Collingwood football boss Graham Wright says the club is down to four candidates to replace Nathan Buckley as head coach.
Current Hawthorn assistant Craig McRae is tipped to be one of the frontrunners for the job, while West Coast assistant Jaymie Graham is also considered a strong chance for the role.
Wright said the club was committed to being “open and honest” with the coaches they were currently in the process of talking to - both the candidates for the head coaching role and the current assistants at the Pies who are out of contract.
“We’re still going through our process,” he said on Sportsday.
“We’ve been really clear all the way through that we were going to be really respectful of the coaches that we were talking to and also the club they’re part of.
“We’re down to about four (candidates).
“When any senior coach comes in, there can be changes made to the coaching panel and they may want to bring a few people with them and just how that sits for us in the soft cap environment, it will be an interesting financial management for us.
“We’ve tried to be really open and honest with all our coaches and people and that’s how we’ve dealt with it.”
The Pies announced on Thursday night that boom father-son recruit Nick Daicos had officially pledged his future to the club, with the gun midfielder a chance to be bid on by North Melbourne on draft pick at pick one.
Wright said he was thrilled to be able to share the news with members and fans.
“It’s fantastic news for the club,” he said.
“He’s a highly talented player and going to be quite high up in this year’s draft, we’re really excited to have another Daicos at the club joining his brother Josh.
“It’s great from our perspective to make it official; we’ll match a bid wherever it lands.”