Malcolm Speed

There are lots of parts to it.

It's hard to evaluate the performance of a sports board from the outside.

So we look at Carlton and say, what more could they do?

Go back a bit.

Luke Sayers came in.

He sacked the chief executive, Cain Little, a former Richmond man who I thought was doing very well, put Brian Cook in there, appointed Michael Voss.

So there was a big change there.

There were some changes to the board there.

It didn't work.

There's a focus on a decision last year to...

extend Michael Voss's contract into this year.

I think you need to look a bit further back than that just to find out what was happening there, how it all evolved, whether Brian Cook handover to Graham Wright occurred, what was the dynamic there.

It's very complicated and

The board is a very important part of a club.

The chair of the club is a terribly important role.

Andrew Demetrio said once that the four important roles in a football club are the captain, the coach, the chief executive, and the president, and they all need to be prepared to charge over the hill together at the same time.

It's a pretty good description.

When that doesn't happen, when you're leaving the captain or the coach behind, there's a serious problem there.

Yes, it was quite unusual.

You've had some exciting news to do with on your show here this year, Gerard, as well as a lot of AFL bashing.