Barrett:
'They have already landed the big CEO fish in Brendon Gale, who will officially begin next February. They want their general manager of football to be on the books by mid-next year, and nearly landed another sizeable catch in Graham Wright as that person, only to have Luke Sayers revert to old-fashioned Carlton ways and make him an offer he simply couldn't refuse to become the Blues' next CEO.
Nathan Buckley wants to coach the Devils and is being considered. Chris Scott is another name that just will not go away in the minds of those empowered to make the biggest calls for this AFL start-up. Contracted to Geelong until 2026, Scott is well aware, as are people around him, that the men's team will need to have appointed a coach for the 2027 year, which will see the club use a bunch of "quarantined" gun teenagers in the VFL competition to prepare for the AFL in 2028.
Then there is Chris Fagan, the 63-year-old Tasmanian football "legend" who brilliantly steered Brisbane Lions out of a broken state in late 2016 through to the 2024 premiership. He's already on the Lions' books for 2025 and will almost certainly soon sign an extension.
There is a guaranteed senior role for Fagan at the Devils. And it will be his call to make, both how that role could look and even if he would want it.
John Longmire has long impressed key Devils people. Still coming to terms with two dreadful Grand Final losses at the Sydney Swans in the past three seasons, and with a contract that runs just one more year, a Longmire-Devils union may loom as a perfect AFL entry point.'
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