It's funny you know that people are going ballistic citing the FFA are hiding behind confidentiality and yet it's OK for Stajcic to remain silence.

Lots of hypocrisy going on here.

This has to be a wind up

Yes, lots of opinions and hear say when the truth is none of them know the full facts.

It's up to Stajcic as a much as the FFA to explain.

The more I hear the more obvious it becomes that my first sentiment is the right one.
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You are kidding right?  He's legally bound to not speak up.

Yea I agree. No one could be that stupid.

Stajcic may be afraid to speak up because of fear of repercussions, which would mean that Gallop should be sacked for creating a 'toxic environment', right?

AS time goes by and more is coming out ... you gotta say FFA are starting to look like a little suburban park club fighting over who should be on committees...  

The elected board was suppose to bring good governance and transparency ..... its look more like the old Soccer Australia board, ..... however bad the Lowy's were and that was a big bad ... this is a new level .... almost back to the  St George Bank days ...

I am starting to think, its near impossible to get our management right as who ever has been in charge over decades has abused their power and have come with their own list of grievances...

 

There are 34 players who have been selected for the Matildas in the last 12 months.  How many have spoken up?  Last I heard it was 16.

Bonita Mersiades will be on https://footballnationradio.blog/listen-live/ at 6:30pm

Outside of perhaps 1 media person I haven’t heard of another person ask Stajcic for an explanation. I’m not interested in his opinion yet, may never be, just want Gallop and board to actually give an explanation which they have been selective about since day 1

It’s complicated now. Treating us (public) as fools is 1 thing wth these nothing pressers. But now with all the shade being shown around which smells more and more like a hatchet job there are many new questions we need answers to.

I predict that the boards ongoing silence is leading to members attempting to put distance between each other. Some possibly hearing these things like us, having not been previously aware or failing to do their own due diligence before this so called unanimous board decision. Most undoubtedly content to leave it for Gallop to be the face of. Most hoping that the matter will die out and be forgotten. I half expect this to reach the office of Federal Minister for Sport as it’s not going away.

Probably because he is happy to let FFA dig their own hole

Confidence in the FFA is now as low as I have ever seen it, and that is saying something. Accordingly, I think there needs to be a public inquiry into these events, established and paid for by FFA, with terms of reference aimed at finding out, in no particular order and worded more eloquently than this: (1) what it is Stajic is guilty of, if anything (2) what briefings and recommendations did Gallop make to the Board (3) did Gallop or the Board commission the survey(s) (4) what role has each of the board members played in this affair, but particularly the outspoken board member ie Reid (5) what questions were in the survey (6) what backbriefing to the media occurred before this became public and Stajic found out, and since (7) what policies did FFA have in place around protection of players under 18, and (8) what were the circumstances behind the commissioning of the survey ie. who approached who, and what were the terms of reference of the survey.
It is now in FFA’s interests to provide this level of transparency so players, parents, fans, volunteers, the media and the wider football community can be assured that the body managing our great game is actually competent to do so.

Unfortunately you assume that this is somehow important to these people.  Reid, for instance, gets very upset about her semi-retirement being interrupted. How would she be having to miss an afternoon of Bingo at the Caloundra Bowls Club?

@clockwork orange, I actually don’t assume they care but sadly live in a state of perpetual hope!

With regard to 7) Gallop issued a National Member Protection Policy in July 2016.

AS may be restricted in what he can say by his employment contract. Also (most likely) his lawyer has advised him to keep silent and let this shitstorm play out in public, the evidence he is collecting for the liable and unfair dismissal case would be priceless.

Why does AS have to say anything to defend himself yet? So far FFA haven’t stated any allegations for his dismissal outside of the “toxic environment” buzzword. Need a crime before you mount a defence.

Why did the board want to remove Stajcic?

To make Gallop look like shit so they could sack him? :o

-PB

Agree AJF,
Having experienced these situations,When someone is dismissed,sacked,removed.etc...If they have a senior position,they are normally ,advised by their lawyers to do nothing out of the ordinary.That means keep quiet and carry on ,while the Lawyers gather information/ammunition.
Judges dont like unfair dismissals and neither do insurers.

In this case any FFA people or board members saying or doing anything,that defames Stajcic are digging their own graves in a defamation case.
I am sure their insurance people would be advising them now.

Also ,although Gallop is a Lawyer ,he would know ,that you can put whatever you like in a contract.But it doesnt mean diddly squat if it's unfair.
So if you have a clause that pays someone a pittance in compensation so you can sack them.Then you cause damage to them beyond that compensation,you will have an issue to deal with.

What's with PaulC? Trolling or seriously defending FFA?

@Gyfox, thanks for the answer re. Q7. In which case, any inquiry should see how that policy was implemented and what FFA did regarding follow up and assurance.

I'd also add that of the survey respondents, only 3 were Matildas and 1 of whom has been reported as saying her feedback was meant to be used constructively and not to sack Stajcic. From this, we have 16 Matildas in support of Stajcic and arguably 2 against. 

At least there is acknowledgement from you that the full facts are yet to be disclosed. I can't see how it is up to Stajcic to explain the reasons for his dismissal since it was the FFA that made that decision. From current reports, even Stajcic is unsure about the full reasons. If the FFA provided the same reasons to Stajcic as the FFA has provided to the public, then the FFA remains the party that needs to provide a proper explanation. 

Reported tonight that the Matildas have made a pact “to win the World Cup for Alen”. Gee the toxicity of the environment must have really clouded their minds. Or perhaps Stajcic was making them drink love potions?

Meanwhile in La La land
Lucy Zelic: “If people knew what I know ....”
Heather Reid:”If people knew what I know ....”
paulc: “If people knew what Lucy and Heather know ....”

If you don’t want to tell us, fine. But could someone please explain to the Matilda’s how toxic their environment was. They really deserve to know.

Rumours swirling that Reid was the leak lul.

Time for some resignations.

-PB

How the hell can Reid say ‘if people knew what I knew’. This is so unprofessional and leads to smear.

No it's not. The FFA are the governing body who made the decision to sack him. They need to explain themselves, Stajcic isnt obligated to say or do anything. 

 theage.com.au    

After the Stajcic sacking, is it time for Gallop to go?

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    “Get David Gallop,” Hartigan advised. “He’s the best sporting administrator in the country.”Months earlier, Gallop had finished up after 11 very long years as NRL chief executive following a fall-out with chairman with John Grant.

Lowy took Hartigan’s advice: Gallop was appointed soon after and has been the FFA chief executive ever since.Cut to a media conference at Coogee’s Crowne Plaza on Monday. Gallop was ashen-faced and under heavy attack from reporters for the stunning decision to sack Matildas coach Alen Stajcic just five months out from the World Cup.Gallop’s mates often joke how he reversed the ageing process when he left rugby league, having navigated salary cap, sex and drug scandals.The stress of the Stajcic scandal appears to have put the years back on. For the second time in three days, Gallop struggled to give any real detail around why Stajcic’s contract was torn up.

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It was very un-Gallop. He's usually a pro when it comes to the media scrum.In April 2010, he casually walked into a media conference at NRL headquarters, pushed back the tape recorders cluttering the desk, shuffled his notes and then announced he was stripping two premierships off the Melbourne Storm for salary cap rorting.The Storm were owned by News. The NRL was half-owned by News. It wasn't an easy decision but Gallop handled it with aplomb.The handling of the Stajcic matter has not been so smooth. It's also very un-Gallop.How anyone at the FFA could think that the sacking of a successful coach of a much-loved Australian team, off the back of anonymous surveys including one from an organisation like Our Watch that deals with domestic violence committed against women and children, then giving scant details about the reasons why, would all go away without serious questions being asked by the public and press is staggering.

Many in football circles believe that Gallop has been “thrown under the bus” by his new board,

An experienced operator like Gallop should’ve forecast that it would play out this way. A decent full-time communications manager, which the FFA doesn’t have, certainly could've. Nobody bothered to play the tape forward and the damage to the game’s reputation this week has been immeasurable.The closest any reporter has come to having any detail about the findings has been the ABC’s Tracey Holmes, who has seen the Matildas Wellbeing Audit.“A quarter of the players who responded reported feeling psychological distress and many were afraid to seek support, believing it would be held against them,” Holmes reported. But that’s as specific as it gets.When I spoke to FFA board member Heather Reid earlier in the week, she repeatedly offered this: “Why are people more concerned with how he was sacked than why he was sacked?”Because the FFA won’t tell us! Stajcic has seen the Wellbeing Audit but still isn’t entirely sure why he has been sacked. No specifics have been provided.Meanwhile, his departure has triggered some ugly battles behind the scenes. Prominent female figures in the game accused of being the architects of the Stajcic’s demise have been disgracefully attacked on social media.Indeed, the abhorrent term “lesbian mafia” was tossed up in several conversations this column had with football people this week. On the flip side, anyone who has dared to question the manner in which Stajcic was sacked has been accused of misogyny.What's relevant is that Stajcic himself believes he was the victim of a clandestine plot to get rid of him to replace him with a female coach, something first suggested to him by a former FFA board member in August last year.

He also felt the writing was on the wall last November when a new board was installed and Gallop said to him, if only jokingly: “It’s good for me — not so much for you.”Many in football circles believe that Gallop has been “thrown under the bus” by his new board, forced to sell a bad decision.To his credit, he's owned it as much as anyone else but the poor manner in which it's been handled suggests it might be time for him to move on.As an administrator with no football background, he was always going to be viewed with suspicion as an outsider, although he had some great success in the early years of his tenure as the A-League surged off the back of the Western Sydney Wanderers and several high-profile marquee players.But his job became immeasurably harder when Lowy stood down and handed the reins to his son, Steven, something that enraged many in football circles.Gallop's resume is so strong he could land a gig anywhere. More than a few people believe he would be a perfect addition to the ARL Commission.