There are strong rumours that Jackson has approached Matthew Drain to take the position of GMFO (general manager of football operations) according to Tony Sheahan & Greg Denham. He was formerly the head of football at Essendon during their last flag. I'm not sure if its been posted here already but Denham wrote an article about it 2 weeks ago.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/afl/experienced-administrator-matthew-drain-could-head-melbournes-football-department/story-fnca0u4y-1226660996530

Edited June 25, 201312 yr by Bonkers

I find it amusing how we throw names up for positions, without in the main ever having met the person we name, knowing anything about his ability to do the job, work to a plan, interact with people etc.

Having said that, I think WJ would be a very good GM of football, but I believe he is unavailable.

I find it amusing how we throw names up for positions, without in the main ever having met the person we name, knowing anything about his ability to do the job, work to a plan, interact with people etc.

Having said that, I think WJ would be a very good GM of football, but I believe he is unavailable.

Taken from the article "Drain has previously worked for Essendon, the Western Bulldogs and St Kilda at the top end, as either general manager of football operations, list manager or high-performance manager.

He worked alongside Kevin Sheedy at Windy Hill between 1999 and 2002 when Jackson was Bombers chief executive."

It sounds like a pretty solid rumour to me. Isn't it why we are here to speculate & discuss current issues regarding the club? It's no different to discussing Roos IMO.