I am not sure of the demarkation, I would have thought that the Icke position would be involved in contracts and player trades, not in drafting. I thought Hughes basically looked after that. Presumably he discusses with the MC but he and his men are the ones who are experts on this. The McLean deal was a botched job, not just in the fact that Brock can't get a game and is on big dough but that a day or two after it was announced, Icke was suggesting renegotiating it. That means someone has stuffed up.
Age Oct 09 wrote:
MELBOURNE expects the Brock McLean-for-pick 11 deal to be one of the first completed during this week's trading, despite a late suggestion by Carlton that it would seek an added exchange of picks for the onballer.
Club chief executives, Cameron Schwab and Greg Swann shook hands on it two weeks ago.
On Thursday, Carlton football manager Steven Icke suggested that while the in-principle agreement was enough to get the deal done, the Blues might seek icing on the cake.
It is believed Carlton will try to trade second round draft picks with the Demons, to move up the order, but Melbourne, having had its initial suggestion of McLean and pick 34 for picks 11 and 27 knocked back, will not allow that to happen.
I thought part of Ickes role was to report back independently to the committee on footy matters so Riley would be the wrong man coming from the MC and being Ratts right hand man. We need an independent person appointed by the committee who can deal with the footy dept while not being a subordinate in the footy dept.