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Tasmania Devils chief executive Brendon Gale has publicly declared a list of potential candidates for the club's inaugural senior coaching position.
Six coaches are on the Devils' hit-list, with Gale confirming former Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley was 'a man of great interest,' after Buckley himself declared that he was a chance to be the first coach of Tasmania, if he was wanted.
Speaking at a breakfast in Southbank on Friday, Gale also admitted the club had gone to the market for a football boss too soon, and will revisit the appointment later this season around the time many clubs wrap up their campaigns for 2025.
Gale said the names on the shortlist to be the first coach of his club include: Buckley, Geelong dual premiership coach Chris Scott, former Sydney premiership coach John Longmire, former West Coast premiership coach Adam Simpson and outgoing Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley.
Reigning premiership coach Chris Fagan, who is also a proud Tasmanian, wasn't mentioned publicly but Gale later confirmed to this masthead that he was a person of 'significant interest', whether that be as senior coach or in an overseeing role.
'I've got great respect for Nathan, as a competitor and what he's done in coaching, he's been a very successful coach at a very complex club to manage at times,' Gale quipped as he smiled in the direction of former Magpies president Eddie McGuire.
'I think he's a continuous learner and I think people tend to get better at things in life, through success and through failure. So, he's a man of great interest.
'Chris Scott's coaching record is formidable. There's a bloke over in Sydney who goes alright, who's betwixt and between at the moment. Talking about tough environments, Ken Hinkley, it's pretty tough over there. Adam Simpson, history would suggest it's really hard to win premierships from Perth; he made two grand finals.
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