Melbourne to search far and wide for general manager of football Neil Craig is a potential candidate for Melbourne's general manager of football role. MELBOURNE will cast a nationwide net to find a general manager of football. The club confirmed yesterday it would conduct a thorough search to find the best candidate but did not rule out promoting one of its own football department staff, including sports performance director Neil Craig and football manager Josh Mahoney. The Herald Sun can reveal former Melbourne coach Neale Daniher has no interest in returning to the club. Daniher, West Coast's football manager, has been linked to the new position. Demons chief executive Peter Jackson identified significant problems with the club's structure under previous chief executive Cameron Schwab.