Election Rules for this year - still nothing on the website - they will likely contain a convoluted process where a member can ask questions of a candidate but the questions and answers are all to be chanelled through the Company Secretary.

[Hawk the Demon 1,005]

18 minutes ago, FreedFromDesire said:

As a matter of interest, an article from March this year by the Governance Institute of Australia places us 3rd among AFL clubs in their rankings based on governance. It doesn't appear to be hugely in-depth, but it's definitely a different standing to what perhaps most of us would think:

3) Melbourne Demons

Melbourne Demons have a dedicated governance page on their website[19] and were able to articulate their nomination process and requirements to nominate for a board position and relevant contact details.[20] This process went over and above what most ASX listed entities do in relation to nominations for directors and didn’t require having to read through the constitution to understand the process. Four out of its eight directors are female and the president is also female, which is more than the fifth edition 40 per cent proposed recommendation.

Kicking the governance football – How does your AFL club compare?

Apologies for weighing in again FFD but the MFC did not have a Governance page at all until Lawrence first nominated back in 2020.

[Dr. Gonzo 24,219]

3 hours ago, FreedFromDesire said:

Someone else will know the full details I'm sure, but I believe there's a candidate statement written by each of them where they are all allocated the same amount of words and are shared on the same platform so all is fair in terms of communicating with members.

Perhaps there could be more in-depth communication allowed over all, but I think the last thing any football club, and especially ours currently, would want would be a public debate that could very well descend to the depths we see regularly with modern politics.

I do understand that it is an elected position, but I would hate to see our football club dragged through the mire of political point scoring. Not only would it be a destablising process, but having those who have attacked each other publicly then ending up sitting next to each other on our board would mean nothing would get achieved. 

A candidate statement doesn't allow issues to be discussed/challenged etc

If you want member elected boards it has to be open, I rarely vote in these things because I wouldn't know one candidate from another. The more information the better.

[Ollie fan 3,408]

I see that this thread has turned into the Peter Lawrence sycophants' thread, by and large.

Luckily, it becomes clearer and clearer that he will never be elected. I doubt if many members at all are fooled by the "democracy" rubbish and his absolute wasting of the club's time and resources in his determination to further his own interest. 

[rpfc 28,433]

17 hours ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

How do the members know what they're voting for if candidates can't publicly discuss their platform?

You follow a club or a constituency? 

The vast majority of members would not know what proper corporate governance and balance should entail.

All the above would lead to is populist reactionary bullplop. 

[Hawk the Demon 1,005]

Not a very nice view of the members rpfc. Keep them in the dark - feed them a different type of "bullplop". It's The Melbourne Way of Board construction. Working brilliantly for us at the moment.

[bing181 9,238]

Is it not possible to shunt off all the Peter Lawrence discussion into its own thread?

Tedious.

[Dr. Gonzo 24,219]

7 hours ago, rpfc said:

You follow a club or a constituency? 

The vast majority of members would not know what proper corporate governance and balance should entail.

All the above would lead to is populist reactionary bullplop. 

I follow a member based club, with that entails a member elected board. Otherwise we may as well just become privately owned or a franchise operated by the AFL.

Edited September 15 by Dr. Gonzo

[Ollie fan 3,408]

31 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

I follow a member based club, with that entails a member elected board. Otherwise we may as well just become privately owned or a franchise operated by the AFL.

I suspect that most supporters wouldn't care; they (and I) follow the team, not the administration. Look at the NFL  - people still passionately support their team. But they are all privately owned.

That's what Lawrence doesn't get: he might want "deemocracy" (ie getting himself elected) but we just want the team to win.

[Biffen 12,943]

Does anyone know what she did or didn't do?

Are we allowed to discuss such lofty matters?

Is there evidence Pert is not performing ?

Personally if he gets the Caulfield deal up I think he's done a good job.

Are there other matters we should know about besides Goodwin not being the greatest match day coach ever?

 

[layzie 33,805]

Let's get our club back.

[Pates 9,660]

1 hour ago, Biffen said:

Does anyone know what she did or didn't do?

Are we allowed to discuss such lofty matters?

Is there evidence Pert is not performing ?

Personally if he gets the Caulfield deal up I think he's done a good job.

Are there other matters we should know about besides Goodwin not being the greatest match day coach ever?

 

For me my issues with Roffey around there being very little movement (until recently with Caulfield) on a home base, and this feeling that when the team was at the top of their game and top 4 contenders she was a prominent figure, but when things haven't been as good for the last 12 months she's been a bit MIA. Now I agree that the President shouldn't be doing all the talking, but it felt like they were putting too much of the burden on Goodwin and Gawn. Her interview with Whateley unfortunately signed her papers.

Pert for me I have concerns about how our culture is being managed. He was CEO at the Pies when their culture wasn't great, and lately our culture feels like it's been average at best and in reality much closer to poor. I don't feel like he's progressed the club in any way and in fact we have regressed. Does that mean an immediate change is required? Maybe not. But I do feel like we can and should be doing better as a club at an administrative level.

If Caulfield happens then Pert and Roffey should be given a lot of credit.

[H_T 3,047]

On 09/09/2024 at 11:22, FreedFromDesire said:

I'm not 100% sure on that. He does seem to talk about culture and how it applies to high performance in a business perspective. I don't think it will be just football related.

The below is an interesting read:

“I sat on the executive of the organisation because a lot of decisions that were made commercially, financially, and legally, impacted the team and performance. So I needed to be part of that conversation and provide an All Blacks perspective to everything within New Zealand Rugby."

Darren Shand on what he learned from 20 years of managing the All Blacks – Money Talks

Well perhaps he can form a solid view via the review on the lack of work done on finding the club a home. Because this after-all, this can impact on the team and its performance. And we know Pert has been in the CEO job now for over 5 years and his portfolio includes this priority.

[rpfc 28,433]

5 hours ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

I follow a member based club, with that entails a member elected board. Otherwise we may as well just become privately owned or a franchise operated by the AFL.

We were a ‘franchise operated by the AFL’ at the end of 2013…

Most on here look back fondly on the time of Peter Jackson and the ‘AFL approved’ board. 

We have the necessary mechanisms to remove an admin that is wholly incompetent or corrupt but save for that - the board should replenish itself and get on with it in conjunction with what the head office wants to see.

Thats my view, it’s also current reality.

[Adam The God 30,259]

10 minutes ago, rpfc said:

We were a ‘franchise operated by the AFL’ at the end of 2013…

Most on here look back fondly on the time of Peter Jackson and the ‘AFL approved’ board. 

We have the necessary mechanisms to remove an admin that is wholly incompetent or corrupt but save for that - the board should replenish itself and get on with it in conjunction with what the head office wants to see.

Thats my view, it’s also current reality.

Ironically, things have gone downhill since the AFL handed back the reigns...

[Dr. Gonzo 24,219]

13 hours ago, rpfc said:

We were a ‘franchise operated by the AFL’ at the end of 2013…

Most on here look back fondly on the time of Peter Jackson and the ‘AFL approved’ board. 

We have the necessary mechanisms to remove an admin that is wholly incompetent or corrupt but save for that - the board should replenish itself and get on with it in conjunction with what the head office wants to see.

Thats my view, it’s also current reality.

Maybe we should change the constitution then.

I have an issue with the board "replenishing itself" which I take to mean the old boys club running things without any sense of accountability.

That's what got us into the [censored] pre-2013 and it's what has got us back into the [censored] now.

[Tolstoys Nudge 1,660]

15 hours ago, FreedFromDesire said:

Completely agree it would impact performance - Not just of the football team, but I believe of the business of the club as well given the current setup has us spread out over 3 locations currently. Getting everything under one roof is paramount.

As mentioned previously, I do believe there will be progressed announced on that this week.

Great to hear if true, but I have heard progression PR for yonkers -- let's be honest, the horse has now bolted for this group for it will be years before it is our home even once it is signed-off (IF it ever is)..

Sorry, not having a crack at you whatsoever FreedFromDesire I'm just sharing my overall thoughts on the matter in general, as it is such an uber clear hamper for our overall clout not only as a destination, but in terms of chemistry, collective-vibe, team comradery and happiness etc we are basically now competing with one limb rendered non-functional! It is no surprise that ever since we started using Casey more, our overall performance has declined... Until it is fixed, I don't think we will ever know how good a side we are, that is how far I have come on this issue after hearing it from players and media time and time again, but most of all from support staff, whom constantly refer to it as being a genuine Mt Olympus for us to climb each year.

Look, with all the recent re-signings, it is clear the common notion of things 'never being as bad or as good as they seem' being true, but the Petracca-saga - that is still going mind you - only further highlights how much of a stumbling block this is and how it impacts each player to some degree and most of all our ability to recruit. We might of gotten away with it back when may/Lever joined, as we had an exciting momentum building and it was not as big an issue for Casey was used sparingly and other clubs weren't quite so advanced. But right now, I honestly blv it is perhaps as big as a 5-15% hamper in terms of being at optimal performance across all club KPI's. That is a MASSIVE hurdle... lets hope that this current group can continue to work through it and have a massive pre-season to show that they can and indeed will be back firing on all cylinders -- but the time for rejoicing is when and if a new facility is FUNCTIONAL and for that, an absolute optimistic view would be 2027.. but more like 2028-30. I sincerely hope I am wrong on that, but at same time we ARE good enough to overcome it, but alas above it is indeed a harbinger of our next flag perhaps being more difficult than we could ever have imagined 18m ago!!!

Apologies, but this one has been bubbling away for me for a time since before the wind and snow!