In fact Kelly does so much business with the AFL that when he endorsed Browne it may as well have come carrying the league logo. If Kelly and Browne are not aligned on Buckley then Kelly is a handy strategic advisor to the Browne ticket in terms of how McLachlan would prefer the board takeover to run.
Certainly the AFL boss would not have wanted it to come to this. After a series of appalling misfires - the presidential procrastination after McGuire’s messy departure,the Bridie O’Donnell appointment,the self-serving Korda letter to Pies’ faithful in theHerald Sun - Korda’s board fired its best shot whenit vowed to stick together on Wednesday.