Reappointed coach Nathan Buckley explained the club's blueprint for the future and outlined his desires for the next two years during Monday's press conference.

Buckley said he thought mid-season it would be hard for him to keep the job beyond this year and he was prepared to either "step up or step back" depending on the club's decision.

He claimed that the review had looked deeply into what had gone wrong and where they needed to improve and how that could be achieved.

"I think in many ways we got the expectations wrong. We have to got to get the decisions right and we have to get the process right and then the results will come," Buckley said.



General Manager of Football Geoff Walsh, coach Nathan Buckley and President Eddie McGuire address the media.

Club President Eddie McGuire admitted to surveyed the coaching landscape during the season to see whether there was an alternative to Buckley but said no other coach had been approached about taking on the job.

General Manager of Football Geoff Walsh said he had been encouraged by Buckley's willingness to accept and take on feedback while Buckley said he felt as though he and the club were heading in the right direction.

"I think I have grown and developed. I know I am in a better place now to lead this football club and this team better than I ever have before," Buckley said.

"The perception externally is that the senior coach sits on top of the mountain and sends down his decrees from there. That is not the way we operate ... I am far more open than I have ever been before."

Walsh said there would be no delay in letting key staff know of their future beyond this season but the review was more about incremental change than necessarily "clearing the decks."

The decision is an act of faith in Buckley, who began his stint as senior coach in 2012 after signing on with Collingwood in 2009 to spend two seasons as an assistant coach under Mick Malthouse before succeeding him as senior coach.