Brayshaw last week publicly cast doubt over whether he'd continue as chairman if any of the three sitting board members seeking re-election - himself, his brother Mark and Trevor O'Hoy - were ousted at this Wednesday's elections.
In Monday's Herald Sun, former North chairman Lloyd Holyoak returned fire.
Holyoak has, along with former North captain and chairman Allen Aylett and premiership player Sam Kekovich, publicly endorsed board challenger Peter de Rauch, a former North shareholder and director.
"I've got no confidence in Brayshaw whatsoever. I mean he didn't want to go to the Gold Coast and then all of a sudden he wants to go to Tasmania and he wants to go to Ballarat," Holyoak said.
"He's not the right person for the job."
Whack.
Holyoak then changed tack, saying one of his chief gripes was the Brayshaw board's decision to add Jimmy Krakouer and Brent Harvey to the club's Team of the Century in late 2009.
Holyoak was part of a six-man selection panel that selected the original 22-man side in 2001, but was not consulted about the addition of Krakouer and Harvey.
"What right did he have to put Brent Harvey and Jim Krakouer into the team when we were on a committee that spent hours and weeks selecting the team?"
"Full consideration was given to Brent Harvey and Jim Krakouer at the time and he comes out, a Johnny-come-lately, and just decides to add two more players to it."
Holyoak said he was treated "disgracefully" by Brayshaw when he sought an explanation for the Team of the Century changes last year, his initial requests for a meeting going unanswered.
It's never a good look for a club to air its differences in public.
Yes, the decision not to go to the Gold Coast split the club, but it was made more than three years ago. Time for all North Melbourne people to get over it, move on and throw their support behind the club they supposedly love.
As for the Team of the Century stink, that's just petty. These sides should be taken for what they are - a fun, but impossible, exercise of selecting a best-of side from a club's different eras.
You can't fit everyone in. Although, like Brayshaw, you can try. But if that's his only crime is it really worth a public spat, let alone a board challenge?
Hopefully, Cupid can spare a second on his biggest day of the year to send both sides an arrow of love.
In a interview in The Age, Geelong skipper Cameron Ling said his side is aiming to knock Collingwood from the top of the AFL heap, with new coach Chris Scott teaching the old Cats the new tricks they would need to do so.
Ling said Scott had told the players that 90 per cent of what they did in 2010 was "spot on" but if they didn't improve the other 10 per cent they would finish third or fourth again this season.
One of the changes Scott had introduced, Ling said, was a new fitness program, through which veterans like himself, Matthew Scarlett and Cameron Mooney had become lighter and better placed to cope with the endurance running today's game demands.
Ling also said Scott had placed a great emphasis on players being flexible enough to play a variety of roles.
"It's about learning new little tricks, whether it's developing the ability to play in a different position, whether it's reading the way the game is going to go so we can play a way that's more effective," Ling said.
On a lighter note, Ling said the players had yet to see Scott lose his cool and were hoping, when he did, James Kelly would be on the receiving end. The reputation Scott won as a hard man playing at the Brisbane Lions, alongside with brother and North Melbourne coach Brad, will never die it seems.
It hasn't taken long for AFL clubs to label Greater Western Sydney lightweights, with Port Adelaide among clubs expressing concerns their pre-season preparations will be compromised if they play the Giants in the NAB Challenge series.
Port Adelaide football manager Peter Rohde told the Herald Sun the Power would prefer to play more seasoned and physically stronger sides.
An unnamed official from a Melbourne side added: "To come up against (Greater) Western Sydney … would compromise us because they aren't going to offer the same level of competition."
Not surprisingly, Giants coach Kevin Sheedy was focused solely on his side, telling the Sydney Morning Herald the Giants' NAB Cup matches against Gold Coast and the Sydney Swans this Saturday would tell him just how much work his side had to do ahead of its entry into the AFL next season.
Stranger, though, were Sheedy's comments about his side's loss to a combined AFL Canberra side on the weekend. Despite his own coaching experience that stretches back to 1981, Sheedy took comfort in the praise dolled out to his side by the Canberra coaches.
"The opposition coaches felt we played very well… so when a group of Canberra coaches are saying you were probably a little better than what we thought, you've got to listen to that."
Really, Sheeds? Then again, I suppose if you listen to martians and seagulls you might as well listen to Canberrans too.
Giant banner boy Israel Folau was also dubbed a lightweight - but for all the right reasons. Monday's Herald Sun reported Folau had lost five kilograms since joining the Giants and has improved his endurance as he prepares to make the transition from rugby league to the AFL.
Common sense tells us that it's going to be a tough transition for Folau but Giants sports science manager John Quinn hasn't eased the pressure on Folau, telling the Herald Sun his unique combination of speed and strength could change the way the game is played.
"Israel could indeed be the prototype of the AFL player of the future," Quinn said.
"If rotations stay in this format, to have that explosive, dynamic, muscular body like Israel Folau… they could look back and say, that's where that change in the game started."
Talk about putting the pressure on a bloke!
In good news for Carlton supporters, the Herald Sun reports midfielder Marc Murphy is on the verge of signing a lucrative three-year deal that will keep him from the clutches of GWS.
In addition to previously identified GWS targets such as Melbourne's Tom Scully, Collingwood's Dane Swan, Scott Pendlebury and Dale Thomas, and Adelaide's Taylor Walker, the Herald Sun said North Melbourne on-baller Levi Greenwood was also in the Giants' sights.
Carlton midfielder/forward Mitch Robinson told The Age he is determined to overcome the form and off-field hiccups that plagued his first two seasons and claim a regular spot in the Blues' midfield.
Robinson also said the Blues' goal of winning at least one final this year was driven by the players rather than president Stephen Kernahan and CEO Greg Swann.
Collingwood forward Chris Dawes told The Age Nathan Buckley's approach to meetings had been different to Mick Malthouse's when he took over as match-day coach for round one of the NAB Cup, but otherwise he had coached "Mick's style of game".
Interest in just how the Malthouse-Buckley coaching handover will transpire at the end of the season will only grow as the year goes on. Especially if Malthouse looks likely to lead the Magpies to a second consecutive flag.
In the meantime, however, it will be business as usual, with Mick the unquestioned boss.
The Advertiser reports that Adelaide captain Nathan van Berlo will miss the Crows' next match, in either the NAB Cup or Challenge series, after injuring his hamstring in the Crows' round one win against Port Adelaide on Friday night.
In better news for Crows fans, David Mackay and Bernie Vince are due to return in a fortnight.
Also reported by The Advertiser, Port Adelaide is expecting to regain Dean Brogan, Jay Schulz, Robbie Gray and Travis Boak for its NAB Challenge match in two weeks.
Steven Salopek and Hamish Hartlett are other possible inclusions.
