Essendon

[ledge]

So apparently Dodoro is being moved around at Essendon . It’s a HS article so I can only see the headline .
Josh Mahoney also on the outer it seems .
Maybe they have finally seen the light !

[EasternWest]

So apparently Dodoro is being moved around at Essendon . It’s a HS article so I can only see the headline .
Josh Mahoney also on the outer it seems .
Maybe they have finally seen the light !

Jake Stringer still borderline flying though, right? RIGHT?

[GVGjr]

So apparently Dodoro is being moved around at Essendon . It’s a HS article so I can only see the headline .
Josh Mahoney also on the outer it seems .
Maybe they have finally seen the light !

Tim Watson calls for Essendon to choose between Adrian Dodoro and Josh Mahoney

Essendon club great Tim Watson has called on the Bombers to choose between football boss Josh Mahoney or recruiter Adrian Dodoro as coach Brad Scott tightened his match committee group for the 2023 season.

Under Scott’s changes veteran recruiter Adrian Dodoro, who attended some match committee meetings under Ben Rutten, will now be strictly responsible for list management, recruiting and talent.

Dodoro was not an official part of the Essendon match committee but as part of a realignment of three senior management positions, new CEO Craig Vozzo has set more concrete boundaries for 2023 onwards.

The changes are part of Vozzo’s determination to improve the club’s mediocre football performance since 2004.

Dodoro will now report directly to the new chief executive instead of Mahoney in a move that factors in Vozzo’s expertise in list management and talent.

But given Mahoney and Dodoro’s faltering relationship dating back to last season it helps reduce the crossover in their roles.

Watson said on Thursday of Mahoney and Dodoro’s issues that: “If you’ve got a problem there, then you’ve got to fix it. And it may mean that one of them has to go”.

Mahoney will still sit on the list management committee but given Dodoro answers to Vozzo instead of his football boss it remains to be seen how that will improve their working relationship.

New coach Brad Scott is set to report directly to Vozzo instead of Mahoney, who will continue to take responsibility for the club’s four teams.

Vozzo was hired as a chief executive with football expertise so will leave no stone unturned to help the football department but it seems clear one of the figures will eventually have to move on for Essendon to seek the stability it needs.

Essendon has not ruled out making continued changes as early as this season under Vozzo’s mandate to improve a club which has not won a final since 2004.

It comes at a critical time for the club which must make key decisions on how many draft picks to retain in an upcoming superdraft while also spending some of its $3 million in salary cap room.

The Dons also have key free agents Darcy Parish and Mason Redman out of contract as well as best-and-fairest winner Peter Wright.

The club made wholesale changes last year including a new coach and president but Vozzo’s delayed arrival after the club moved on Andrew Thorburn after a day meant the football department overhaul drifted into March.

Premiership legend Watson told SEN Radio the club had to find harmony off-field and said it might be an easy decision for Vozzo over which of Dodoro and Mahoney to retain.

“Simple decision, is it not? You work out who’s the most important person and you keep them,” he said.

“If it’s interrupting the smoothness of decision-making ... then yes, you’ve got to move somebody on. I don’t know if it’s interrupting,” he said.


“Maybe they’ve worked out some way of dealing with the (conflict). If you’ve got a problem there, then you’ve got to fix it. And it may mean that one of them has to go.

“You owe it to your fans. Ultimately, you’ve got to make decisions for your football club that are going to give you the opportunity to be successful for your fans to follow. So that’s what you need to do.”

[ledge]

Oh so it’s just an Opinion piece by Tim. So they want to improve but keep Dodoro on in the same position but he just reports to someone else now .
The mediocrity continues.
I am actually amazed they bought Tippa back but he isn’t named in the team ! What is the actual point of him coming back at his age and not playing him ?
Better off just taking a kid . Waste of a list place IMO

[bornadog]

Essendon have appointed Matt Rosa to the List management role (AFL Talent & Operations Manager) , and Dodo will step back after the ND.

[bulldogtragic]

Essendon have appointed Matt Rosa to the List management role (AFL Talent & Operations Manager) , and Dodo will step back after the ND.

One last trade week win getting pick 43 for BZT and some free agents that won’t do a great deal. Amazing winning streak winning every trade week he’s ever been part of. Unreal almost.

[jazzadogs]

'stepping back' rather than quitting is such an Essendon thing to do. He'll lurk in the shadows with Sheedy, holding the club back for years to come.....


Fingers crossed.

[macca]

'stepping back' rather than quitting is such an Essendon thing to do. He'll lurk in the shadows with Sheedy, holding the club back for years to come.....


Fingers crossed.

Dodo has already done that with this upcoming draft, sowing the same soid seeds of discontent for Essendon fans.
I applaud Dodo for having the last laugh, well done to leave your legacy. How many days without winning a final ?
it be potentially at least 4 more draft spots ( at least ) to falter.

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/...19-p5e5u1.html

[Topdog]

What a great shame for 17 clubs

[jeemak]

This is terrible news.

It's almost as if Monkey Face (Brad Scott) is having an impact on the running of the club, and that's not a bad thing versus the rest of the competition, but a massive thing for the standards at Essendon. Any step forward for them is a step backwards for us in the peanut gallery.

[Sedat]

One last trade week win getting pick 43 for BZT and some free agents that won’t do a great deal. Amazing winning streak winning every trade week he’s ever been part of. Unreal almost.

Who could forget his high-fiving around the table when they bid on Irving Mosquito and the Hawks decided not to match the bid.

[bulldogtragic]

Who could forget his high-fiving around the table when they bid on Irving Mosquito and the Hawks decided not to match the bid.

Sweet victories.

[GVGjr]

This is terrible news.

It's almost as if Monkey Face (Brad Scott) is having an impact on the running of the club, and that's not a bad thing versus the rest of the competition, but a massive thing for the standards at Essendon. Any step forward for them is a step backwards for us in the peanut gallery.

I'm with you that this isn't great news. As the Essendon FC near the 7,000 days milestone since they last won a finals we really need to acknowledge the outstanding performance and the role Dodoro has played in this achievement. While it's not just on Adrian, and lets face it James and Kevin were probably the main offenders, he has been able to hold his spot for a long time during what has been a sustained level of underachievement.

Jokes aside, his reputation of being a poor performer isn't accurate and he's probably been the fall guy for supporters and the media for what has been a dysfunctional club with numerous challenges at the board level.

[Dogs 24/7]

I just did a search and yes it is now close to 7,000 days since Essendon last won a final
Saw this on Zero Hagar and thought I should share and it's just a small portion of whats on there.

Here is a list of things that have happened since Essendon last won a final:

Pluto was downgraded to a dwarf planet
Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans
Saddam Hussein was executed
Italy won the 2006 FIFA World Cup
The first iPhone was released
Buddy Franklin, Brett Deledio, Jarryd Roughead and Jordan Lewis were all drafted
Nathan Buckley, Brad and Chris Scott, Simon Goodwin, Stuart Dew, Sam Mitchell, Damien Hardwick and Adam Simpson all retired
Shane Warne, Justin Langer, Damien Martyn, Glenn McGrath, Matthew Hayden, Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist and Brett Lee all retired from Australian Test cricket
Andrew Bogut was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks
Blue-ray disks were invented
Twitter started up
Shaun Burgoyne won four premierships and retired
How I Met Your Mother premiered
Steve Irwin passed away
PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 came out
SoundCloud came out
Kanye West's 'Gold Digger', Snoop Dogg's 'Drop it Like it's Hot' and The Killers' 'Mr Brightside' were all released
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince book was published, and the Goblet of Fire film was released
George W. Bush won a US presidential election
The Simpsons have aired over a dozen seasons
Alastair Clarkson coached his first AFL game and has since left Hawthorn and joined North Melbourne
Zach Merrett started high school and since been appointed captain of the Bombers
Star Wars Episode III - Revenge of the Sith was released
Prince Charles married Camilla Bowles
London bombings
The T20 Big Bash League was formed
Al Gore's 'An Inconvenient Truth' was released
Smoking ban implemented in the UK
Usain Bolt won his first Olympic gold medal
Australia's Black Saturday bushfires occurred
YouTube was launched

[ledge]

Just read a bombers post about how will Shiel get a game in the midfield behind about 7 players , one of the names was Stringer.
The bombers fans are a special kind of human aren’t they.