An audacious effort by Carlton to lure Brisbane Lions manager Chris Fagan to the nine was swiftly "knocked connected the head" by Fagan, according to Caroline Wilson.
After Carlton president Luke Sayers indicated that helium would similar a seasoned manager to pb the nine forward, the fallen Victorian powerhouse has failed to unafraid its apical 2 targets successful Alastair Clarkson and Ross Lyon.
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According to Wilson, the rejections from Clarkson and Lyon were rapidly followed by an effort to lure Fagan distant from Brisbane, wherever helium has overseen the club's emergence from a cellar-dweller to 3 consecutive top-four finishes.
"I tin besides uncover contiguous that David Parkin, who sits connected the coaching subcommittee, approached Chris Fagan not truthful agelong agone astir the anticipation of him coming to the nine and being elder coach," Wilson told Nine's Footy Classified.
"I should adhd that Chris Fagan knocked that connected the caput immediately."
The reported attack from Parkin to Fagan comes with Carlton presently without some a elder manager and a CEO aft Cain Liddle was relieved of his duties past week.
Geelong manager Chris Scott has besides been linked to the Carlton coaching role, peculiarly with outgoing Cats CEO, Brian Cook, apt heading to Ikon Park.
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Wilson and Footy Classified host, Craig Hutchison, were some highly captious of Carlton's off-season.
"You conscionable wonderment who is really making the decisions astatine the Carlton Football Club," Wilson said.
"It's bonzer to maine that Greg Williams present seems to beryllium an enforcement manager moving astatine the nine full-time helping take the caller coach."
"That's a mess. This subcommittee is conscionable not working," Hutchison added.
"There's radical having chats left, close and centre, 1 of the six subcommittee [members] has already gone, Greg Williams is connected the board, but he's paid, but he's coming to work.
"Does Brad [Lloyd] enactment for the vacant CEO oregon does helium enactment for Greg? I don't similar it astatine all.
"If Brian Cook goes in, helium has to beryllium fixed the keys and name the manager himself due to the fact that this is simply a messiness astatine the infinitesimal and it conscionable continues to get worse and worse."