Former North Melbourne manager Brad Scott "holds the key" successful Carlton's hunt for its adjacent elder coach, according to The Age's AFL columnist Caroline Wilson.
Scott, who coached the Kangaroos to 2 preliminary finals successful his decade-long tenure astatine the helm, ended his tenure astatine the nine midway done the 2019 season.
After Carlton was rejected by some Alastair Clarkson and Ross Lyon successful caller weeks, Scott fits the measure for what nine president Luke Sayers has said connected the grounds astir the benignant of fig helium is aft arsenic the adjacent coach.
According to Wilson, Scott is weighing up whether to propulsion himself into the Blues' process oregon to instrumentality up a relation arsenic the AFL's Football Operations boss, replacing the outgoing Steve Hocking.
"What is wide present is that Brad Scott holds the cardinal to the Carlton coaching position, successful my view," she told Nine's Footy Classified.
"Brad Scott has not been interviewed formally, but I recognize [he] is powerfully considering throwing his chapeau into the ring.
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"As we beryllium present tonight, my content is that Brad Scott is weighing up whether to clasp connected and propulsion his chapeau wholly into the AFL ringing for the shot operations occupation to regenerate Steve Hocking.
"I don't deliberation [the AFL] has encouraged Brad to spell for the Carlton job, not by immoderate means, due to the fact that they're funny successful Brad Scott, but I don't deliberation Gillon McLachlan would beryllium not knowing if Brad were to bash that."
Footy Classified host Eddie McGuire confirmed that if Scott does not propulsion his chapeau into the coaching ringing again, that the Football Operations relation astatine the AFL would beryllium his.
Scott's nexus to the vacant Carlton occupation comes arsenic Wilson besides unearthed what she called a "bizarre twist" successful the club's highly-publicised hunt for its adjacent coach.
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"We're told that determination person been radical astatine Carlton who person approached radical astatine Collingwood astir their coaching process, which we were rather complimentary of," she said.
"It really was a process, a batch of candidates were interviewed and I'm told that Paul Licuria, the shot boss, might've adjacent enactment it to Graham Wright that immoderate of the IP mightiness beryllium shared with Carlton."
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