An honest answers on those pillars
1. About the same as previous board
2. Yes, but it's not successful at this stage
3. Not overly
4. Not by a long shot
5. We can't go back to the 80's or 90's. What is bulldogs culture these days?
6. If they mean players can't really say many have improved in recent years.
7. What is the strategic plan. They've been in place for 3 years, has it been made public.
8. An improvement there for sure
9. No chance. They're a long way off.
1. Covid affected this. There were plans for two member forums this year, both shelved.
2. Why, because there’s no running commentary?
3. Definitely. Introduced new rules to ensure the cap disaster can’t happen again. Eg: Any player who has a salary adjustment of more than $100k/annum over the course of their contract must now go to the board. Previously this was a CEO decision and contributed to the club being asleep at the wheel.
4. This is questionable sure, especially with the dramas between the league and footy clubs. I sense some work to change the master/servant relationship has been done though to address this, just don’t see it yet.
5. Hard to measure.
6. Probably not given cap and coaching issues and on-field results. That starts to change from November hopefully. Staff wise don’t know but would’ve been a tough year with shut-down, JobKeeper and other issues.
7. According to Baz today there is one and he’s got no history or loyalty. Also why would be have taken the job if he didn’t buy the plan - just to be head coach again? Nah, he could’ve waited for the Steelers or another opportunity - he chose us.
8. Definitely. Averillo and Doorey are the first signs of that and the Mounties partnership should also help this.
9. Not until everyone is rowing in the same direction and we’re winning. Obviously not there yet.
So of course they don’t get 10/10 and no-one would ever suggest so. Things go wrong and change on the way. But the suggestion nothing has been done is just wrong. The next 12 months is the real test. If they fail I’ll have no issue seeing them replaced.