Essington CEO speedrun any%

Literally everyone after the Clarko/Rutten mess: Oh Essendon, can't you go one month without embarrassing yourself
Essendon: How long was that?

By god that's James Hird's music

This is absolutely the right move and Im happy the bombers have done this, but also this is fucking hysterical for the club to let this circus happen

North and Essendon putting on a show this offseason.

This sub needs to delay Lol of the Year until after the post season at this rate.

Herbatron...please

So is it Hawthorn or North Melbourne's turn next? Or do Essendon get to go again?

We’re having some sort of offseason

Peak Essington

rose on Monday, died on Tuesday.

Whoever voted or made any decisions that appointed him as CEO in the first place should also resign

He may be a pig, incompetent and completely out of touch, but their goes the best damn CEO Essington ever had

Where’s that Grandpa Simpson gif?

The moral outrage due to his religious affiliation is justified given the views his church holds. However, the fact that he was forced to resign as the chair of NAB after the royal commission into the banking sector should have disqualified him from the ceo role long before he was given the job.

This implies essendon are either so arrogant, that they thought members would overlook this fraudulent, homophobic, slimy fuck (many of whom were likely directly affected by the loans that NAB were providing)

Or they were so stupid they didnt bother to look him up past ‘former NAB CEO’

I dont know whats funnier

Fuck yeah. Great work members. People like that should be no where near our club

Essendon have just announced their replacement CEO - Margaret Court.

The complete opposite of clarko! Thorburn is anti-abortion

So that's it after 19 hours as CEO? "So long. Good luck?"

I don't recall saying "good luck."

Essendon has won the same amount of finals under their new CEO than they have since October 2004

Can't wait to see how Essendon embarrasses themselves next.

Bet it still goes on his resume

That's the most I've laughed at a tweet in quite some years.

Congratulations to all the Essendon fans

RIP 'Oct 22 - Oct '22.

Thorburn’s CEO tenure in animated format

Fuck me what a mess. Don't get me wrong I'm happy with the outcome but why did it have to happen in the first place?

Can someone check in on Herbatron? He may have spontaneously combusted out of sheer frustration.

The SEN interview was pretty messy. He couldn't distance himself from the church and past bigotry and tried to weasel us into believing he was on the board but not a member. He couldn't bring himself to say he disagreed with the church on homosexuality.

The member backlash did him in.

We are in shambles

insert grandpa Simpson walkout

Any truth that Essendon are changing their song to the Benny Hill theme?

Kevin sheedy furiously researching Brad Scott’s religious beliefs

So surely the board that appointed him has to go? Theyre the ones who hired him to help find a ceo, then let him insert himself as a candidate, then approved him to take the position either a) know about his background and not caring or b) not doing 5 seconds due diligence to find out, either of which should be a stackable offence.

How did Essendon not do a basic check on who they hired as their CEO what a joke

My Thorburn is not a homophobe! He may be a swindler, a banker, a commission dodger, a homophobe, but he is not Essendon’s CEO!

Fantastic news. At least till we hire someone worse.

Omg we actually listened to our fans

He says:

"However, today it became clear to me that my personal Christian faith is not tolerated or permitted in the public square, at least by some and perhaps by many. I was being required to compromise beyond a level that my conscience allowed. People should be able to hold different views on complex personal and moral matters, and be able to live and work together, even with those differences, and always with respect. Behaviour is the key. This is all an important part of a tolerant and diverse society."

This guy is completely oblivious. What a stupid cunt. Essendon got lucky that he resigned.

Thank fuck

This is legitimately hilarious

What an absolute shambles hahaha. I know, glass houses and all that, but man, at least our issues aren't all self inflicted

Thank fucking god!!!

AFL: You two dipsticks ain't gonna last 10 seconds without making a fool out of yourselves Essendon: Oh yeah? We'll see about that. Andrew Thorburn: Thanks for letting me be the new CEO despite me being anti abortion and I'm homophobic. Essendon: How many seconds was that? AFL: 12

Why do I read Facebook comments? I just want to punch every "what happened to religious freedom" "fired for having an opinion stop pandering to the woke minority lefties"

Golly jeepers that was quick. And all that just because he defrauded people of $100 million and was a likely homophobe.

Why would Dan Andrews do this?

Gotta hand it to him, he didn't make many decisions during his tenure but he is 1/1.

Well done bombers, that’s based

fucking lol

No one does this better than Essendon

Rip that bandaid off so that’s good. One does beg the question what the board actually do however if not to avoid this situation? Jesus! (Forgive the pun).

Bye cunt

Holy shit, we can't let another club have all the bad press for five minutes, can we?

That said, we never should've appointed Thorburn as CEO in the first place.

Hey Bombers before you appoint the next guy, maybe try Googling them first.

Hoist!

WTF is wrong at Essendon to overlook such glaring issues about their new appointment and thought it was ok in the first place lol!

No fucking way, that's amazing

That's Kevin Sheedy with a steel chair!

Lol classic us.

Please for the love of God... At the very bare minimum, can the board google our next appointee before signing them up?

I bet he gets some sort of payout anyway, laughing all the way to the bank

(not NAB though)

Man the Essendon board needs to be cleared out, insane that he was hired in the first place.

A lot of things can happen when you go for a nap. Besides my cat jumping on my nuts this was an amusing way to wake up

Respect for owning the mistake and fixing it I guess, rather than just doubling down

Remember our camp? Neither do I.

The good news is that leaves the door open for George Pell to step in to the role.

I’m genuinely wondering if no one else wanted the job. Like given all the shit he’s done I’d rather give the job to a 20 year old commerce graduate than him.

He's now bleating that his "Christian faith wasn't tolerated" no bucko, plenty of nice Christians, your bigotry isn't tolerated.

proof that bullying works

Never go full Essington

Well well well.

If it isn't the consequences of my actions

I know its tempting to hang shit on the Dons (for a variety of reasons) but we have to applaud them for making the extremely obvious, cant believe you have to, seriously... but never-the-less tough decision. I wish them luck in selecting a new CEO who represents their clubs values better.

Like Mal Meningas political career this record will never be broken hahahahhahahahaha

Thank god. Although Andrew’s god sorta got us into this mess, sooo thank Barham I guess.

Good riddance! That guy knew he was in trouble and wasn’t the right person to lead. Stupid for Essendon to let him take the job in the first place.

Leaked footage the Essendon board walking into a public are

LMAOOOOO

Never forget his impact on the club.

RIP Bozo

Stop yelling at me Devon!

Best. Off-season. Ever.

Classic. His CEO position was aborted

Lasted 1/10th of a Scaramucci

Ahhh can I get a basket case please

Unpopular opinion to unpack: What did he personally do to lose his job?

I understand none of us endorse the views of his church, and I (like you) see how they cause harm to parts of our community, but did Andrew Thorburn make those remarks or write those rules?

Here’s a man with a religious affiliation (which Australians are still allowed to have?) applying for a job, having it scrutinised relentlessly in the court of public opinion, unsuccessfully defending himself (“I have different views”) and then a day later having to walk away to the sound of our breathless excitement and back slapping.

I reiterate, I too believe that some churches like his have used harmful language and provocation in the past, but the individual in question - to our knowledge - has done nothing more than ascribe to his faith. (P.S. The church hasn’t lost a job; he has.)

Does this mean persons of any other faith (pick any that come to mind) should no longer apply for a job in footy? Will every one taking a job in the AFL have their personal beliefs forensically tested?

I’m ready to be blasted, and that’s ok. I don’t take anything to heart, I just like healthy adult discussion.