Dons: Where does Richardson’s sacking leave Rutten?
Clockwise from top left: Sacked football manager Dan Richardson, Ben Rutten, president Paul Brasher, CEO Xavier Campbell. Essendon Football Club has been an unhappy place for a fair while, but as happens when there’s the occasional flicker of light on the field, the discontent had largely been kept from bubbling over. Until now. A wretched season saw the convergence of several different strands of dissatisfaction. Of players, most notably, of whom several have already opted out. Of different departments...