‘A gem’: McRae talks up assistants for Richmond job

McRae is among the many wave of senior coaches who’ve been recruited after working underneath premiership coaches Alastair Clarkson and Hardwick.

Leppitsch, who additionally coached the Brisbane Lions and has a previous on the Tigers, has been talked about among the many doable candidates after making a huge effect with McRae at Collingwood.

McRae stated there was little doubt individuals at different golf equipment had been conscious of the expertise he had on his teaching panel, which has lifted the Magpies to the highest of the ladder – and that the membership may cope with any outdoors approaches.

“If that presents itself, then we talk through it,” he stated.

“We want to promote our own. I want to make sure the broader world knows how good our staff are – not just our coaches, but our high-performance team.

“There’s a lot of great people out there whose names we all know; Leppa’s one of those and he’s a great strategist. I can see why he’s mentioned.

“Not only Leppa – Hayden Skipworth is a guy that’s a gem for us.

“Sometimes the market goes by who should be where and I must admit, I was way down the order of ‘who’s going to be the next coach of Collingwood’.”

Meanwhile, McRae revealed defender Jeremy Howe needed to “get through a few hoops” earlier than he returns to play following a sickening damaged arm, however it could most definitely be after the membership’s bye in Round 14.

While the AFL workforce is flying, profitable 9 of 10 video games this season, McRae stated it was onerous to disregard the collapse of Collingwood’s Super Netball workforce this week.

“We care for our people,” he stated.

“I’m not sure the exact details of why and the business decisions around those.

“But there’s human beings attached to this and seeing the coaches in there and the tears in the eyes, you can’t help but have an empathetic view of it and we just try to wrap our arms around and support them how we can.”