Essendon chairman David Evans says the buck stops with him, for the failings which led to the supplements saga at the Bombers.
The Herald Sun's Michael Warner says Essendon Chairman, David Evans, should consider resigning.
Ian Robson and James Hird show the strain. Picture: Getty
The Bombers arms race 2012. Cartoon: Macca
SIXTEEN months after Essendon doctor Bruce Reid sent an official letter warning the club about its supplements regimen, the club still cannot say where it went.
The admission goes to the heart of the breakdown of management at Essendon last year as the club embraced the controversial drugs strategy that now threatens the careers of players and officials.
Reid wrote the letter in the days before January 15, 2012, which prompted coach James Hird on that day to lay down rules surrounding Stephen Dank's supplements program.
Ziggy report raises more Qs than Qs
A heavily abridged public version of Ziggy Switkowski's review into Essendon's practices, released yesterday, revealed compliance with the coach's demands was "inadequate".
Asked about the Reid letter yesterday, Essendon chairman David Evans said: "Bruce did write a letter and one of the confusing things here is we're confused as to where that letter went."
"Clearly that letter didn't go to who it should have and that, again, is to the core of this report, that escalation of issues when they arise should go up the chain," Evans said.
The Switkowski report declared that Essendon:
- FAILED in its duty of management and governance and lost control of the football department.
- MARGINALISED medical staff, including Reid, in favour of an unchecked high performance unit.
- ALLOWED a new weights regimen to mushroom into a program of "exotic supplements" and frequent injections at off-site facilities.
- USED unfamiliar suppliers of drugs.
"This combined to create a picture of a pharmacologically experimental environment never adequately controlled or challenged or documented," Switkowski said.
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MAY 06: Bombers coach James Hird (R) and Essendon Chairman David Evans leave after an Essendon Bombers AFL press conference at Windy Hill on May 6, 2013 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images) Source:
The report also found some Medicare claims by the club "may have been inappropriate and should be notified for review and action".
The AFL Players' Association last night slammed Essendon for compromising the health of its players.
"No AFL player should ever go to work in an environment which can be described as 'pharmacologically experimental'," AFLPA chief Matt Finnis said. "The players have demonstrated enormous loyalty to one another and also to their club - but I think what we have got to look at is (whether) that loyalty is deserved."
Evans said it was an "uncomfortable report" and revealed he would be standing for re-election at the end of the season, two years ahead of schedule.
"This has happened under my watch," he said. "I act at the pleasure of the members and supporters of this football club, and I think they have a right for me to put myself up for re-election and they can make a call as to whether I remain as a board member of the Essendon Football Club."
Evans would not be drawn on the futures of club chief executive Ian Robson, coach Hird or football boss Danny Corcoran but said: "The club has been through a tumultuous time and there's some change that needs to occur."
The man at the centre of the scandal, Dank, was not interviewed by Switkowski - nor was stood-down high performance manager Dean Robinson.
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