' In early 2012, there appears to have been no structured follow up, monitoring or recording of compliance with the wishes of the coach' Click to expand...

Yeah, exactly.It's not a 'governance' charge around the fact that high-ranking Essendon officials were unable to guarantee the safety of their players for weeks.It's not a 'governance' charge around the belief that. Hird talked the talk about it having to be on the narrow etc, which is excellent when negotiating punishments if that's the sole route EFC and Hird went down, but failed to bother to make sure it was. Dank may not have crossed the line, but Hird put his trust in the wrong person. Poor governance around record keeping, yeah right.Or the marginalisation of key, qualified medical staff.etc etc.It's just a governance charge around record keeping.Nothing to see here. Hird shouldn't even have to front the charges!