Mike Lane

Clearly what he's getting his players to do on a weekend, Bill, is quite extraordinary, given that he inherited a one-win, eight-loss scoreline when Michael Voss was exited from the coaching position there.

But he's also handling the media side of it really... Still doesn't want the job.

That's what he keeps saying.

It's a strategy that he decided to enter the job with.

It's a strategy that up until the most recent match he just won in the immediate post-match.

Do you reckon he thinks... I've got to stop saying that.

No, because I think it's working for him because he wants them to then say, listen, can you reconsider?

But it's...

It is good strategy, though, Jim, isn't it?

I mean, you've seen these situations unfold.

And it's something that he can manage.

It's something the club can manage.

And it allows him to just go about the footy side of it.

Equally, it allows Graeme Wright and others at Carlton to go and do what they were always going to do.

And I still think he's a longer shot of the options out there.

But if he does win... Can he really?

Yeah, a longer shot.

I don't think Graeme Wright, even at this stage, has got him firmly in the mix.

I think he will have to...

I'm convinced that it's going to get... No, I'm more convinced with Carlton going down an untried path.