AFL information 2023, Eddie McGuire reveals first job for brand new CEO Andrew Dillon
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Eddie McGuire makes no bones about the very first thing he needs the brand new AFL chief govt officer to do.
“I hope the very first thing Andrew Dillon does is go down and rent Brendon Gale,” McGuire advised 9’s Eddie and Jimmy Podcast.
Dillon was on Monday introduced as the person to interchange Gillon McLachlan within the league’s high job.
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His appointment lastly brings an finish to a prolonged and much-criticised seek for the subsequent CEO.
And whereas Dillon will not formally take over from McLachlan till later this yr, McGuire has already given him the primary order of enterprise.
Gale is the CEO and govt director of Richmond, however has been floated for quite a few positions at head workplace prior to now. He was thought-about a number one candidate to take over from McLachlan when the present boss first introduced he was leaving the job.
The AFL has been searching for a brand new normal supervisor of soccer, since shedding Brad Scott to the Essendon teaching gig late final yr – a task that might enchantment to Gale.
”One in every of my criticisms for a very long time has been the lessening of the place of head of soccer,” McGuire advised the podcast after Dillon’s appointment was introduced.
“We want any individual who understands the sport in that place, and it needs to be an exalted place.
“We want Brendon Gale to assist run soccer, as a result of the principles are going to alter due to concussion, however what we do not need is somebody in there who’s a nervous Nelly and modifications the sport so I am unable to perceive it.”
Podcast co-host and Geelong legend Jimmy Bartel advised Gale could possibly be used elsewhere in head workplace.
“Do not we want Brendon Gale to run Tasmania?” Bartel requested, referencing the AFL’s pledge to place a brand new group within the southern-most state.
“Totally devoted… as a result of this (Tasmanian growth) has to hit the bottom working.”
McGuire defined he needs the AFL to create a brand new place to place Gale accountable for each soccer and growth.
”I feel he needs to be the CEO of soccer and growth,” McGuire mentioned.
The federal authorities on Saturday introduced $240 million in funding to assist construct a brand new stadium in Hobart.
However the growth nonetheless needs to be green-lit by current AFL golf equipment, who will take a vote on the thought.
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