The people involved at board level when Voss was appointed were
Priestley( finance)
David Campbell ( advisory on leadership)
Lahra Carey ( communications and marketing strategies)
Greg Williams ( printing ex champ)
Paddy Kinnersly ( our watch)
They were directly involved in the final say of Voss’ appointment
They collectively got it wrong
Despite this Priestley is on the selection panel and William’s will consult with the selection panel and the board according to the club

You can be a board member for 12 years
You come up for re- election every 4
The only time you actually front the members is at the annual general meeting in February ironically when members expectations are at their most optimistic
They escape nearly all scrutiny despite ultimately having the final say on important matters

If we are all about accountability to get the best coach then these 5 people should have no say in the other because they have underperformed

Hopefully Davies and Wright only run the show this time
Wright clearly rates Fraser got him over to Carlton

Still dependent on pokies then...

Keogh, I look at us at TC as a family. I enjoy some of the stuff you post, and like dannyboy. I agree with some of your comments, but you can't help to conflate the past with the present. You are so angry with the past you want to blow up the whole joint up, and behead everyone in a suit.

I hear your voice "Viva la revoluc'ion".

That was a symbol of resistance, for cultural change. Significant in France, Mexico, Cuba... at the time. But you don't want to accept the small steps of cultural change the whole club has made in the past 5 years.. And now, after several attempts to change, since 2015, we find ourselves, right or wrong, moving on a coach again. We've won 3 games in a row, about to make it 4. Most agree if we played like we are now we would have beaten North, Pies, Dees, possibly, Lions and Crows, and surely the saints. We have found out we have something good here.

But lets take a breath. Maybe the small steps taken over the last 10 years have been significant. I acknowledge the "good" changes Vossy has made to the Football Dept. I feel his Game Plan may be bearing fruits now. I want our players to continue the mantra contest and pressure. But I want it for 4 quarters. Players still sing from the same song book, but only recently have they applied it for 4 quarters, initiating tweaks Assistants were trying to instill in players in the preseason and bringing contest and pressure for 4 quarters. The players all say so. Listen to all interviews, especially Dean's most recent "Rising Sun" interview. Voss was good for the club in some ways. he's not Neeld or Malthouse. Its not as you think. Maybe you are right with some of your assertions, but not all.

Politics is a game of give and take, to find middle ground and consensus. Without that process, its pure anarchy. Blowing up the joint is anarchy. That's what SOS did to this List from 2015. It was extreme and we have paid for it. Lets not go to extremes and blow the joint up again.

You paint everyone connected to the club with the same brush, because some of the Board Members, not all, made a wrong decision. This hatred and extremism imo comes after decades of the same form of disdain you have for all Boards post 1995. Its 2026. A lot has changed. There will always be some connection in the club with a previous regime. You can't hate everyone, forever. maybe you can, but you shouldn't imo.

Articulate which Board Members you want removed and leave the others alone. Its OUR club, not YOURS alone. Lets be intelligent about this, to give us some comfort by appreciating and acknowledging the things we are doing well, and hold onto those, and build from there. Its not hard. Its only a game, and you have to enjoy games.

We need to find a new coach. See thread. You either believe GW and CD are the right guys to run the process, or you don't. Accept that as fact. You will not change who makes the final decision, and until you do, you are aiming blindly and living in the past as your only guide. Come on mate, let the show begin. It's a new phase of our evolution. Don't throw stones at it when it has only barely started...let it roll out, then tell us what you think. You are not Nostradamus, and you should not take our love hate relationship to heart. Its only a game. We are a family. Bluebaggers.

not true.

In fact if you bothered to read and hold several ideas in your mind at once you might see at times I (and I assume others) have agreed with you
what I do not agree with
what bores me shitless with your posts
and why I really usually just read and ignore
is that it seems you fail to be able to hold several contrary things as "truths" at the same time - what some might call nuance over binary and what my old philosophy department would call dialectical thinking.

Have numerous carlton boards been shithouse - absolutely
Was I pleased with Voss's appointment - No
but I can see that the boards have improved lately - still a ways to go but getting better - wright's appointment points to that imo (as does the youth on our list - something even you acknowledge - though I assume you think this was a fluke?)
I can also see that Voss did a lot right and that should be remembered - it may even be a truth that we needed Voss to set certain things straight before the next appointment.

see not black or white - but, like all things in life, full of colour.

[…]I don’t give a shit what you think of my views. […]

. Why do we have to see things in black and white all the time?

My hope is Fraser is the man

The board and the families that look over the club have been the clubs problem for 30 years. Going right back to when Elliott wanted Princes Park to be the number two ground the Eastern Stand was built the deal fell through and we were left with debt that almost ended the club
David McKay who was on the initial board after Elliott was thrown out has said the club was close to handing the keys into the AFL.
The board spent the next decade and beyond focusing on getting the club out of debt and not focusing on on football matters which is part of its job
From there it’s been a procession of bad football decisions made by the board with pressure from those “ families “.
Only 5 years ago we had a selection process that was flawed.
Once again they appointed the wrong coach.
They went with the name not the best coach.
Greg Williams was the head of that selection process and forgot to ring Parkin just announced he was on the panel.
How can a club be that stupid to employ someone on 800000 in
such a crucial job

Clubs like Carlton and Essendon** have struggled in the AFL for the last 2 decades because they can’t move on from their past
Look at Hird. He is the least qualified person yet powerful people like Liddle and Sheedy back him
The way the game is played moves at breakneck speed
If your caught napping you get left behind
Greg Williams should not be anywhere near the decision making process for a new coach in 2026
He is there because he was a champion Carlton player
There is your past catching up with you

Now whether posters like it or not when Wright officially became the CEO after shadowing Cook in July he contacted McCrae and enquired whether he wanted to coach Carlton
Wright is a tough administrator with a very high football IQ
He knew Voss couldn’t coach ivy up a wall but he wasn’t sacked at the end of 2025
Maybe Wright didn’t have the time to look at future candidates
You want your new senior coach before seasons end with draft and trade decisions
Wright got Fraser over from Collingwood at the end of 2025
He knew the club was going nowhere with Voss in 2026

My hope is Fraser is the man
A coach that truly understands the modern game is adaptable listens to his assistants advice
He could easily be a 7 zip coach in a month
And on probably half of what Voss was on
Hard for the board to interfere then


It’s not rocket science that the club at board level is run by people with little footy acumen
The bottom line folks
It’s the Carlton Football Club
Not the Carlton Football Club Club Pty Ltd

I’ll enjoys Sundays game too it’s pretty simple really isn’t
If you have to ring someone you ring them
Yeah that’s pretty simple
Hopefully Diesel doesn’t have that responsibility as a consultant to the board over the selection process findings
You would great fun at parties Cazzeman
A laugh a minute