Graham Wright, CEO – appointed 10/2024, started 8/2025

london blue · **Joined:** Wed Mar 09, 2005 3:08 pm **Posts:** 3478

bondiblue wrote:

After watching this interview, I said to my son he will see flags aplenty in the future.
Maybe even 2025. Why" The club is in good hands and in a great spot for off field success.

ABSOLUTELY

Mickstar · **Joined:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 7:40 pm **Posts:** 8441

muzza wrote:

So, like many of us, I have seen a multitude of CEOs, heads of football, and Presidents along the way

Can someone please give me a basic rundown of the exact role each of these positions play in the modern football club, and specifically our club. Where does the business, versus football strategy versus trades versus contracts etc start and finish?

I am genuinely interested.

Muzza

Mate , when I started following the Blues in the early fifties there was no such thing as a CEO . It was Secretary and that was only part time . How footy has changed . All I know is in our glory years we had topline administrators and Presidents . Blokes who knew there onions . Nous I call it . As far as your question goes Muzz I can't answer but what I can say with certainty if you get good people into the joint we will go places . I got confidence in the current crop .

tommi · **Posted:** Wed Oct 09, 2024 10:53 pm

Yup….

12 months of Cook AND Wright working together
fills me with some confidence…!

great stuff Carlton Football Club…!

kindest regards tommi

And we got him from Colon-Woods…!

it feels good…i don’t know why…it’s childish…
but feels good…!

if only to see Eddies Brownlow face….!

Pepe

i know we don’t like Eddie…but geez i wish we had
an…”Eddie type” over the last 20 years….!

Bluey44 · **Posted:** Thu Oct 10, 2024 5:58 am

So should Brad Lloyd be worried?

camel · **Posted:** Thu Oct 10, 2024 8:05 am

Not if he does his job well.

camel · **Posted:** Thu Oct 10, 2024 8:10 am

Cazzesman wrote:

https://www.carltonfc.com.au/video/1675306/press-conference-sayers-cook-wright?videoId=1675306&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1728438567001

Carlton FC Presser.

Regards Cazzesman

Is it just me or was Sayers a little bit too excited in that presser, a bit touchy feely with Cook and Wright?! A small thing, never mind.

All sounds good and it was interesting to see Cook taking notes at times while others were speaking. I'd love to know what he was writing down.

Wright spoke well and presents well, which is as much as I'll ever get to see to judge him. As long as he lives up to his reputation we should be in very good hands.

bondiblue · **Posted:** Thu Oct 10, 2024 10:39 am

camel wrote:

Cazzesman wrote:

https://www.carltonfc.com.au/video/1675306/press-conference-sayers-cook-wright?videoId=1675306&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1728438567001

Carlton FC Presser.

Regards Cazzesman

Is it just me or was Sayers a little bit too excited in that presser, a bit touchy feely with Cook and Wright?! A small thing, never mind.

All sounds good and it was interesting to see Cook taking notes at times while others were speaking. I'd love to know what he was writing down.

Wright spoke well and presents well, which is as much as I'll ever get to see to judge him. As long as he lives up to his reputation we should be in very good hands.

Noticed all those things.

Touchy feely...I haven't seen that much touching in a presser before. Very visual.

Braithy · **Joined:** Wed Jul 04, 2012 4:42 pm **Posts:** 7925

bondiblue wrote:

After watching this interview, I said to my son he will see flags aplenty in the future.
Maybe even 2025. Why" The club is in good hands and in a great spot for off field success.

i hope so ... as soon as i see "former Collingwood" anything coming over from there, to us ... i break out into a sweat. i can't stand them.

bondiblue · **Posted:** Thu Oct 10, 2024 11:16 am

Braithy wrote:

bondiblue wrote:

After watching this interview, I said to my son he will see flags aplenty in the future.
Maybe even 2025. Why" The club is in good hands and in a great spot for off field success.

i hope so ... as soon as i see "former Collingwood" anything coming over from there, to us ... i break out into a sweat. i can't stand them.

I understand. We saw Eddies plant Mick Madhouse at work at Carlton.

snakehips · **Joined:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 9:18 pm **Posts:** 584

sinbagger wrote:

There must be a catch I’m not seeing.

The only catch I see is that Wright is untried as a CEO. Yes, he has a wealth of experience (and talent) in various other football dept administration roles, but he hasn't been the CEO of an AFL club before, and to my mind that is a step up into a vastly different role. Perhaps 12 months as Cook's protege will be the perfect tonic, who knows? I definitely like Wright's appointment, but if there is a catch, lack of experience would be it.

CK95 · **Posted:** Thu Oct 10, 2024 12:34 pm

bondiblue wrote:

Braithy wrote:

bondiblue wrote:

After watching this interview, I said to my son he will see flags aplenty in the future.
Maybe even 2025. Why" The club is in good hands and in a great spot for off field success.

i hope so ... as soon as i see "former Collingwood" anything coming over from there, to us ... i break out into a sweat. i can't stand them.

I understand. We saw Eddies plant Mick Madhouse at work at Carlton.

I have PTSD from Mcguane, Malthouse, Buttifant, Fasolo etc.

99prelim · **Joined:** Tue Oct 17, 2006 11:01 pm **Posts:** 3566

snakehips wrote:

sinbagger wrote:

There must be a catch I’m not seeing.

The only catch I see is that Wright is untried as a CEO. Yes, he has a wealth of experience (and talent) in various other football dept administration roles, but he hasn't been the CEO of an AFL club before, and to my mind that is a step up into a vastly different role. Perhaps 12 months as Cook's protege will be the perfect tonic, who knows? I definitely like Wright's appointment, but if there is a catch, lack of experience would be it.

He will have 12 months tutoring and field experience before he starts.

Mickstar · **Joined:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 7:40 pm **Posts:** 8441

CK95 wrote:

bondiblue wrote:

Braithy wrote:

bondiblue wrote:

After watching this interview, I said to my son he will see flags aplenty in the future.
Maybe even 2025. Why" The club is in good hands and in a great spot for off field success.

i hope so ... as soon as i see "former Collingwood" anything coming over from there, to us ... i break out into a sweat. i can't stand them.

I understand. We saw Eddies plant Mick Madhouse at work at Carlton.

I have PTSD from Mcguane, Malthouse, Buttifant, Fasolo etc.

And Peter McKenna . Still , Heath Scotland did pretty well .

Lowey_47 · **Posted:** Fri Oct 11, 2024 1:43 pm

Most of the guys named in this thread also look like a colon.

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Wojee · **Joined:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 8:17 am **Posts:** 35398

It's pissing Collingwood fans off, so it must be good for us!

carntheblues · **Joined:** Sat Aug 20, 2011 4:05 pm **Posts:** 2917

It wouldn't happen if Cook wasn't happy about it. So I say good work.

Mickstar · **Joined:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 7:40 pm **Posts:** 8441

carntheblues wrote:

It wouldn't happen if Cook wasn't happy about it. So I say good work.

Exactly Carn"s . Cook obviously has the confidence GW can step up .

Braithy · **Joined:** Wed Jul 04, 2012 4:42 pm **Posts:** 7925

CK95 wrote:

bondiblue wrote:

Braithy wrote:

bondiblue wrote:

After watching this interview, I said to my son he will see flags aplenty in the future.
Maybe even 2025. Why" The club is in good hands and in a great spot for off field success.

i hope so ... as soon as i see "former Collingwood" anything coming over from there, to us ... i break out into a sweat. i can't stand them.

I understand. We saw Eddies plant Mick Madhouse at work at Carlton.

I have PTSD from Mcguane, Malthouse, Buttifant, Fasolo etc.

ahh i know. add a washed out daisy thomas to the list too.

murraycray · **Posted:** Fri Oct 11, 2024 6:25 pm

Braithy wrote:

CK95 wrote:

bondiblue wrote:

Braithy wrote:

bondiblue wrote:

After watching this interview, I said to my son he will see flags aplenty in the future.
Maybe even 2025. Why" The club is in good hands and in a great spot for off field success.

i hope so ... as soon as i see "former Collingwood" anything coming over from there, to us ... i break out into a sweat. i can't stand them.

I understand. We saw Eddies plant Mick Madhouse at work at Carlton.

I have PTSD from Mcguane, Malthouse, Buttifant, Fasolo etc.

ahh i know. add a washed out daisy thomas to the list too.

ooh, a tad harsh ? :grin:

Rod Waddell · **Joined:** Thu Apr 28, 2005 10:49 am **Posts:** 1673

muzza wrote:

So, like many of us, I have seen a multitude of CEOs, heads of football, and Presidents along the way

Can someone please give me a basic rundown of the exact role each of these positions play in the modern football club, and specifically our club. Where does the business, versus football strategy versus trades versus contracts etc start and finish?

I am genuinely interested.

Muzza

Can’t say for certain but the pick moves yesterday has GW fingerprints all over it.

So glad we got him. Imagine if we’d hired Xavier Campbell!

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