I hereby accuse Collo of being the mole who fed Caro information.
Why?
1) Over the course of the 2002 Black Friday affair, there seemed to be clear information provided to Caro regarding what was happening from BOTH sides, the AFL and Carlton.
2) Since Collo took over, there has been massive "leaking" to the Age.
3)
Quote:
Certain directors — notably John Valmorbida and Lauraine Diggins — did not like Collins' presidential style. They were suspicious of his relationship with the media and his Telstra Dome conflict and and believed (wrongly) he was responsible for repeatedly leaking stories to this newspaper.
Why the flat denial? And why were other board members suspicious? It must either one of these two or Collo. Now further information is furnished re: Josh Kennedy and the no. 5 jumper. Why would that be in Diggins' best interest to leak to the Age? It's not, because clearly, as some of the posts above have said, is micro-management and ineptitude.
4)
Quote:
Apart from hotel and gaming magnate Mathieson, Collins confided in close friend and AFL commissioner Bill Kelty, Andrew Demetriou and former Carlton director McKay. He reportedly left AFL chairman Ron Evans a telephone message and twice told Ian Johnson, Channel Seven managing director and Telstra Dome chairman, that he had had enough. Johnson would later claim he thought Collins was joking.
Who else would get this information? Only Ian Johnson or Collo would know. And how did Caro know who he'd told?
Regardless of whether Collo is the mole, it seems there is board disunity at Carlton and this isn't good. The early signs are that I think there are some serious problems with some of the people on this Board - Diggins is one.
And Kernahan - you can't play fence-sitter all the time. That shows me that regardless of how much courage you had as a player, you don't have the eptitude to sit on the board. Get off.
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