Paul Roos has declared Melbourne may win the premiership as quickly as subsequent season because the membership continues the hunt for its subsequent senior coach.
Former Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley is taken into account the early front-runner for the position after skilled potential candidates akin to John Longmire, Adam Simpson and James Hird formally pulled out of the working.
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Whereas Melbourne will end this season on the underside half of the ladder, Roos in contrast the Demons’ present standing to that of Collingwood earlier than Craig McRae took over on the finish of 2021.
McRae’s first season as coach noticed Collingwood rise from seventeenth to fourth earlier than he guided the Pies to a premiership in his second season.
“I believe Melbourne is a unique kettle of fish,” he informed the ABC AFL Day by day podcast.
“I believe they’re approach higher than individuals are giving them credit score for. When you get the suitable low season strikes, I will go on the file, they might win a flag subsequent 12 months. Not the 12 months after, they might win a flag subsequent 12 months.
Roos believes Melbourne’s subsequent coach may spark a fast turnaround like Craig McRae did for Collingwood. (Getty Photographs: AFL Photographs/Dylan Burns)
“They have 14-16 premiership gamers on their checklist proper now. They received a premiership in 2021, they don’t seem to be tremendous outdated, so I believe this can be a completely different one.”
Buckley informed SEN on Monday that he was “properly and actually on the fence” about throwing his hat within the ring for the Demons job.
He endured a mini-rebuild after first taking up at Collingwood earlier than guiding his facet to the 2018 grand ultimate.
“If I am somebody like a Nathan Buckley, I am not taking this job to resurrect this workforce. I am taking this job to win a premiership within the subsequent two to a few years,” Roos stated.
“That is the mandate, for me.”
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