Not Unanimous behind Governing Board

Not Unanimous behind Governing Board

12/18/2015

If you open a newspaper today, you probably see the headline ‘ Members Ajax Unanimously Back Executive Board ’. So it was also expressed by management board president Hennie Henrichs. But what happened during the general assembly of Ajax is that after it was already clear that motions to remove the board could not count on sufficient support from the members, no one raised his hand when Henrichs asked if there was someone who did not had confidence in the board anymore. Anyone who has ever been in a similar situation knows that this does not mean that everyone would have his hand raised if the question had been to find out who did have confidence in the board. That he dares to claim the board is supported unanimously says more about the person Hennie Henrichs, then the size of the support for him within Ajax.
Nevertheless, a majority of the members present were willing to continue with the current governing board. The alternative was also not very attractive, because since recently the ranks within Ajax (management board, supervisory board, management and technical staff of Ajax 1) were closed it would not be obvious to say farewell to the administrative council without also saying farewell to the rest, which would mean a big change. Maybe that was also the problem of the critics of Hennie Henrichs, there was no clear and acceptable alternative.
But what did the member choose? Ajax 1 has been eliminated from the Dutch Cup, even before the winter break Ajax was eliminated in the Europa League, and in the eyes of most fans and critics Ajax plays very unattractive. The fact that Ajax is still at the top in the Eredivisie says everything about the opposition, and little else about Ajax then that Ajax hardly drops points against the weaker opponents. Ajax came this season in the Eredivisie and in Europe hardly against clubs with a bigger budget, however, still performed very poorly, with the match in the ArenA against PSV, who humiliated Ajax, as a low point. An innovative approach at the youth department was nipped in the bud and for the Technical Heart an approach is chosen in which those responsible for the short term, the results of Ajax 1, have much say in the long run, the youth academy. Furthermore, everyone can decide about everything and so no one can ultimately be held responsible, except if one, like Wim Jonk, indicates that things are not going well. Fortunately, now everyone at Ajax agrees that it is going well, we will see how long this lasts.

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