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Melbourne Football Club - The CEO

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No chance Eddy then...

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    4 hours ago, At Least I Saw a Flag said:

    If a grasshopper tries to fight a lawnmower, one may admire his courage but not his judgement.

    Applies to Cummins strolling out to bat at three yesterday.

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    22 minutes ago, Queanbeyan Demon said:

    Applies to Cummins strolling out to bat at three yesterday.

    it was one of those strange, brave, and waste of a decisions

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    11 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

    it was one of those strange, brave, and waste of a decisions

    Cricket Australia is looking down the barrel at a Meth Coke level rebuild. They should have begun the process 12 months ago, but instead we had to have the Cheats Farewell tour. 
    We now have a huge problem 

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    On 13/11/2024 at 18:42, The Jackson FIX said:

    One name not mentioned anywhere is Josh Blanksby who left MRC recently.
     

    He was mentioned when Richmond were hunting for a CEO.
     

    I don’t think he is right (no footy background and he seemingly was a big part of the botch-job of the Caulfield redevelopment) but I am surprised he hasn’t been floated due to his intimate knowledge of Caulfield/the Trust and our clear ambitions there.

     

    Another person with a similar history to Josh Blanksby is Andrew Giles, CEO of VicRoads. Before that he was CEO of Racing Victoria and before that CEO of Betfair (Josh Blanksby also worked for Betfair). I'm not sure what would be easier - mending potholes or player relationships. 

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    2 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    Another person with a similar history to Josh Blanksby is Andrew Giles, CEO of VicRoads. Before that he was CEO of Racing Victoria and before that CEO of Betfair (Josh Blanksby also worked for Betfair). I'm not sure what would be easier - mending potholes or player relationships. 

    Giles Thompson.  Famous for letting V’landys walk all over racing Vic and near-ruin our Spring racing carnival.

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    On 12/11/2024 at 16:34, whatwhat say what said:

    gerard healy offered up two names - justin rodski (current melbourne storm ceo, ex-peptides cmo) and greg swann (currently bears ceo, afl admin veteran) as two names

    he seemed more certain that rodski is talking to us, but flagged swann as someone we should be talking to, or that the afl might want to bring back in house as part of dil and laura's exec team

    several people i've spoken to today about rodski rate him enormously highly

    Interesting. I thought I had heard a while ago the Brisbane Bronco's were after Rodski, but he was staying in Melbourne. 

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    27 minutes ago, Nate said:

    Interesting. I thought I had heard a while ago the Brisbane Bronco's were after Rodski, but he was staying in Melbourne. 

    I think the Broncos were pursuing Frank Ponissi rather than Rodski 

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    4 hours ago, Go the Biff said:

    I think the Broncos were pursuing Frank Ponissi rather than Rodski 

    if Ponissi tries to move clarry on behind the back of the club, we have a ponzi scheme.

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    Jay Clarke tweeted that David Stevenson (NBL) and Simon Garlick are names in our CEO hunt (he didn’t give much more context.

    mentioned Swann likely to extend with Brisbane.

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    9 minutes ago, The Jackson FIX said:

    Jay Clarke tweeted that David Stevenson (NBL) and Simon Garlick are names in our CEO hunt (he didn’t give much more context.

    mentioned Swann likely to extend with Brisbane.

    Stevenson at a disadvantage as ceo of a privately held company, I suspect?

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    12 minutes ago, The Jackson FIX said:

    Jay Clarke tweeted that David Stevenson (NBL) and Simon Garlick are names in our CEO hunt (he didn’t give much more context.

    mentioned Swann likely to extend with Brisbane.

    I would imagine Simon would remain in Perth, his boy Sonny heading in to Yr 11 and settled in school. Be surprised if he moved

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    4 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

    Stevenson at a disadvantage as ceo of a privately held company, I suspect?

    Don't know much about him nor the NBL under Larry K to be honest… 

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    4 hours ago, The Jackson FIX said:

    Jay Clarke tweeted that David Stevenson (NBL) and Simon Garlick are names in our CEO hunt (he didn’t give much more context.

    mentioned Swann likely to extend with Brisbane.

    Would rather Fox tbh.

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    David’s a great guy and a mad Demons supporter. I went to school with him.

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    David Stevenson was the CEO of the Bulldogs in their Premiership year in 2016. 
     

    Of those mentioned on the unofficial ‘shortlist’, those names are certainly well credentialed 👍🏼

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    Charlie Gardiner would have to be under consideration for our CEO role no doubt. 
     

    Cut from the Sydney cloth as an administrator and we know how well they’re run. 

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    25 minutes ago, 12345_54321 said:

    Charlie Gardiner would have to be under consideration for our CEO role no doubt. 
     

    Cut from the Sydney cloth as an administrator and we know how well they’re run. 

    What position does he hold at Sydney atm?

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    8 minutes ago, Demons11 said:

    What position does he hold at Sydney atm?

    He was their executive general manager of football from 2019 to this year. Moved back to Melbourne end of 23’ for family reasons. In the running for the Pies job as head of footy but wants to be a CEO ultimately. 

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