David Parkin
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600 appearances
7 recordings
1 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 19 Aug
David Parkin’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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I thought he'd be encouraged to see out the contract and I was even hoping that things might turn and...
he remained the Carlton coach for some time.
But obviously I was a long way off the mark.
Yeah, it's interesting for someone who's worked at, I've worked at three or four probably different organizations
AFL clubs over or VFL and AFL clubs over a period of time.
And Jared, you're quite right.
They all have, um, very different makeups in terms of the history that they have, um, been a part of the people, the kind of people, the personalities, if you like, or the characters that get into what I would call a, uh, presidential and committee and, uh, board positions in those clubs.
And, uh,
it seems that that culture, if you like, over a period of time is very, very difficult to change.
And I think that's, you know, I sense and feel that for the clubs that I worked in.
When I got there, I found that they were all significantly different in their makeup and that you needed to understand the values and drivers that that club were sitting on if you were going to work in it and be successful.
So,
It's a very demanding job, as you well know, better than anybody else I would have suggested.
And I'm just very disappointed that Michael got to the position where he thought that, A, he wasn't wanted, and, B, that he couldn't do the job that was required.
It's just really sad.
I get very disappointed in my old age as I...
hear these news items almost on a daily basis.
Yeah, I did.
I must admit, I was on the selection panel at that particular time, and there were some very, very
good candidates who are now in the system and doing a good job in other clubs.
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