Arent you afraid of being accused of supporting failed ex-board members?
1980, I’d be more afraid of being looked at as narrow minded, having only channel vision for something, and not being able to look about and see all the options.
And the real picture isn’t that good, but I am yet to be convinced that the other ticket has anything better to offer than we’ve already got. If Leon Daphne was running tomorrow, I’d probably jump ship again, because I’ve seen what a great leader he is, and I’d think he’d go hand in hand with the current administration that we’ve currently got.
Okay Casey. I do not like the man, I never have – and probably never will. That’s personal, because I don’t like Essendon supporters running my club. But neither do I like people like Schwab who come to this club thinking they own it just because their father was a Richmond great. Same with Caro, Rhett, anyone who thinks they own this club more than me, you or anyone else. They may not be that way, but that’s the impression I get. But none of those reasons would sway me from voting for them if I thought they were the best people for the job.
I also don’t like the way Casey shies away when things get tough and doesn’t face supporters back at the club, or in the media – generally only when forced to do it. But hey, I didn’t see Schwab or Welsh or anyone else make speeches when they were there either. Maybe Casey was entertaining the corporates or something he probably thought was more important – but it still left me feeling that me and everyone else needed things explained. I sometimes saw Schwab having a beer after a game, but he never got up and said anything. But since I’ve been whinging about no presence at after matches, I have noticed a few more directors and Miller coming back – not making speeches, but talking to the supporters. I would rather have Miller there any day than Casey.
You can call me someone who jumps ship – but tell me when I ever supported Macek, Schwab, Welsh, Humphris or any of the new people on that ticket. I’ve met a couple of them, and they are really nice people – even had dinner with one of them on his flash boat lol – but we’re talking about the future of the Richmond Football Club, something that is very important to me – and you and everyone else – and I won’t be taking any vote I make lightly.
And if that means I jump ship every five minutes, so be it – I can live with that and what you think of me. I care the least what you think of me or anyone else for that matter. But I do care how you vote – and whether that’s Schwab, Casey or whoever that you haven’t been tainted by my opinion, just because I appear to be jumping ship, or whatever. Prefer you actually did the same exercise and weighed the pros and cons of both sides.
I can’t weigh the other side yet, because they haven’t told me a darn thing about what they would do differently and many of the people on that ticket are just as responsible IMO for the financial and football woes we’re in at the moment. And if it came down to the Schwab ticket v the Casey ticket, at the moment I would pick the Casey ticket easily, because he appointed Miller, he appointed Wallace, and he finally got rid of Danny. But if I had to pick individuals, Casey, Schwab, Welsh and Humphris wouldn’t be there either.
Hate to say this, but even the drover’s dog lol would be able to lead the RFC if our football fortunes turned around. I like the direction things are going with the youth policy they seem to be adopting, away from the hack mentality. Seems like everything is on track, and just needs patience for a couple of years to see these kids come good. And when they come good, it wouldn’t matter who was in charge, the revenue will flow and flow and flow. Are Schwab and Welsh responsible for that – no, they jumped ship one week prior to the beginning of the season. At the time, I thought they didn’t have much regard for the club when they left them in the lurch down two directors, and I still think that way. Plus I never saw any of the things they did while they were there – and I can’t hack them saying they were kept in the dark. Doesn’t show great strength or leadership – great leaders would have demanded more involvement.
So, all I can say, is I am just as confused as everyone else. But I really don’t care what you think of me if I jump ship 50 times – I do so for the one reason that when I really do make my final vote, I do so for the reasons I think are the best for the RFC.
