Malcolm Speed
speaker
666 appearances
8 recordings
1 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 16 Jun
Malcolm Speed’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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It was Peggy O'Neill at that stage.
And they would discuss whether to bring it to the board, but there were to be no surprises.
And that's a good relationship between the board and the chief executive.
When it came to coach renewals, and Damien Hardwick's contract was renewed a few times over that period, maybe two or three, Brendan led that discussion.
He was very detailed.
He was very strong in his support of Damien, and he could see the long-term big picture, which was important.
And I think part of the stability was having a chief executive who was there for maybe, Brendan, before he left, he was probably there 15 years.
He was there from about 2009 right through to the three premierships.
It should have been four, but it was only three.
I had to get that in, Gerard, I'm sorry.
Yes, yes.
So stability...
I heard Ken Hinckley say today that culture is about having great people turn up every day and do their best.
And that's a pretty good description.
The board doesn't necessarily set the culture.
The board sets the tone of the club.
And that's very hard to define.
What was the tone in those Richmond years?
And I think if we'd had to write it down, we would have said stability, resilience,
one of the big clubs, but a battling club that was trying to drag itself out of decades of mediocrity.
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