Tom Harley

**The Big Cat** · 17th October 2018, 11:21 AM

Originally Posted by AnnieH

Head of Football... with no coaching experience.
I think he's as poisonous, if not more, than Stevie J.

Andrew Ireland was the best head of football the AFL has seen and he had no coaching experience.

**AnnieH** · 17th October 2018, 12:18 PM

Originally Posted by The Big Cat

Andrew Ireland was the best head of football the AFL has seen and he had no coaching experience.

Yeah, but he's not a dickhead.
Tom is a dickhead, as is Stevie J. Has Tom got the "corporate" background experience that Andrew Ireland has?
I think not.
I think the exodus of our coaching staff has a lot to do with Tom Harley.

**Cosmic Wizard** · 17th October 2018, 03:49 PM

Originally Posted by Ludwig

Getting Jackson Thurlow makes the trade period a resounding success. He's the kind of player who has some real underlying talent, but hasn't been able to show it at Geelong, in part due several injuries. By no way is he a sure thing, but a real chance to be a good player for us. Plays in right position as well.

How good a CEO could Ireland be if he chose Tom Harley as Head of Football? So you're saying the best CEO in the business chose a dickhead to run football operations, but wasn't clever enough to realise that Tom was a dickhead.

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Check out what's happening this year. Not a joke.

People are being harsh to compare Harley with Ireland, the best in the business.

If Harley is only half as good, we are still way ahead!

**Blood Tunnel** · 20th October 2018, 05:31 PM

Originally Posted by AnnieH

Yeah, but he's not a dickhead.
Tom is a dickhead, as is Stevie J. Has Tom got the "corporate" background experience that Andrew Ireland has?
I think not.
I think the exodus of our coaching staff has a lot to do with Tom Harley.

What a load of rubbish!

**BRISWAN** · 20th October 2018, 04:56 PM

Andrew Ireland came to us from Brisbane and was successful at both clubs

What was his background in football admin prior to that ?

**Ludwig** · 20th October 2018, 05:18 PM

Tom Harley doesn't need experience. He has my phone number.

**CureTheSane** · 20th October 2018, 07:24 PM

Originally Posted by Ludwig

Tom Harley doesn't need experience. He has my phone number.

....permanently blocked....

**Bayes30** · 22nd October 2018, 07:06 AM

Originally Posted by Ludwig

Tom Harley doesn't need experience. He has my phone number.

From what I have seen, Tom Harley has the right temperament to make decisions and run an organisation of this size.

Tom appears to know what to say in the moment and who to ask for advice: Andrew Ireland (Ludwig if Andrew is unavailable). I would imagine that Brian Cook is also a mentor for Harley.

**rickmat** · 20th October 2018, 05:20 PM

The one key area I would like Tom as the new CEO to improve is the communication with Swans supporters particularly using social media. Andrew Ireland at the beginning of this last season said how important social media was and yet our website sucks, player information is sadly so out of date, updates on inuries is lacking transparency, information of both the AFL and NEAFL is not timely, more reactive. The NEAFL side information is an afterthought and in fact is far far better and informative on this site. Lets hope Tom has this as one of his priorities on his bucket list. Im sure all supporters would appreciate it and you never know it might drive more members/ supporters!!

**barry** · 20th October 2018, 05:58 PM

Originally Posted by The Big Cat

Yeah. Let's get some experienced corporate types like those we've seen before the banking royal commission. Overpaid inbred corporate ladder climbers whose only skill appears to be owning the achievements of others and disowning their own failures. Without doubt the moral bottom-feeders of society. There. I've had my say! Now let's get back to footy.

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Easy comrade. The revolution is not scheduled to start until next week.