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West Australian
a day ago
- Business
- West Australian
AFL set to announce Tom Harley as chief operation officer after late ‘curveball'
The AFL have poached a second club CEO in as many days with Tom Harley set to be appointed chief operating officer. Channel 7's Caroline Wilson revealed the Sydney CEO will take on the highly sought after job at league headquarters. The appointment comes the day after Brisbane CEO Greg Swann was named the AFL's executive general manager of football performance . While the final details are yet to be officially signed, Wilson said there was a late curveball with Melbourne Cricket Club boss and former Hawthorn CEO Stuart Fox also in the running. 'It's extraordinary. The details are yet to be nutted out, the official offer has not been signed, but my firm understanding is Tom Harley will become Andrew Dillon's chief operating officer,' Wilson said on 7NEWS. 'He will leave the Sydney Swans after a distinguished career as footy boss and then CEO. 'But it was not without a curveball in the last 48 hours. As we reported last night on The Agenda Setters, Stuart Fox became a late contender for the job. Andrew Dillon was very keen also to poach the former Hawthorn CEO, now the MCC boss. 'In the last 24 hours, there have been conversations with Stuart Fox, and of course Tom Harley. 'My belief is that Stuart Fox has chosen to stay at the Melbourne Cricket Club and Tom Harley will take the job. Extraordinary coup for Andrew Dillon.' The league announced earlier this year they will appoint a COO that will effectively serve as new right-hand man to Dillon. Harley joins league headquarters after a hugely successful stint at Sydney. The former Geelong premiership captain joined the Swans in 2014 as the general manager of football before transitioning to the CEO position in 2019. Harley's move to the AFL is the latest in a shake-up at league headquarters. Laura Kane was a big casualty in Dillon's executive shake-up announced last Friday, with her football operations role split in two. Swann will take on football performance, while Kane will be in charge of football operations. Her portfolio will now include operations for the AFL and AFLW, the strategic growth of the AFLW and managing the league's mental health and healthcare unit. 'Laura is a valued member of the executive team - she has an incredible portfolio, a big portfolio in front of her now,' Dillon said. 'What I've said is we want to make sure we have a structure that allows the AFL to continue the momentum we have, into the future. 'She's done amazing work in the three years she's been at the AFL. What we have now with Greg coming in looking after the football performance, Laura continuing to run football operations - football is at the core of what we do. 'She has a really big and important role and she's excited by the challenge in front of her.' Another major change to Dillons' executive team is the imminent departure of Indigenous and inclusion manager Tayna Hosch. Also, her role, which includes gender, will be folded into the corporate affairs portfolio. 'Tanya, in her nearly nine years at the AFL, did an incredible amount of work in this space,' Dillon said. 'We have incredible leaders across all tiers of the organisation - Denise Bowden, who's just joined our commission, an Indigenous advisory council that's working really well. 'What we will have is more leaders and more voices across the organisation. Our commitment to our inclusion is as strong as it's ever been.' While Dillon's executive changes follow months of growing concerns about how the AFL is performing, he is bullish about the league. 'What the announcements from last week do is ensure we can continue the momentum we have and make sure we're set up for success going into the future,' he said. Dillon was speaking at the announcement of free admission for children under 14 later this season. Select games will feature the initiative in rounds 16-19 and all Victorian games will be free for kids in round 21. - With AAP
Perth Now
a day ago
- Business
- Perth Now
AFL poaches another club CEO after late ‘curveball'
The AFL have poached a second club CEO in as many days with Tom Harley set to be appointed chief operating officer. Channel 7's Caroline Wilson revealed the Sydney CEO will take on the highly sought after job at league headquarters. The appointment comes the day after Brisbane CEO Greg Swann was named the AFL's executive general manager of football performance. While the final details are yet to be officially signed, Wilson said there was a late curveball with Melbourne Cricket Club boss and former Hawthorn CEO Stuart Fox also in the running. 'It's extraordinary. The details are yet to be nutted out, the official offer has not been signed, but my firm understanding is Tom Harley will become Andrew Dillon's chief operating officer,' Wilson said on 7NEWS. 'He will leave the Sydney Swans after a distinguished career as footy boss and then CEO. 'But it was not without a curveball in the last 48 hours. As we reported last night on The Agenda Setters, Stuart Fox became a late contender for the job. Andrew Dillon was very keen also to poach the former Hawthorn CEO, now the MCC boss. 'In the last 24 hours, there have been conversations with Stuart Fox, and of course Tom Harley. 'My belief is that Stuart Fox has chosen to stay at the Melbourne Cricket Club and Tom Harley will take the job. Extraordinary coup for Andrew Dillon.' Tom Harley is set to be named the AFL's new Chief Operating Officer. Credit: Getty The league announced earlier this year they will appoint a COO that will effectively serve as new right-hand man to Dillon. Harley joins league headquarters after a hugely successful stint at Sydney. The former Geelong premiership captain joined the Swans in 2014 as the general manager of football before transitioning to the CEO position in 2019. Harley's move to the AFL is the latest in a shake-up at league headquarters. Laura Kane was a big casualty in Dillon's executive shake-up announced last Friday, with her football operations role split in two. Swann will take on football performance, while Kane will be in charge of football operations. Her portfolio will now include operations for the AFL and AFLW, the strategic growth of the AFLW and managing the league's mental health and healthcare unit. 'Laura is a valued member of the executive team - she has an incredible portfolio, a big portfolio in front of her now,' Dillon said. 'What I've said is we want to make sure we have a structure that allows the AFL to continue the momentum we have, into the future. 'She's done amazing work in the three years she's been at the AFL. What we have now with Greg coming in looking after the football performance, Laura continuing to run football operations - football is at the core of what we do. 'She has a really big and important role and she's excited by the challenge in front of her.' Another major change to Dillons' executive team is the imminent departure of Indigenous and inclusion manager Tayna Hosch. Also, her role, which includes gender, will be folded into the corporate affairs portfolio. 'Tanya, in her nearly nine years at the AFL, did an incredible amount of work in this space,' Dillon said. 'We have incredible leaders across all tiers of the organisation - Denise Bowden, who's just joined our commission, an Indigenous advisory council that's working really well. 'What we will have is more leaders and more voices across the organisation. Our commitment to our inclusion is as strong as it's ever been.' While Dillon's executive changes follow months of growing concerns about how the AFL is performing, he is bullish about the league. 'What the announcements from last week do is ensure we can continue the momentum we have and make sure we're set up for success going into the future,' he said. Dillon was speaking at the announcement of free admission for children under 14 later this season. Select games will feature the initiative in rounds 16-19 and all Victorian games will be free for kids in round 21. - With AAP
7NEWS
a day ago
- Business
- 7NEWS
AFL set to announce Tom Harley as chief operation officer after late ‘curveball'
The AFL have poached a second club CEO in as many days with Tom Harley set to be appointed chief operating officer. Channel 7's Caroline Wilson revealed the Sydney CEO will take on the highly sought after job at league headquarters. The appointment comes the day after . While the final details are yet to be officially signed, Wilson said there was a late curveball with Melbourne Cricket Club boss and former Hawthorn CEO Stuart Fox also in the running. 'It's extraordinary. The details are yet to be nutted out, the official offer has not been signed, but my firm understanding is Tom Harley will become Andrew Dillon's chief operating officer,' Wilson said on 7NEWS. 'He will leave the Sydney Swans after a distinguished career as footy boss and then CEO. 'But it was not without a curveball in the last 48 hours. As we reported last night on The Agenda Setters, Stuart Fox became a late contender for the job. Andrew Dillon was very keen also to poach the former Hawthorn CEO, now the MCC boss. 'In the last 24 hours, there have been conversations with Stuart Fox, and of course Tom Harley. 'My belief is that Stuart Fox has chosen to stay at the Melbourne Cricket Club and Tom Harley will take the job. Extraordinary coup for Andrew Dillon.' The league announced earlier this year they will appoint a COO that will effectively serve as new right-hand man to Dillon. Harley joins league headquarters after a hugely successful stint at Sydney. The former Geelong premiership captain joined the Swans in 2014 as the general manager of football before transitioning to the CEO position in 2019. Harley's move to the AFL is the latest in a shake-up at league headquarters. Laura Kane was a big casualty in Dillon's executive shake-up announced last Friday, with her football operations role split in two. Swann will take on football performance, while Kane will be in charge of football operations. Her portfolio will now include operations for the AFL and AFLW, the strategic growth of the AFLW and managing the league's mental health and healthcare unit. 'Laura is a valued member of the executive team - she has an incredible portfolio, a big portfolio in front of her now,' Dillon said. 'What I've said is we want to make sure we have a structure that allows the AFL to continue the momentum we have, into the future. 'She's done amazing work in the three years she's been at the AFL. What we have now with Greg coming in looking after the football performance, Laura continuing to run football operations - football is at the core of what we do. 'She has a really big and important role and she's excited by the challenge in front of her.' Another major change to Dillons' executive team is the imminent departure of Indigenous and inclusion manager Tayna Hosch. Also, her role, which includes gender, will be folded into the corporate affairs portfolio. 'Tanya, in her nearly nine years at the AFL, did an incredible amount of work in this space,' Dillon said. 'We have incredible leaders across all tiers of the organisation - Denise Bowden, who's just joined our commission, an Indigenous advisory council that's working really well. 'What we will have is more leaders and more voices across the organisation. Our commitment to our inclusion is as strong as it's ever been.' While Dillon's executive changes follow months of growing concerns about how the AFL is performing, he is bullish about the league. 'What the announcements from last week do is ensure we can continue the momentum we have and make sure we're set up for success going into the future,' he said. Dillon was speaking at the announcement of free admission for children under 14 later this season. Select games will feature the initiative in rounds 16-19 and all Victorian games will be free for kids in round 21.
Daily Mail
3 days ago
- Business
- Daily Mail
Adelaide blasted for CEO's 'ridiculous' apology after Crows star makes brutally honest assessment about lacklustre Sydney Swans
Adelaide CEO Tim Silvers has reportedly issued a formal apology to Sydney boss Tom Harley after Crows defender Wayne Milera branded the Swans 'a bit of a rabble'. But his move to apologise to the Swans CEO has split opinion among some former stars, with one branding the apology 'ridiculous'. The Swans endured a night to forget at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday, suffering a 90-point loss by Matthew Nicks' side, who are shaping up to be a firm finals contender this season. The Swans, meanwhile, have slumped to 14th in the ladder, 12 points clear of the top eight, with last year's Grand Finalists having lost eight of their opening matches this season. They will no doubt receive some harsh home truths from coach Dean Cox, following the defeat. Milera told ABC after the game that the Swans were a shade of themselves during the match. 'You could sort of feel it as a group... they were sort of a bit of a rabble, just hearing them on the ground,' the 27-year-old footy star said. While that appeared to be his own personal view on the matter, it appears the Crows were not impressed by his comments. Silvers subsequently issued a formal apology to the Swans. But the move has split opinion among some pundits. Campbell Brown told Sunday Footy Feast: 'God forbid you are too honest in an interview.' The former Hawthorn star then said that the apology made the Crows 'look like the rabble': 'That's such weak leadership as far as I'm concerned. 'Do you know who the rabble is now? Adelaide for having to come out and apologise.' Kate McCarthy, an AFLW All-Australian concurred: 'The fact they've basically undermined their own player there to come out — yes, they've obviously had a conversation — but that did not need to be apologised for,' she said. 'We want that from players. He didn't at any point make that personal. They were unorganised, they were a rabble — I think Sydney would have almost admitted that. 'That is absolutely ridiculous.' But not everyone was in support of Milera's candid claims. But Footy great Jack Riewoldt did not agree, arguing that the Crows defender had disrespected the opposition side. 'One hundred per cent that's disrespectful (from Milera). Yeah, calling an opposition team 'a bit of a rabble' in a media sense,' Riewoldt told Fox Footy. 'We've just come off the conversation with Matthew Nicks about they dropped Josh Rachele (last year) for 'values'. I'd love to know where a comment like that sits in the values of the Adelaide Football Club. 'So, there's clearly some big questions on that going forward, too.' Sydney are now set to receive some harsh home truths led by Dean Cox after an 'embarrassing' 90-point loss to Adelaide left the coach questioning whether he's been doing enough at the helm. And even he issued a scathing assessment of his side's performance, branding it 'unacceptable and embarrassing'. The Swans had been looking to bounce back from a dismal 53-point loss to Melbourne. A victory would have seen them celebrate the 20th anniversary of their 2005 premiership victory in style. Instead, they endured a horror show. Kept to one goal in the opening half, Sydney conceded a staggering 12-straight majors on the way to a 21.5 (131) to 5.11 (41) loss. The Swans' finals are now looking very slim chances are slim, and the frustration on Cox's face during his post-match press conference was evident. A reminder of the team-first ethos that netted the club's first premiership in 72 years, given at half-time with a lap of honour by the 2005 side, only compounded their woes. 'I didn't expect that on such a massive night for the footy club when you have a 20-year reunion for a team that played desperate, uncompromising, ruthless football,' Cox said. 'That was far from it.' West Coast great Cox is no stranger to Sydney's Bloods ethos, with the six-time All-Australian ruck's last-gasp kick famously marked by Leo Barry in the final seconds of the low-scoring 2005 grand final. But the first-year coach conceded he was left questioning if he had done enough. 'Yeah, maybe not,' Cox said. 'That's where you've got to reflect on everything within the program, and it starts with me. 'We are going to fight our way through this. 'And there's going to be no easy way through it. I said to them (the players), expect some tough sessions. That'll happen.' The statistics sheet will suggest an even contest between the two sides, with Sydney winning clearances (+13), stoppage clearances (+13) and contested possessions (+11). But Sydney crumbled under Adelaide's pressure, making uncharacteristic errors and giving away costly penalties with moments of ill-discipline. 'The impact that they (Adelaide) had with their contested ball was far superior than ours,' Cox said. 'We'd fumble, get it to the next one, we might take it, then we'd handball or cough it up, then we'd go again. 'Whereas they were just a one-two punch, 'See you later, we're out of here'. 'Part of it comes to confidence when you are inconsistent, but the number one thing that brings consistency is, you spend time on your game. 'You know exactly when you finish the week and you start, I'm confident in my ability because I've done the work - that's the only way you build confidence. 'That's something that I've certainly got to drive harder and I'm going to.' Sydney will face 16th-placed Richmond before they head into their mid-season bye, while third-placed Adelaide play Brisbane.
7NEWS
3 days ago
- Sport
- 7NEWS
Adelaide Crows slammed for ‘ridiculous' apology to Sydney over Wayne Milera's ‘rabble' remark
Adelaide chief executive Tim Silvers has offered a formal apology to Sydney counterpart Tom Harley after the Swans were branded 'a bit of a rabble' by Crows defender Wayne Milera. Sydney were hammered by 90 points on their home ground on Saturday night, with coach Dean Cox himself describing the loss as 'unacceptable and embarrassing'. But Adelaide felt their player crossed a line in his post-match interview. 'You could sort of feel it as a group ... they were sort of a bit of a rabble, just hearing them on the ground,' Milera told the ABC. Clearly alluding to the on-field struggles of an injury-hit and undermanned Swans side, Milera was praised by fans for his honesty. But he was also accused of being disrespectful by Richmond great Jack Riewoldt, with Crows officials evidently falling on that side of the debate. 'Tim Silvers felt so compelled about those comments that he called up Tom Harley and made a formal apology on behalf of Wayne Milera and the club,' 7NEWS Melbourne's Xander McGuire said on Sunday Footy Feast. 'He reiterated that it wasn't the Adelaide Crows' view that Sydney Swans were, in fact, a rabble. Tom Harley accepted that apology.' Sunday Footy Feast co-host Campbell Brown scoffed at the news. 'God forbid you are too honest in an interview,' the Hawthorn premiership player said. 'That's such weak leadership as far as I'm concerned. Do you know who the rabble is now? Adelaide for having to come out and apologise.' AFLW All Australian Kate McCarthy agreed. 'The fact they've basically undermined their own player there to come out — yes, they've obviously had a conversation — but that did not need to be apologised for,' she said. 'We want that from players. He didn't at any point make that personal. They were unorganised, they were a rabble — I think Sydney would have almost admitted that. 'That is absolutely ridiculous.' McGuire then revealed that while Harley accepted the apology, the Swans in truth felt there was 'no harm done and play on'. Kept to one goal in the opening half, Sydney conceded 12 straight majors on the way to a 21.5 (131) to 5.11 (41) loss. Sydney's finals chances are slim, sitting in 14th (4-8) at the halfway mark of the season, and Cox cut a frustrated figure in his post-match assessment. A reminder of the team-first ethos that netted the club's first premiership in 72 years, given at half-time with a lap of honour by the 2005 side, only compounded their woes. 'I didn't expect that on such a massive night for the footy club, when you have a 20-year reunion for a team that played desperate, uncompromising, ruthless football,' Cox said. 'That was far from it.' West Coast great Cox is no stranger to Sydney's Bloods ethos, with the six-time All-Australian ruck's last-gasp kick famously marked by Leo Barry in the final seconds of the low-scoring 2005 grand final. But the first-year coach conceded he was left questioning if he had done enough. 'Yeah, maybe not,' Cox said. 'That's where you've got to reflect on everything within the program, and it starts with me. 'We are going to fight our way through this. 'And there's going to be no easy way through it. I said to them (the players), expect some tough sessions. That'll happen.'
